RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Largest German population, Kentucky counties · 2020

Kentucky counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2020 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 1,664.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,222125,669−14%

02Kenton County, KYKY175,77953,611−1%

03Fayette County, KYKY329,75142,9560%

04Boone County, KYKY145,31635,379−10%

05Campbell County, KYKY95,44132,822−7%

06Hardin County, KYKY113,48213,571−16%

07Warren County, KYKY149,37513,201−14%

08Oldham County, KYKY70,98613,082−3%

09Bullitt County, KYKY86,45411,774−15%

10Daviess County, KYKY104,89811,473−15%

11Madison County, KYKY101,6969,700−23%

12Scott County, KYKY62,2628,370+15%

13McCracken County, KYKY67,5538,185−24%

14Shelby County, KYKY51,2437,127+9%

15Jessamine County, KYKY57,1476,700−12%

16Franklin County, KYKY52,6496,659−2%

17Christian County, KYKY70,1156,367−24%

18Pulaski County, KYKY67,3846,137+11%

19Henderson County, KYKY44,2555,217−33%

20Nelson County, KYKY49,0365,171−11%

21Meade County, KYKY30,6994,904−23%

22Boyd County, KYKY47,7514,712−30%

23Calloway County, KYKY39,4214,577−17%

24Grant County, KYKY26,1814,420−29%

25Laurel County, KYKY63,7464,386−19%

26Boyle County, KYKY31,6323,466−11%

27Pike County, KYKY54,7213,422−27%

28Clark County, KYKY37,8883,342−20%

29Woodford County, KYKY27,8833,275−18%

30Pendleton County, KYKY14,8003,235−34%

31Spencer County, KYKY20,9983,114−3%

32Barren County, KYKY45,6412,929−37%

33Hopkins County, KYKY45,1272,923−44%

34Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5032,867−20%

35Grayson County, KYKY27,4062,818+17%

36Marshall County, KYKY31,6592,759−43%

37Greenup County, KYKY35,2132,756−59%

38Whitley County, KYKY37,2972,442−33%

39Anderson County, KYKY25,2252,410−19%

40Graves County, KYKY37,0502,343−47%

41Mason County, KYKY16,9362,320−35%

42Harrison County, KYKY19,6272,302−35%

43Floyd County, KYKY34,4012,220−25%

44Ohio County, KYKY23,9342,186+34%

45Rowan County, KYKY24,4762,106−38%

46Trigg County, KYKY14,5122,102+42%

47Owen County, KYKY11,6012,075+10%

48Taylor County, KYKY26,7632,075−31%

49Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6342,048−24%

50Carter County, KYKY26,1491,997−45%

51Bourbon County, KYKY20,2431,932−22%

52Logan County, KYKY28,6691,919−32%

53Mercer County, KYKY23,7331,884−25%

54Henry County, KYKY16,4471,864−26%

55Hart County, KYKY20,1171,8440%

56Simpson County, KYKY20,7881,764+52%

57Garrard County, KYKY18,2071,755−35%

58Johnson County, KYKY22,0511,716−12%

59Perry County, KYKY26,5551,714+12%

60Bell County, KYKY22,8291,664+58%

61Montgomery County, KYKY28,8221,639−46%

62Russell County, KYKY18,6081,549−6%

63Union County, KYKY12,8391,535−19%

64Gallatin County, KYKY8,8401,474−31%

65Allen County, KYKY22,5361,449−25%

66Lincoln County, KYKY25,3531,438−17%

67Wayne County, KYKY19,5971,437+6%

68Lewis County, KYKY12,9011,418+3%

69Bracken County, KYKY8,5111,417−38%

70Adair County, KYKY19,4231,414−8%

71Casey County, KYKY16,2051,373−3%

72Edmonson County, KYKY12,7491,369+52%

73Fleming County, KYKY15,7871,340−36%

74Knox County, KYKY29,5321,263−33%

75Letcher County, KYKY19,9521,230−16%

76Rockcastle County, KYKY16,1481,201+2%

77Larue County, KYKY15,1841,180−20%

78Knott County, KYKY13,3211,173+12%

79Harlan County, KYKY24,7251,154−39%

80Trimble County, KYKY8,7011,140−24%

81Hancock County, KYKY9,0501,136−29%

82Bath County, KYKY13,1761,109−5%

83Carroll County, KYKY11,1411,105−33%

84Marion County, KYKY20,1151,067−17%

85McCreary County, KYKY17,1241,052−31%

86Todd County, KYKY12,9721,001−33%

87Webster County, KYKY12,929956−24%

88Crittenden County, KYKY8,807929+22%

89Butler County, KYKY12,520912+1%

90Magoffin County, KYKY11,110906+44%

91Morgan County, KYKY14,415896−20%

92Caldwell County, KYKY12,609892−41%

93Lyon County, KYKY9,123886−15%

94Ballard County, KYKY7,594853−26%

95Estill County, KYKY13,962835−30%

96Washington County, KYKY12,368816+20%

97Lawrence County, KYKY15,765783−45%

98Livingston County, KYKY8,863777−7%

99Metcalfe County, KYKY10,583754+10%

100Wolfe County, KYKY6,298736+47%

101McLean County, KYKY9,064713−35%

102Lee County, KYKY7,297675−12%

103Nicholas County, KYKY7,949658−13%

104Clinton County, KYKY9,1395810%

105Martin County, KYKY10,697559−25%

106Powell County, KYKY12,812552−56%

107Clay County, KYKY19,465549−44%

108Jackson County, KYKY13,325547−40%

109Green County, KYKY11,644542−48%

110Cumberland County, KYKY5,992491−35%

111Menifee County, KYKY6,430485−45%

112Breathitt County, KYKY12,558479−61%

113Elliott County, KYKY7,265468−35%

114Monroe County, KYKY11,191412−54%

115Robertson County, KYKY2,325406−28%

116Leslie County, KYKY9,627383−15%

117Hickman County, KYKY4,372342−37%

118Carlisle County, KYKY4,747336−8%

119Fulton County, KYKY6,218319−59%

120Owsley County, KYKY3,932187−21%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS