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Highest Portuguese population share, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of all residents who are Portuguese ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Portuguese residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 34 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 34 is 0.2%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Radcliff, KY, up 27 places to #7.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE SHAREVS 2010

01▲5Crestwood, KYKY6,5820.7%–

02Fort Knox, KYKY8,8360.6%–

03Maysville, KYKY8,6880.5%–

04Paris, KYKY10,1300.3%–

05▲3Madisonville, KYKY19,4280.3%–

06Union, KYKY7,9370.3%–

07▲27Radcliff, KYKY22,5760.2%–

08Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,3560.2%−0.4 pts

09▲4Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7510.2%–

10▼9Wilmore, KYKY6,3800.2%–

11▲13Winchester, KYKY19,5140.2%–

12▲11Louisville, KYKY641,9620.2%+0.1 pts

13▲22Owensboro, KYKY60,8920.2%+0.2 pts

14▲1Lexington, KYKY329,7510.2%0.0 pts

15▲7La Grange, KYKY10,6690.2%−0.1 pts

16▲2Henderson, KYKY27,8220.2%–

17▲11Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1930.2%−0.1 pts

18Glasgow, KYKY15,3020.1%–

19▲7St. Matthews, KYKY17,8680.1%+0.1 pts

20Elsmere, KYKY9,5210.1%–

21Alexandria, KYKY10,9940.1%–

22▼13Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4480.1%0.0 pts

23▲16Georgetown, KYKY40,8830.1%−0.3 pts

24▲8Shelbyville, KYKY18,4530.1%–

25▼18Oakbrook, KYKY10,2110.1%–

26▼6Bowling Green, KYKY78,5050.1%−0.1 pts

27▲4Covington, KYKY41,8470.0%–

28▼23Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1420.0%−0.1 pts

29▼12Richmond, KYKY40,6630.0%–

30▲3Independence, KYKY30,1980.0%–

31▲5Berea, KYKY16,6620.0%–

32▼29Frankfort, KYKY28,6570.0%−0.1 pts

33▲7Middlesborough, KYKY8,7760.0%–

34▲7Lyndon, KYKY11,3010.0%−0.1 pts

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