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 2023 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2000

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,22293,820–

02Fayette County, KYKY329,75135,439–

03Kenton County, KYKY175,77928,283–

04Boone County, KYKY145,31619,560–

05Campbell County, KYKY95,44114,448–

06Warren County, KYKY149,37512,608–

07Hardin County, KYKY113,48211,892–

08Bullitt County, KYKY86,45411,190–

09Daviess County, KYKY104,89811,001–

10Madison County, KYKY101,6969,710–

11Oldham County, KYKY70,9869,411–

12Shelby County, KYKY51,2437,353–

13Scott County, KYKY62,2627,252–

14Pike County, KYKY54,7216,877–

15Franklin County, KYKY52,6496,865–

16Pulaski County, KYKY67,3846,495–

17Boyd County, KYKY47,7516,339–

18Jessamine County, KYKY57,1476,022–

19Laurel County, KYKY63,7466,002–

20McCracken County, KYKY67,5535,543–

21Nelson County, KYKY49,0365,516–

22Christian County, KYKY70,1154,506–

23Greenup County, KYKY35,2134,235–

24Meade County, KYKY30,6994,207–

25Clark County, KYKY37,8884,129–

26Henderson County, KYKY44,2554,064–

27Marshall County, KYKY31,6593,841–

28Hopkins County, KYKY45,1273,776–

29Floyd County, KYKY34,4013,621–

30Whitley County, KYKY37,2973,619–

31Grant County, KYKY26,1813,586–

32Calloway County, KYKY39,4213,406–

33Woodford County, KYKY27,8833,233–

34Barren County, KYKY45,6413,170–

35Taylor County, KYKY26,7632,968–

36Graves County, KYKY37,0502,919–

37Rowan County, KYKY24,4762,878–

38Knox County, KYKY29,5322,841–

39Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5032,713–

40Spencer County, KYKY20,9982,669–

41Grayson County, KYKY27,4062,664–

42Johnson County, KYKY22,0512,630–

43Logan County, KYKY28,6692,626–

44Perry County, KYKY26,5552,622–

45Boyle County, KYKY31,6322,557–

46Carter County, KYKY26,1492,537–

47Harlan County, KYKY24,7252,416–

48Bell County, KYKY22,8292,336–

49Montgomery County, KYKY28,8222,322–

50Anderson County, KYKY25,2252,206–

51Pendleton County, KYKY14,8002,151–

52Henry County, KYKY16,4472,116–

53Allen County, KYKY22,5362,073–

54Ohio County, KYKY23,9342,064–

55Letcher County, KYKY19,9522,046–

56Hart County, KYKY20,1171,994–

57Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6341,977–

58Marion County, KYKY20,1151,975–

59Russell County, KYKY18,6081,946–

60Lawrence County, KYKY15,7651,913–

61Bourbon County, KYKY20,2431,891–

62Larue County, KYKY15,1841,859–

63Knott County, KYKY13,3211,853–

64Mason County, KYKY16,9361,798–

65Simpson County, KYKY20,7881,778–

66Lincoln County, KYKY25,3531,710–

67Mercer County, KYKY23,7331,709–

68Fleming County, KYKY15,7871,707–

69Harrison County, KYKY19,6271,685–

70Trigg County, KYKY14,5121,594–

71Clay County, KYKY19,4651,578–

72Adair County, KYKY19,4231,483–

73Union County, KYKY12,8391,426–

74Wayne County, KYKY19,5971,414–

75Butler County, KYKY12,5201,404–

76Owen County, KYKY11,6011,366–

77Powell County, KYKY12,8121,328–

78Martin County, KYKY10,6971,286–

79Bath County, KYKY13,1761,285–

80Green County, KYKY11,6441,249–

81Hancock County, KYKY9,0501,237–

82Crittenden County, KYKY8,8071,232–

83Morgan County, KYKY14,4151,208–

84Magoffin County, KYKY11,1101,177–

85Leslie County, KYKY9,6271,172–

86Washington County, KYKY12,3681,122–

87Bracken County, KYKY8,5111,111–

88Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5831,099–

89Breathitt County, KYKY12,5581,083–

90Lewis County, KYKY12,9011,076–

91Trimble County, KYKY8,7011,048–

92Caldwell County, KYKY12,6091,012–

93Edmonson County, KYKY12,7491,010–

94Estill County, KYKY13,962985–

95Garrard County, KYKY18,207982–

96Monroe County, KYKY11,191942–

97Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148929–

98Webster County, KYKY12,929923–

99Gallatin County, KYKY8,840922–

100Lee County, KYKY7,297895–

101Jackson County, KYKY13,325860–

102Elliott County, KYKY7,265827–

103McCreary County, KYKY17,124824–

104Nicholas County, KYKY7,949824–

105McLean County, KYKY9,064808–

106Ballard County, KYKY7,594806–

107Lyon County, KYKY9,123700–

108Todd County, KYKY12,972679–

109Cumberland County, KYKY5,992663–

110Carroll County, KYKY11,141656–

111Casey County, KYKY16,205585–

112Clinton County, KYKY9,139582–

113Livingston County, KYKY8,863527–

114Menifee County, KYKY6,430435–

115Hickman County, KYKY4,372416–

116Wolfe County, KYKY6,298346–

117Carlisle County, KYKY4,747309–

118Owsley County, KYKY3,932280–

119Fulton County, KYKY6,218271–

120Robertson County, KYKY2,325222–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES