RANKING · 2024 ACS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Largest English population, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties ranked by the number of residents who are English 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 2,759. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Breathitt County, KY, up 39 places to #58.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,22294,030+26%

02Fayette County, KYKY329,75146,494+22%

03Kenton County, KYKY175,77923,538+41%

04▲1Boone County, KYKY145,31619,650+33%

05▲1Warren County, KYKY149,37518,330+57%

06▲1Madison County, KYKY101,69616,583+54%

07▲2Daviess County, KYKY104,89815,708+38%

08▲3Hardin County, KYKY113,48215,110+28%

09▲1Oldham County, KYKY70,98613,403+74%

10▼6McCracken County, KYKY67,55313,271+78%

11▼3Campbell County, KYKY95,44113,163+46%

12▲1Bullitt County, KYKY86,45412,140+64%

13▲4Pulaski County, KYKY67,38411,417+32%

14▲1Scott County, KYKY62,26211,375+109%

15▲8Boyd County, KYKY47,75110,677+71%

16▲6Laurel County, KYKY63,7469,670+38%

17▲2Franklin County, KYKY52,6498,575+34%

18▲2Jessamine County, KYKY57,1478,515+36%

19▲13Greenup County, KYKY35,2138,492+72%

20▲10Nelson County, KYKY49,0367,969+26%

21▲3Pike County, KYKY54,7217,899−22%

22▼4Shelby County, KYKY51,2437,826+58%

23▲8Barren County, KYKY45,6417,480+68%

24▼12Carter County, KYKY26,1497,134+131%

25▲4Hopkins County, KYKY45,1277,080+18%

26▲1Christian County, KYKY70,1156,924−9%

27▼13Calloway County, KYKY39,4216,887+59%

28▼12Graves County, KYKY37,0506,356+67%

29▼1Clark County, KYKY37,8886,155+63%

30▲7Henderson County, KYKY44,2555,553+1%

31▲7Whitley County, KYKY37,2975,048+64%

32▼7Marshall County, KYKY31,6595,001+36%

33▲1Woodford County, KYKY27,8834,971+39%

34▲11Floyd County, KYKY34,4014,700+44%

35▲5Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6344,357+38%

36▲11Meade County, KYKY30,6994,304+30%

37▲5Taylor County, KYKY26,7634,173+56%

38▲10Rowan County, KYKY24,4763,964+76%

39▼4Montgomery County, KYKY28,8223,927+24%

40▼4Boyle County, KYKY31,6323,894−2%

41▲8Grayson County, KYKY27,4063,864+58%

42▲12Perry County, KYKY26,5553,745−5%

43▲18Knox County, KYKY29,5323,734+125%

44▲8Johnson County, KYKY22,0513,666+65%

45▼2Anderson County, KYKY25,2253,643+39%

46▲12Harlan County, KYKY24,7253,595+50%

47▲3Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5033,544+33%

48▲24Clay County, KYKY19,4653,521+204%

49▼5Logan County, KYKY28,6693,468+16%

50▲5Mercer County, KYKY23,7333,417+44%

51Simpson County, KYKY20,7883,291+78%

52▲16Spencer County, KYKY20,9983,273+63%

53▼7Allen County, KYKY22,5363,156+62%

54▲6Mason County, KYKY16,9363,154+64%

55▼2Grant County, KYKY26,1813,127+24%

56▲7Ohio County, KYKY23,9343,105+54%

57▲8Lincoln County, KYKY25,3532,997+67%

58▲39Breathitt County, KYKY12,5582,984+87%

59▼3Harrison County, KYKY19,6272,894+37%

60▼39Wayne County, KYKY19,5972,759+18%

61▼35Lawrence County, KYKY15,7652,740+37%

62▼5Marion County, KYKY20,1152,737−3%

63▲6Trigg County, KYKY14,5122,612+4%

64▼2Henry County, KYKY16,4472,591+15%

65▼32Russell County, KYKY18,6082,586−48%

66▼7Bourbon County, KYKY20,2432,559+11%

67▲11Letcher County, KYKY19,9522,536+8%

68▲9Hart County, KYKY20,1172,519+42%

69▲4Bell County, KYKY22,8292,468+5%

70▲1Garrard County, KYKY18,2072,363+11%

71▼1Fleming County, KYKY15,7872,263+22%

72▲16Morgan County, KYKY14,4152,254+33%

73▲18Lewis County, KYKY12,9012,248+11%

74▼33Adair County, KYKY19,4232,244−37%

75▲25Larue County, KYKY15,1842,243+65%

76▲5Webster County, KYKY12,9292,226+30%

77▲7Rockcastle County, KYKY16,1482,129+15%

78▲17Jackson County, KYKY13,3252,082+184%

79▲35Monroe County, KYKY11,1912,035+33%

80▼16Caldwell County, KYKY12,6091,986+22%

81▼6Butler County, KYKY12,5201,942+75%

82▲17Powell County, KYKY12,8121,874−3%

83▲24McLean County, KYKY9,0641,871+147%

84▼8Pendleton County, KYKY14,8001,868+34%

85▲16Carroll County, KYKY11,1411,814+21%

86▼19Casey County, KYKY16,2051,782+20%

87▼5Union County, KYKY12,8391,781+2%

88▲23Lee County, KYKY7,2971,749+89%

89▲1Estill County, KYKY13,9621,667+22%

90▼16Lyon County, KYKY9,1231,582+71%

91▼11Ballard County, KYKY7,5941,560+69%

92▲2Trimble County, KYKY8,7011,527+67%

93▲17Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5831,517+47%

94▼9Todd County, KYKY12,9721,511+139%

95▼6Washington County, KYKY12,3681,496+1%

96▲13McCreary County, KYKY17,1241,436+5%

97▲19Owen County, KYKY11,6011,430−14%

98▲17Green County, KYKY11,6441,426+26%

99▲6Crittenden County, KYKY8,8071,368+25%

100▼61Clinton County, KYKY9,1391,355−67%

101▲2Martin County, KYKY10,6971,344+75%

102▼19Edmonson County, KYKY12,7491,332+26%

103▼24Knott County, KYKY13,3211,329−37%

104▼17Carlisle County, KYKY4,7471,304+171%

105▲13Gallatin County, KYKY8,8401,257+47%

106▼13Leslie County, KYKY9,6271,212−40%

107▲6Hancock County, KYKY9,0501,210+36%

108▼22Bath County, KYKY13,1761,197−22%

109▼17Fulton County, KYKY6,2181,147+125%

110▼4Magoffin County, KYKY11,1101,094−46%

111▼9Livingston County, KYKY8,8631,083+5%

112▼46Cumberland County, KYKY5,9921,068−3%

113▼15Bracken County, KYKY8,5111,066+5%

114▲5Owsley County, KYKY3,932995+66%

115▼19Wolfe County, KYKY6,298946+11%

116▲1Nicholas County, KYKY7,949849+47%

117▼9Elliott County, KYKY7,265786+3%

118▼14Hickman County, KYKY4,372731+21%

119▼7Menifee County, KYKY6,430570−40%

120Robertson County, KYKY2,325333+32%

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