RANKING · 2024 ACS · 30 SHOWN OF 30

Highest Austrian population share, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of all residents who are Austrian ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Austrian residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 30 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 30 is 0.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Newport, KY, up 22 places to #6.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAUSTRIAN SHAREVS 2010

01Shelbyville, KYKY18,4530.7%–

02▲10Independence, KYKY30,1980.5%+0.4 pts

03St. Matthews, KYKY17,8680.4%+0.1 pts

04Walton, KYKY5,8680.3%+0.1 pts

05▲11Oakbrook, KYKY10,2110.3%+0.1 pts

06▲22Newport, KYKY13,9980.3%0.0 pts

07▼3Dayton, KYKY5,9740.2%−0.2 pts

08▲1Florence, KYKY34,0180.2%+0.2 pts

09Francisville, KYKY10,5650.2%−0.1 pts

10▼5Edgewood, KYKY8,5030.2%−0.4 pts

11▲4Elsmere, KYKY9,5210.2%0.0 pts

12▲21Paducah, KYKY26,7300.2%–

13▲14Mount Washington, KYKY18,9890.2%–

14Morehead, KYKY6,7760.1%–

15▲14Erlanger, KYKY20,1580.1%+0.1 pts

16Murray, KYKY18,9640.1%0.0 pts

17▼10Lyndon, KYKY11,3010.1%–

18▲17Nicholasville, KYKY33,8570.1%+0.1 pts

19▼6Versailles, KYKY10,7340.1%–

20Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4480.1%0.0 pts

21▲3Louisville, KYKY641,9620.1%−0.1 pts

22▼4Lexington, KYKY329,7510.1%0.0 pts

23▲2Danville, KYKY17,7360.1%0.0 pts

24▼16Shepherdsville, KYKY14,9310.1%–

25▲1Covington, KYKY41,8470.1%−0.1 pts

26Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1420.0%–

27▼13Bowling Green, KYKY78,5050.0%0.0 pts

28▲4Richmond, KYKY40,6630.0%–

29Ashland, KYKY20,9960.0%−0.1 pts

30▲6Owensboro, KYKY60,8920.0%−0.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES