RANKING · 2024 ACS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Largest American population, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 120 is 3,127. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Casey County, KY, up 53 places to #22.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,22244,385−43%

02Fayette County, KYKY329,75124,323−32%

03▲3Warren County, KYKY149,37515,220+18%

04▼1Daviess County, KYKY104,89814,926−44%

05Madison County, KYKY101,69612,389−22%

06▲4Kenton County, KYKY175,77911,461−40%

07▲6Lincoln County, KYKY25,35310,164−14%

08▲13Pulaski County, KYKY67,3849,922−50%

09Hardin County, KYKY113,4829,747−37%

10▼6Pike County, KYKY54,7218,945−30%

11▲3Bullitt County, KYKY86,4548,592−54%

12▲11Boone County, KYKY145,3168,411−21%

13▼5Jessamine County, KYKY57,1478,196−27%

14▼2Scott County, KYKY62,2628,189−9%

15▲22Boyle County, KYKY31,6328,176+10%

16▲4Laurel County, KYKY63,7467,962−57%

17▼2Franklin County, KYKY52,6497,670−16%

18▲12McCracken County, KYKY67,5537,593−6%

19▲6Montgomery County, KYKY28,8227,059−21%

20▼1Barren County, KYKY45,6416,793−29%

21▲11Nelson County, KYKY49,0366,502−31%

22▲53Casey County, KYKY16,2056,289−9%

23▲6Campbell County, KYKY95,4415,942−29%

24▲14Graves County, KYKY37,0505,894−4%

25▲26Mercer County, KYKY23,7335,884−10%

26▼4Clay County, KYKY19,4655,848−43%

27▼3Oldham County, KYKY70,9865,848−51%

28▼11Henderson County, KYKY44,2555,666−7%

29▼22Boyd County, KYKY47,7515,629−29%

30▼2Johnson County, KYKY22,0515,392−35%

31▲3Garrard County, KYKY18,2075,388−1%

32▲17Anderson County, KYKY25,2255,105+4%

33▼6Rowan County, KYKY24,4765,072−30%

34▼18Floyd County, KYKY34,4014,902−68%

35▼17Hopkins County, KYKY45,1274,723−50%

36▲6Christian County, KYKY70,1154,640−61%

37▲13Calloway County, KYKY39,4214,536−25%

38▼27Greenup County, KYKY35,2134,458−21%

39▼3Shelby County, KYKY51,2434,454−46%

40Woodford County, KYKY27,8834,224+6%

41▲11Grayson County, KYKY27,4064,176−26%

42▲18Fleming County, KYKY15,7874,113+69%

43▼10Breathitt County, KYKY12,5584,090−21%

44▲10Logan County, KYKY28,6694,080−4%

45▼2Marshall County, KYKY31,6593,958−28%

46▲10Allen County, KYKY22,5363,9460%

47▲12Rockcastle County, KYKY16,1483,903−51%

48▼7Morgan County, KYKY14,4153,837−19%

49▼3Clark County, KYKY37,8883,812−58%

50▼2Whitley County, KYKY37,2973,761−64%

51▼16Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6343,710−57%

52▼26Ohio County, KYKY23,9343,686−61%

53▼14Lewis County, KYKY12,9013,593+36%

54▲4Meade County, KYKY30,6993,447−25%

55▼10Carter County, KYKY26,1493,443−34%

56▲37Simpson County, KYKY20,7883,334+8%

57▲7Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5033,288+38%

58▼14Mason County, KYKY16,9363,259+13%

59▲2Bath County, KYKY13,1763,199+9%

60▼7Taylor County, KYKY26,7633,127−44%

61▲5Knox County, KYKY29,5322,976−79%

62▲15Harrison County, KYKY19,6272,953−15%

63▼16Magoffin County, KYKY11,1102,845−43%

64▲10Estill County, KYKY13,9622,809−53%

65▲16Marion County, KYKY20,1152,787−31%

66▼35Jackson County, KYKY13,3252,774−60%

67▲15Perry County, KYKY26,5552,769−65%

68▼13Bourbon County, KYKY20,2432,593−46%

69▲1Grant County, KYKY26,1812,573−27%

70▲32Larue County, KYKY15,1842,557−31%

71▲13Russell County, KYKY18,6082,476−33%

72▲17Wayne County, KYKY19,5972,327−45%

73▲10Harlan County, KYKY24,7252,261−75%

74▼1Adair County, KYKY19,4232,204−23%

75▲24Powell County, KYKY12,8122,136−51%

76▲2Menifee County, KYKY6,4302,127−19%

77▼12Monroe County, KYKY11,1912,087−28%

78▲13Green County, KYKY11,6442,080−32%

79▼8Letcher County, KYKY19,9522,058−75%

80▼11Butler County, KYKY12,5202,032−50%

81▼24Hart County, KYKY20,1172,007−60%

82▲6Nicholas County, KYKY7,9491,960−6%

83▼20Bell County, KYKY22,8291,955−87%

84▲10McCreary County, KYKY17,1241,949−21%

85▲2Lawrence County, KYKY15,7651,919−62%

86▲17Owen County, KYKY11,6011,912−3%

87▲5Spencer County, KYKY20,9981,900−54%

88▼21Martin County, KYKY10,6971,898−67%

89▲7Todd County, KYKY12,9721,865−34%

90▲27Fulton County, KYKY6,2181,822+31%

91▼23Elliott County, KYKY7,2651,785−44%

92▲8Washington County, KYKY12,3681,758−46%

93▲11Hancock County, KYKY9,0501,696−18%

94▼15Edmonson County, KYKY12,7491,684−27%

95▼9Henry County, KYKY16,4471,622−51%

96▲2Pendleton County, KYKY14,8001,591−6%

97▲13Knott County, KYKY13,3211,470−76%

98▼18Owsley County, KYKY3,9321,460−31%

99▼14Webster County, KYKY12,9291,390−53%

100▲18Hickman County, KYKY4,3721,253+36%

101▼11Caldwell County, KYKY12,6091,199−59%

102▼5Trigg County, KYKY14,5121,186−45%

103▼2Livingston County, KYKY8,8631,145−22%

104▼32Lee County, KYKY7,2971,133−68%

105▲4Bracken County, KYKY8,5111,112+60%

106Trimble County, KYKY8,7011,110−50%

107▼12Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5831,102−47%

108Clinton County, KYKY9,1391,091−30%

109▲4Carroll County, KYKY11,1411,016−52%

110▲4Lyon County, KYKY9,123979−35%

111▼35Union County, KYKY12,839969−68%

112Leslie County, KYKY9,627928−73%

113▼6Crittenden County, KYKY8,807913−60%

114▼9Ballard County, KYKY7,594902−15%

115▼53McLean County, KYKY9,064810−77%

116▼5Wolfe County, KYKY6,298677−82%

117▼2Cumberland County, KYKY5,992655−53%

118▼2Gallatin County, KYKY8,840560−27%

119Carlisle County, KYKY4,747391−59%

120Robertson County, KYKY2,325248−48%

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