RANKING · 2024 ACS · 48 SHOWN OF 48

Highest Danish population share, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of all residents who are Danish ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Danish residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 48 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 48 is 0.2%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Jeffersontown, KY, up 29 places to #7.

Danish Americans: full group profile →

KentuckyAll statesPop > 5KAll rankings

SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH SHAREVS 2010

01Cynthiana, KYKY6,5760.9%+0.2 pts

02▲11Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5860.8%–

03Morehead, KYKY6,7760.6%+0.3 pts

04Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1420.4%+0.4 pts

05▲4St. Matthews, KYKY17,8680.4%+0.3 pts

06Lebanon, KYKY6,6990.4%–

07▲29Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1930.4%–

08▲6Wilmore, KYKY6,3800.3%–

09Francisville, KYKY10,5650.3%–

10▲17Newport, KYKY13,9980.3%–

11Alexandria, KYKY10,9940.3%−0.5 pts

12▲25Richmond, KYKY40,6630.3%–

13▲16Danville, KYKY17,7360.3%+0.2 pts

14Henderson, KYKY27,8220.2%−0.2 pts

15Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3290.2%+0.1 pts

16Union, KYKY7,9370.2%–

17▲4Versailles, KYKY10,7340.2%+0.1 pts

18▼12Bowling Green, KYKY78,5050.2%0.0 pts

19Campbellsville, KYKY11,7830.2%+0.1 pts

20▼5Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4480.2%–

21Shelbyville, KYKY18,4530.2%–

22▼6Bellevue, KYKY5,8470.2%–

23▼3Lexington, KYKY329,7510.2%−0.1 pts

24Shively, KYKY15,8950.2%–

25Mount Washington, KYKY18,9890.2%–

26▼9Georgetown, KYKY40,8830.2%0.0 pts

27Pikeville, KYKY7,2700.1%–

28▲7Ashland, KYKY20,9960.1%+0.1 pts

29▼19Franklin, KYKY10,7590.1%–

30▼12Murray, KYKY18,9640.1%0.0 pts

31▼27Fort Knox, KYKY8,8360.1%0.0 pts

32▼7Somerset, KYKY12,6950.1%–

33▼25La Grange, KYKY10,6690.1%–

34Paris, KYKY10,1300.1%–

35Erlanger, KYKY20,1580.1%0.0 pts

36Radcliff, KYKY22,5760.1%−0.1 pts

37▼26Oakbrook, KYKY10,2110.1%–

38▼26Covington, KYKY41,8470.1%0.0 pts

39▼5Glasgow, KYKY15,3020.1%–

40Hopkinsville, KYKY30,4110.1%–

41▼8Nicholasville, KYKY33,8570.1%–

42▼10Louisville, KYKY641,9620.1%0.0 pts

43Winchester, KYKY19,5140.1%0.0 pts

44Independence, KYKY30,1980.1%–

45Madisonville, KYKY19,4280.0%0.0 pts

46▼15Owensboro, KYKY60,8920.0%0.0 pts

47▼28Berea, KYKY16,6620.0%−0.9 pts

48▼25Frankfort, KYKY28,6570.0%–

SHOWING 1–48 OF 48

Download CSV (full list, 48 rows)

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