RANKING · 2024 ACS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Largest Irish population, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish 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 1,913. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Green County, KY, up 29 places to #80.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,22293,820−9%

02Fayette County, KYKY329,75135,439−9%

03Kenton County, KYKY175,77928,283−10%

04Boone County, KYKY145,31619,560−9%

05Campbell County, KYKY95,44114,448−12%

06Warren County, KYKY149,37512,608−3%

07Hardin County, KYKY113,48211,892−7%

08Bullitt County, KYKY86,45411,190+3%

09Daviess County, KYKY104,89811,001−6%

10Madison County, KYKY101,6969,710−25%

11Oldham County, KYKY70,9869,411+4%

12▲6Shelby County, KYKY51,2437,353+19%

13▲1Scott County, KYKY62,2627,252+14%

14▲8Pike County, KYKY54,7216,877−6%

15▼2Franklin County, KYKY52,6496,865−5%

16▼4Pulaski County, KYKY67,3846,495−12%

17▲4Boyd County, KYKY47,7516,339−32%

18▼2Jessamine County, KYKY57,1476,022−16%

19▼4Laurel County, KYKY63,7466,002−19%

20▼3McCracken County, KYKY67,5535,543−42%

21▼2Nelson County, KYKY49,0365,516−9%

22▼2Christian County, KYKY70,1154,506−36%

23▲11Greenup County, KYKY35,2134,235−38%

24▼1Meade County, KYKY30,6994,207−24%

25▼1Clark County, KYKY37,8884,129−15%

26Henderson County, KYKY44,2554,064−30%

27Marshall County, KYKY31,6593,841−18%

28▼3Hopkins County, KYKY45,1273,776−23%

29▲7Floyd County, KYKY34,4013,621−12%

30Whitley County, KYKY37,2973,619−32%

31▼2Grant County, KYKY26,1813,586−19%

32Calloway County, KYKY39,4213,406−31%

33Woodford County, KYKY27,8833,233−2%

34▲3Barren County, KYKY45,6413,170−3%

35▲5Taylor County, KYKY26,7632,968−2%

36▲3Graves County, KYKY37,0502,919−42%

37▼2Rowan County, KYKY24,4762,878−4%

38▲21Knox County, KYKY29,5322,841−18%

39▼8Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5032,713−34%

40▲5Spencer County, KYKY20,9982,669+7%

41▲10Grayson County, KYKY27,4062,664−21%

42▲4Johnson County, KYKY22,0512,630+2%

43▼2Logan County, KYKY28,6692,626−14%

44▼1Perry County, KYKY26,5552,622+6%

45▼17Boyle County, KYKY31,6322,557−33%

46▲28Carter County, KYKY26,1492,537−37%

47▲2Harlan County, KYKY24,7252,416−34%

48Bell County, KYKY22,8292,336+32%

49▲7Montgomery County, KYKY28,8222,322−21%

50▼12Anderson County, KYKY25,2252,206−38%

51▲18Pendleton County, KYKY14,8002,151−25%

52Henry County, KYKY16,4472,116+3%

53▲2Allen County, KYKY22,5362,073−11%

54▼12Ohio County, KYKY23,9342,064+8%

55▼5Letcher County, KYKY19,9522,046+10%

56▲10Hart County, KYKY20,1171,994−15%

57▼13Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6341,977−48%

58▲2Marion County, KYKY20,1151,975−20%

59▲20Russell County, KYKY18,6081,946+20%

60▲22Lawrence County, KYKY15,7651,913−31%

61▼3Bourbon County, KYKY20,2431,891−34%

62▼1Larue County, KYKY15,1841,859+15%

63▲2Knott County, KYKY13,3211,853+67%

64▼10Mason County, KYKY16,9361,798−28%

65▼18Simpson County, KYKY20,7881,778+50%

66▼9Lincoln County, KYKY25,3531,710−25%

67▼14Mercer County, KYKY23,7331,709−42%

68▼6Fleming County, KYKY15,7871,707−37%

69▼6Harrison County, KYKY19,6271,685−37%

70▲17Trigg County, KYKY14,5121,594−20%

71▲25Clay County, KYKY19,4651,578−6%

72▼4Adair County, KYKY19,4231,483−19%

73▲11Union County, KYKY12,8391,426−9%

74▼10Wayne County, KYKY19,5971,414−55%

75▼3Butler County, KYKY12,5201,404+22%

76▲12Owen County, KYKY11,6011,366−38%

77▲14Powell County, KYKY12,8121,328+1%

78▼2Martin County, KYKY10,6971,286+11%

79▼2Bath County, KYKY13,1761,285−34%

80▲29Green County, KYKY11,6441,249+10%

81▲9Hancock County, KYKY9,0501,237+53%

82▼2Crittenden County, KYKY8,8071,232+2%

83▼8Morgan County, KYKY14,4151,208−53%

84▲2Magoffin County, KYKY11,1101,177−18%

85▲12Leslie County, KYKY9,6271,172+48%

86▼3Washington County, KYKY12,3681,122−12%

87▲8Bracken County, KYKY8,5111,111−36%

88▲18Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5831,099−11%

89▲25Breathitt County, KYKY12,5581,083−9%

90▼20Lewis County, KYKY12,9011,076−37%

91▼10Trimble County, KYKY8,7011,048−22%

92▲10Caldwell County, KYKY12,6091,012−41%

93Edmonson County, KYKY12,7491,010−22%

94▼16Estill County, KYKY13,962985−33%

95▼22Garrard County, KYKY18,207982−63%

96▲19Monroe County, KYKY11,191942+7%

97▼26Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148929−50%

98▼13Webster County, KYKY12,929923−39%

99▼5Gallatin County, KYKY8,840922−47%

100▲11Lee County, KYKY7,297895+6%

101▲9Jackson County, KYKY13,325860−27%

102▼4Elliott County, KYKY7,265827−9%

103▼14McCreary County, KYKY17,124824−64%

104Nicholas County, KYKY7,949824+4%

105▲3McLean County, KYKY9,064808−7%

106▼6Ballard County, KYKY7,594806−42%

107▼6Lyon County, KYKY9,123700−45%

108▼5Todd County, KYKY12,972679−52%

109▲3Cumberland County, KYKY5,992663+49%

110▼18Carroll County, KYKY11,141656−59%

111▼44Casey County, KYKY16,205585−53%

112▼7Clinton County, KYKY9,139582−15%

113▼14Livingston County, KYKY8,863527−55%

114▲2Menifee County, KYKY6,430435−61%

115▼2Hickman County, KYKY4,372416−32%

116▼9Wolfe County, KYKY6,298346−58%

117▲1Carlisle County, KYKY4,747309−49%

118▲1Owsley County, KYKY3,932280−53%

119▼2Fulton County, KYKY6,218271−58%

120Robertson County, KYKY2,325222−41%

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