RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Highest English population share, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of all residents who are English ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: English residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 14.2%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Elsmere, KY, up 67 places to #17.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH SHAREVS 2010

01▲46Corbin, KYKY7,91124.6%+15.3 pts

02▲55Flatwoods, KYKY7,43922.1%+3.1 pts

03▼2Reidland, KYKY5,27721.5%+7.2 pts

04▲5La Grange, KYKY10,66921.5%+16.0 pts

05▲36Ashland, KYKY20,99620.6%+6.2 pts

06Union, KYKY7,93720.6%−3.4 pts

07▲1Middletown, KYKY9,94420.5%+2.1 pts

08▲16Crestwood, KYKY6,58219.5%+6.6 pts

09▲9Villa Hills, KYKY7,79719.4%+9.5 pts

10▲22Berea, KYKY16,66219.3%+5.0 pts

11▲14Wilmore, KYKY6,38019.0%−8.5 pts

12▲2Edgewood, KYKY8,50318.6%+4.8 pts

13▼9Paducah, KYKY26,73018.6%+9.0 pts

14▼12Murray, KYKY18,96418.5%+7.9 pts

15▲41Versailles, KYKY10,73417.7%+8.4 pts

16▲27Maysville, KYKY8,68817.6%+7.0 pts

17▲67Elsmere, KYKY9,52117.2%+11.3 pts

18▲17Independence, KYKY30,19817.1%+6.5 pts

19▲36Glasgow, KYKY15,30217.1%+7.7 pts

20▲7Georgetown, KYKY40,88317.1%+7.1 pts

21▲1Campbellsville, KYKY11,78317.0%+8.6 pts

22▲27Winchester, KYKY19,51416.9%+7.4 pts

23▼8Franklin, KYKY10,75916.8%+7.6 pts

24▲29Dayton, KYKY5,97416.5%+11.4 pts

25▼9Bellevue, KYKY5,84716.4%+6.7 pts

26▼19Princeton, KYKY6,16816.2%+5.6 pts

27▲33Leitchfield, KYKY7,01516.2%+6.9 pts

28▼5Pikeville, KYKY7,27016.2%+1.1 pts

29▲32Francisville, KYKY10,56516.0%+6.5 pts

30▼18Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58616.0%+5.8 pts

31▲9St. Matthews, KYKY17,86815.9%+4.2 pts

32▼1London, KYKY7,63715.8%+3.8 pts

33▼23Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14215.6%+1.3 pts

34▲8Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75115.1%+5.3 pts

35▼16Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32914.8%+0.7 pts

36▲28Madisonville, KYKY19,42814.7%+2.0 pts

37▲2Lexington, KYKY329,75114.4%+1.1 pts

38▲33Mount Washington, KYKY18,98914.3%+2.9 pts

39▲31Russellville, KYKY7,45414.3%+0.4 pts

40▲36Highland Heights, KYKY6,34114.3%+6.3 pts

41▼5Richmond, KYKY40,66314.3%+3.0 pts

42▼22Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57514.2%+2.6 pts

43▼40Monticello, KYKY5,72114.2%+4.5 pts

44▼6Fort Knox, KYKY8,83614.1%+2.1 pts

45▲6Bardstown, KYKY14,16114.0%−0.5 pts

46▲4Florence, KYKY34,01814.0%+3.5 pts

47▲18Somerset, KYKY12,69513.9%−0.7 pts

48▼18Shelbyville, KYKY18,45313.8%+6.9 pts

49▲28Hebron, KYKY6,40713.7%+5.8 pts

50▼45Mayfield, KYKY9,85113.6%+6.1 pts

51▼3Cynthiana, KYKY6,57613.6%+1.6 pts

52▼41Central City, KYKY5,79313.6%+2.2 pts

53▼16Nicholasville, KYKY33,85713.2%+3.1 pts

54▲27Williamsburg, KYKY5,37113.0%+3.4 pts

55▼9Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57613.0%+2.8 pts

56▲3Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19313.0%+0.7 pts

57▲11Owensboro, KYKY60,89213.0%+2.2 pts

58▼29Frankfort, KYKY28,65712.9%+0.7 pts

59▼31Lyndon, KYKY11,30112.8%−1.0 pts

60▲14Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44812.7%−0.7 pts

61▲14Henderson, KYKY27,82212.3%+2.0 pts

62▲10Hillview, KYKY9,02012.3%+2.1 pts

63▼1Alexandria, KYKY10,99412.2%+1.3 pts

64▼30Burlington, KYKY18,00812.2%−3.7 pts

65▼44Oakbrook, KYKY10,21111.7%−0.6 pts

66▲3Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41111.6%+0.7 pts

67▼23Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93111.5%+3.3 pts

68▼2Covington, KYKY41,84711.4%+2.2 pts

69▼2Bowling Green, KYKY78,50511.4%+2.3 pts

70▼12Morehead, KYKY6,77611.3%+1.9 pts

71▼8Louisville, KYKY641,96211.2%+1.8 pts

72▼18Danville, KYKY17,73610.9%−3.0 pts

73▲7Middlesborough, KYKY8,77610.9%+0.8 pts

74▼41Erlanger, KYKY20,15810.8%+0.1 pts

75▼23Paris, KYKY10,13010.7%+1.6 pts

76▼50Cold Spring, KYKY6,64010.6%−1.8 pts

77▼60Fort Wright, KYKY6,24010.4%0.0 pts

78▼33Newport, KYKY13,99810.4%+2.9 pts

79▼6Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14410.0%−9.7 pts

80▲3Vine Grove, KYKY7,0188.9%−0.9 pts

81▲1Radcliff, KYKY22,5768.4%+1.0 pts

82▼4Lebanon, KYKY6,6997.8%−7.8 pts

83▼4Shively, KYKY15,8956.9%−0.2 pts

84▼71Walton, KYKY5,8686.3%−5.4 pts

85▲1Oak Grove, KYKY7,8305.8%−5.6 pts

86▼1Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,3563.8%−1.5 pts

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