RANKING · 2024 ACS · 70 SHOWN OF 70

Highest Swedish population share, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of all residents who are Swedish ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Swedish residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 70 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 70 is 0.3%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Princeton, KY, up 56 places to #13.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH SHAREVS 2010

01▲6Villa Hills, KYKY7,7973.4%+1.6 pts

02Wilmore, KYKY6,3802.6%+1.0 pts

03▲1Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5751.8%+0.7 pts

04▼3Middletown, KYKY9,9441.7%+1.2 pts

05Somerset, KYKY12,6951.7%+1.1 pts

06Lebanon, KYKY6,6991.6%+1.5 pts

07▲3Fort Knox, KYKY8,8361.5%+0.7 pts

08▲4La Grange, KYKY10,6691.4%–

09▲30Cold Spring, KYKY6,6401.3%+1.1 pts

10▲16Union, KYKY7,9371.2%−0.7 pts

11▲16Lyndon, KYKY11,3011.0%+0.9 pts

12▲10Burlington, KYKY18,0080.9%0.0 pts

13▲56Princeton, KYKY6,1680.9%+0.6 pts

14▲40Independence, KYKY30,1980.9%+0.6 pts

15▲19St. Matthews, KYKY17,8680.8%+0.1 pts

16▲16Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7510.6%+0.3 pts

17▲20Shelbyville, KYKY18,4530.6%+0.2 pts

18▼1Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1930.6%0.0 pts

19▲28Georgetown, KYKY40,8830.6%−0.1 pts

20▲26Florence, KYKY34,0180.6%+0.2 pts

21▲46Bardstown, KYKY14,1610.6%+0.3 pts

22▼11Mount Washington, KYKY18,9890.5%0.0 pts

23▼5Corbin, KYKY7,9110.5%–

24Lexington, KYKY329,7510.5%−0.2 pts

25▼4Winchester, KYKY19,5140.5%+0.3 pts

26▲9Louisville, KYKY641,9620.5%0.0 pts

27▲25Covington, KYKY41,8470.5%+0.2 pts

28▼14Danville, KYKY17,7360.5%−0.1 pts

29▲35Hillview, KYKY9,0200.4%+0.3 pts

30▼7Newport, KYKY13,9980.4%0.0 pts

31▲10Nicholasville, KYKY33,8570.4%+0.1 pts

32▼1Versailles, KYKY10,7340.4%–

33▼14Frankfort, KYKY28,6570.3%+0.2 pts

34▼1Oakbrook, KYKY10,2110.3%−0.3 pts

35Middlesborough, KYKY8,7760.3%−0.1 pts

36▼11Dayton, KYKY5,9740.3%−0.7 pts

37▲16Campbellsville, KYKY11,7830.3%−0.1 pts

38▲4Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1420.3%−0.7 pts

39▼31Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,3560.3%−1.1 pts

40▼34Hebron, KYKY6,4070.3%0.0 pts

41▼12Murray, KYKY18,9640.3%−0.8 pts

42▼12Central City, KYKY5,7930.2%−0.1 pts

43▼28Edgewood, KYKY8,5030.2%−0.3 pts

44▼4Shively, KYKY15,8950.2%–

45▼7Bowling Green, KYKY78,5050.2%−0.2 pts

46▼37Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3290.2%+0.1 pts

47▼11Madisonville, KYKY19,4280.2%+0.1 pts

48▼3Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4480.2%−0.1 pts

49Henderson, KYKY27,8220.2%−0.1 pts

50▲5Paducah, KYKY26,7300.2%−0.2 pts

51▲10Richmond, KYKY40,6630.2%−0.1 pts

52▼3Owensboro, KYKY60,8920.2%−0.1 pts

53Walton, KYKY5,8680.2%–

54▼10Highland Heights, KYKY6,3410.2%−0.2 pts

55▲5Berea, KYKY16,6620.2%0.0 pts

56▲6Glasgow, KYKY15,3020.2%−0.1 pts

57▼37Francisville, KYKY10,5650.2%−0.9 pts

58▼15Hopkinsville, KYKY30,4110.2%−0.4 pts

59▼2Oak Grove, KYKY7,8300.1%0.0 pts

60Harrodsburg, KYKY9,5760.1%−0.5 pts

61▲5Erlanger, KYKY20,1580.1%−0.5 pts

62Franklin, KYKY10,7590.1%−0.1 pts

63▲2Elsmere, KYKY9,5210.1%−0.1 pts

64▼16Russellville, KYKY7,4540.1%0.0 pts

65▼9Radcliff, KYKY22,5760.1%0.0 pts

66Pikeville, KYKY7,2700.1%–

67▼17London, KYKY7,6370.1%−0.3 pts

68Alexandria, KYKY10,9940.1%–

69▲1Shepherdsville, KYKY14,9310.1%−2.5 pts

70▼2Ashland, KYKY20,9960.0%−0.1 pts

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