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.

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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%

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

13Scott County, KYKY62,2627,252+14%

14Pike County, KYKY54,7216,877−6%

15Franklin County, KYKY52,6496,865−5%

16Pulaski County, KYKY67,3846,495−12%

17Boyd County, KYKY47,7516,339−32%

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

19Laurel County, KYKY63,7466,002−19%

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

21Nelson County, KYKY49,0365,516−9%

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

23Greenup County, KYKY35,2134,235−38%

24Meade County, KYKY30,6994,207−24%

25Clark County, KYKY37,8884,129−15%

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

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

28Hopkins County, KYKY45,1273,776−23%

29Floyd County, KYKY34,4013,621−12%

30Whitley County, KYKY37,2973,619−32%

31Grant County, KYKY26,1813,586−19%

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

33Woodford County, KYKY27,8833,233−2%

34Barren County, KYKY45,6413,170−3%

35Taylor County, KYKY26,7632,968−2%

36Graves County, KYKY37,0502,919−42%

37Rowan County, KYKY24,4762,878−4%

38Knox County, KYKY29,5322,841−18%

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

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

41Grayson County, KYKY27,4062,664−21%

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

43Logan County, KYKY28,6692,626−14%

44Perry County, KYKY26,5552,622+6%

45Boyle County, KYKY31,6322,557−33%

46Carter County, KYKY26,1492,537−37%

47Harlan County, KYKY24,7252,416−34%

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

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

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

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

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

53Allen County, KYKY22,5362,073−11%

54Ohio County, KYKY23,9342,064+8%

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

56Hart County, KYKY20,1171,994−15%

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

58Marion County, KYKY20,1151,975−20%

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

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

61Bourbon County, KYKY20,2431,891−34%

62Larue County, KYKY15,1841,859+15%

63Knott County, KYKY13,3211,853+67%

64Mason County, KYKY16,9361,798−28%

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

66Lincoln County, KYKY25,3531,710−25%

67Mercer County, KYKY23,7331,709−42%

68Fleming County, KYKY15,7871,707−37%

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

70Trigg County, KYKY14,5121,594−20%

71Clay County, KYKY19,4651,578−6%

72Adair County, KYKY19,4231,483−19%

73Union County, KYKY12,8391,426−9%

74Wayne County, KYKY19,5971,414−55%

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

76Owen County, KYKY11,6011,366−38%

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

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

79Bath County, KYKY13,1761,285−34%

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

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

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

83Morgan County, KYKY14,4151,208−53%

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

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

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

87Bracken County, KYKY8,5111,111−36%

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

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

90Lewis County, KYKY12,9011,076−37%

91Trimble County, KYKY8,7011,048−22%

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

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

94Estill County, KYKY13,962985−33%

95Garrard County, KYKY18,207982−63%

96Monroe County, KYKY11,191942+7%

97Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148929−50%

98Webster County, KYKY12,929923−39%

99Gallatin County, KYKY8,840922−47%

100Lee County, KYKY7,297895+6%

101Jackson County, KYKY13,325860−27%

102Elliott County, KYKY7,265827−9%

103McCreary County, KYKY17,124824−64%

104Nicholas County, KYKY7,949824+4%

105McLean County, KYKY9,064808−7%

106Ballard County, KYKY7,594806−42%

107Lyon County, KYKY9,123700−45%

108Todd County, KYKY12,972679−52%

109Cumberland County, KYKY5,992663+49%

110Carroll County, KYKY11,141656−59%

111Casey County, KYKY16,205585−53%

112Clinton County, KYKY9,139582−15%

113Livingston County, KYKY8,863527−55%

114Menifee County, KYKY6,430435−61%

115Hickman County, KYKY4,372416−32%

116Wolfe County, KYKY6,298346−58%

117Carlisle County, KYKY4,747309−49%

118Owsley County, KYKY3,932280−53%

119Fulton County, KYKY6,218271−58%

120Robertson County, KYKY2,325222−41%

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