Size is not all that matters. But still, we would love to know how big Shelbyville in Kentucky is. Here is the answer:
Shelbyville, Kentucky covers an area of 21.86 square kilometers (8.44 square miles).
With 14,045 people living in Shelbyville that comes to a population density of 642.5 inhabitants per square kilometer (1664.1 / sq mi)
As a reference: The 8,398,748 people living in New York City are crammed onto 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi), which results into a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi).

Shelbyville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,045 at the 2010 census.
Cities with a similar size as Shelbyville
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Shelbyville, Kentucky, here you go:
- Arkadelphia, Arkansas with a size of 18.90 square kilometers (18.90 sq mi), population: 10,548
- Uvalde, Texas with a size of 19.83 square kilometers (19.83 sq mi), population: 15,751
- Arkansas City, Kansas with a size of 24.15 square kilometers (24.15 sq mi), population: 12,415
- Wixom, Michigan with a size of 24.26 square kilometers (24.26 sq mi), population: 13,498
- Lawrence, Massachusetts with a size of 19.24 square kilometers (19.24 sq mi), population: 78,167
- Forest Park, Georgia with a size of 24.19 square kilometers (24.19 sq mi), population: 18,468
- Lemoore, California with a size of 22.06 square kilometers (22.06 sq mi), population: 26,199
- Erie, Pennsylvania with a size of 19.08 square kilometers (19.08 sq mi), population: 100,671
- Calexico, California with a size of 22.36 square kilometers (22.36 sq mi), population: 38,572
- Santa Fe Springs, California with a size of 23.08 square kilometers (23.08 sq mi), population: 16,223
Cities with a similar population density as Shelbyville
Other cities that have a similar population density as Shelbyville, Kentucky are:
- Ottawa, Illinois with a population density of 538 people per sq km (1,395 / sq mi).
- Casper, Wyoming with a population density of 797 people per sq km (2,064 / sq mi).
- Yucaipa, California with a population density of 699 people per sq km (1,809 / sq mi).
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin with a population density of 560 people per sq km (1,450 / sq mi).
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma with a population density of 589 people per sq km (1,525 / sq mi).
- Long Beach, Mississippi with a population density of 536 people per sq km (1,389 / sq mi).
- Gary, Indiana with a population density of 542 people per sq km (1,404 / sq mi).
- Steubenville, Ohio with a population density of 678 people per sq km (1,757 / sq mi).
- Marlon, California with a population density of 711 people per sq km (1,842 / sq mi).
- Placerville, California with a population density of 690 people per sq km (1,788 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Shelbyville
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Shelbyville, Kentucky:
- Taylor, Texas with a population of 15,191 people
- Overland, Missouri with a population of 16,062 people
- Winfield, Kansas with a population of 12,301 people
- Norton, Ohio with a population of 12,085 people
- Laconia, New Hampshire with a population of 15,951 people
- New Kensington, Pennsylvania with a population of 13,116 people
- The Dalles, Oregon with a population of 12,520 people
- Muscle Shoals, Alabama with a population of 13,146 people
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania with a population of 14,892 people
- Canyon, Texas with a population of 13,303 people
Cities with the same name “Shelbyville”
Same name but different game – do we have sister cities from other states:
- Shelbyville, Tennessee with a population of 20,335 residents
- Shelbyville, Indiana with a population of 19,191 residents
