RANKING · 2024 ACS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Largest German population, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,222122,191−16%

02Kenton County, KYKY175,77950,646−6%

03Fayette County, KYKY329,75140,249−6%

04Boone County, KYKY145,31636,087−9%

05Campbell County, KYKY95,44132,439−8%

06Oldham County, KYKY70,98615,193+13%

07Hardin County, KYKY113,48214,476−10%

08Warren County, KYKY149,37512,953−16%

09Bullitt County, KYKY86,45411,354−18%

10Daviess County, KYKY104,89810,361−23%

11Madison County, KYKY101,6969,231−27%

12Shelby County, KYKY51,2437,941+21%

13Scott County, KYKY62,2627,542+4%

14McCracken County, KYKY67,5537,476−31%

15Pulaski County, KYKY67,3846,891+25%

16Christian County, KYKY70,1156,528−22%

17Franklin County, KYKY52,6496,401−6%

18Jessamine County, KYKY57,1475,306−30%

19Grant County, KYKY26,1815,163−17%

20Nelson County, KYKY49,0365,050−13%

21Laurel County, KYKY63,7464,913−10%

22Boyd County, KYKY47,7514,635−32%

23Henderson County, KYKY44,2554,454−43%

24Pike County, KYKY54,7214,165−11%

25Clark County, KYKY37,8883,912−6%

26Meade County, KYKY30,6993,610−43%

27Woodford County, KYKY27,8833,553−11%

28Calloway County, KYKY39,4213,535−36%

29Spencer County, KYKY20,9983,369+4%

30Barren County, KYKY45,6413,206−31%

31Whitley County, KYKY37,2973,143−14%

32Hopkins County, KYKY45,1273,045−42%

33Rowan County, KYKY24,4763,009−12%

34Carter County, KYKY26,1492,986−18%

35Greenup County, KYKY35,2132,875−57%

36Pendleton County, KYKY14,8002,839−42%

37Boyle County, KYKY31,6322,683−31%

38Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5032,621−27%

39Marshall County, KYKY31,6592,528−48%

40Anderson County, KYKY25,2252,454−17%

41Grayson County, KYKY27,4062,424+1%

42Logan County, KYKY28,6692,322−18%

43Graves County, KYKY37,0502,319−47%

44Hart County, KYKY20,1172,305+25%

45Harrison County, KYKY19,6272,281−36%

46Trigg County, KYKY14,5122,267+53%

47Taylor County, KYKY26,7632,261−24%

48Ohio County, KYKY23,9342,164+32%

49Floyd County, KYKY34,4012,145−27%

50Montgomery County, KYKY28,8222,021−34%

51Mason County, KYKY16,9362,010−44%

52Owen County, KYKY11,6011,952+3%

53Simpson County, KYKY20,7881,930+66%

54Russell County, KYKY18,6081,905+16%

55Bell County, KYKY22,8291,782+69%

56Allen County, KYKY22,5361,750−9%

57Bourbon County, KYKY20,2431,743−30%

58Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6341,736−35%

59Gallatin County, KYKY8,8401,661−22%

60Fleming County, KYKY15,7871,659−21%

61Mercer County, KYKY23,7331,646−35%

62Henry County, KYKY16,4471,625−36%

63Lewis County, KYKY12,9011,601+16%

64Bracken County, KYKY8,5111,569−31%

65Union County, KYKY12,8391,566−17%

66Adair County, KYKY19,4231,554+1%

67Wayne County, KYKY19,5971,499+10%

68Letcher County, KYKY19,9521,480+0%

69Johnson County, KYKY22,0511,420−27%

70Lincoln County, KYKY25,3531,412−19%

71Carroll County, KYKY11,1411,407−15%

72Knox County, KYKY29,5321,396−26%

73Perry County, KYKY26,5551,363−11%

74Edmonson County, KYKY12,7491,330+48%

75Larue County, KYKY15,1841,294−13%

76Marion County, KYKY20,1151,272−2%

77Caldwell County, KYKY12,6091,160−23%

78Harlan County, KYKY24,7251,139−40%

79Hancock County, KYKY9,0501,072−33%

80McLean County, KYKY9,0641,059−4%

81Bath County, KYKY13,1761,055−9%

82Trimble County, KYKY8,7011,020−32%

83Casey County, KYKY16,2051,010−29%

84Garrard County, KYKY18,2071,000−63%

85Jackson County, KYKY13,325991+8%

86Todd County, KYKY12,972988−34%

87Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148976−17%

88Powell County, KYKY12,812957−24%

89Lee County, KYKY7,297940+22%

90Morgan County, KYKY14,415935−16%

91Lawrence County, KYKY15,765909−37%

92Washington County, KYKY12,368860+27%

93Cumberland County, KYKY5,992821+9%

94Magoffin County, KYKY11,110800+27%

95Crittenden County, KYKY8,807794+4%

96Lyon County, KYKY9,123776−25%

97Webster County, KYKY12,929712−44%

98Estill County, KYKY13,962706−40%

99Clay County, KYKY19,465679−31%

100Livingston County, KYKY8,863665−21%

101McCreary County, KYKY17,124654−57%

102Ballard County, KYKY7,594629−45%

103Metcalfe County, KYKY10,583599−13%

104Butler County, KYKY12,520591−34%

105Green County, KYKY11,644568−46%

106Leslie County, KYKY9,627560+24%

107Knott County, KYKY13,321538−49%

108Clinton County, KYKY9,139537−7%

109Breathitt County, KYKY12,558498−59%

110Monroe County, KYKY11,191498−45%

111Nicholas County, KYKY7,949448−41%

112Hickman County, KYKY4,372431−21%

113Carlisle County, KYKY4,747417+14%

114Martin County, KYKY10,697412−45%

115Robertson County, KYKY2,325378−33%

116Wolfe County, KYKY6,298348−30%

117Elliott County, KYKY7,265335−54%

118Fulton County, KYKY6,218332−57%

119Menifee County, KYKY6,430270−69%

120Owsley County, KYKY3,932180−24%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES