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Largest Norwegian population, Kentucky counties · 2020

Kentucky counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 105 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 39.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,2222,520+28%

02Fayette County, KYKY329,7511,812−6%

03Hardin County, KYKY113,4821,534+163%

04Warren County, KYKY149,375882+67%

05Boone County, KYKY145,316873+38%

06Kenton County, KYKY175,779812+30%

07Christian County, KYKY70,115581+40%

08Oldham County, KYKY70,986543−11%

09Bullitt County, KYKY86,454351+3%

10McCracken County, KYKY67,553325+47%

11Campbell County, KYKY95,441318+29%

12Madison County, KYKY101,696236−40%

13Pulaski County, KYKY67,384230+105%

14Franklin County, KYKY52,649215+226%

15Jessamine County, KYKY57,147197+16%

16Shelby County, KYKY51,243191+6%

17Calloway County, KYKY39,421190+29%

18Scott County, KYKY62,262189+66%

19Daviess County, KYKY104,898186−7%

20Graves County, KYKY37,050171+256%

21Boyle County, KYKY31,632156+164%

22Woodford County, KYKY27,883148−16%

23Nelson County, KYKY49,036134−45%

24Whitley County, KYKY37,297130+189%

25Casey County, KYKY16,205114+533%

26Boyd County, KYKY47,751112−28%

27Trigg County, KYKY14,512107+182%

28Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63490+50%

29Taylor County, KYKY26,76383+232%

30Wayne County, KYKY19,59780−38%

31Mercer County, KYKY23,73375+178%

32Montgomery County, KYKY28,82270+900%

33Spencer County, KYKY20,99869+92%

34Garrard County, KYKY18,20764−20%

35Rowan County, KYKY24,47663+54%

36McCreary County, KYKY17,12463−22%

37Simpson County, KYKY20,78862+343%

38Barren County, KYKY45,64159−19%

39Lincoln County, KYKY25,35357+470%

40Russell County, KYKY18,60854+26%

41Hopkins County, KYKY45,12750−44%

42Pendleton County, KYKY14,80050–

43Allen County, KYKY22,53649+88%

44Laurel County, KYKY63,74648−62%

45Butler County, KYKY12,52046+475%

46Henderson County, KYKY44,25546−69%

47Lyon County, KYKY9,12346+5%

48Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14844+1000%

49Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50340−30%

50Greenup County, KYKY35,21340−37%

51Meade County, KYKY30,69940−65%

52Union County, KYKY12,83939+457%

53Anderson County, KYKY25,225390%

54Grayson County, KYKY27,40637−77%

55Webster County, KYKY12,92935+94%

56Estill County, KYKY13,96235−70%

57Trimble County, KYKY8,70129–

58Fulton County, KYKY6,21829+21%

59Hart County, KYKY20,11729−80%

60Martin County, KYKY10,69728–

61Caldwell County, KYKY12,60926−42%

62Harrison County, KYKY19,62726+225%

63Lawrence County, KYKY15,76526+333%

64Marion County, KYKY20,11526−32%

65Ohio County, KYKY23,93426−33%

66Logan County, KYKY28,66924−77%

67Clark County, KYKY37,88824−87%

68Carlisle County, KYKY4,74723–

69Adair County, KYKY19,42322−12%

70Bourbon County, KYKY20,24321−71%

71Grant County, KYKY26,18121−76%

72Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58320–

73Ballard County, KYKY7,59418−51%

74Letcher County, KYKY19,95218–

75Bell County, KYKY22,82917+113%

76Monroe County, KYKY11,19117−6%

77Clinton County, KYKY9,13915−12%

78Magoffin County, KYKY11,11015−67%

79Carter County, KYKY26,14914−78%

80Crittenden County, KYKY8,80714–

81Marshall County, KYKY31,65914−83%

82Morgan County, KYKY14,41514−66%

83Pike County, KYKY54,72114−68%

84Nicholas County, KYKY7,94913–

85Lee County, KYKY7,29712+9%

86Mason County, KYKY16,93612–

87Edmonson County, KYKY12,74911–

88Clay County, KYKY19,46511+10%

89Green County, KYKY11,64411−50%

90McLean County, KYKY9,06411+175%

91Todd County, KYKY12,97211+38%

92Cumberland County, KYKY5,992100%

93Bracken County, KYKY8,5119–

94Fleming County, KYKY15,7879−40%

95Knox County, KYKY29,5329−70%

96Lewis County, KYKY12,9019−63%

97Carroll County, KYKY11,1418−27%

98Bath County, KYKY13,1767−95%

99Harlan County, KYKY24,7257–

100Leslie County, KYKY9,6277–

101Breathitt County, KYKY12,5585–

102Livingston County, KYKY8,8634−93%

103Gallatin County, KYKY8,8403−95%

104Washington County, KYKY12,3682−95%

105Owen County, KYKY11,6012−98%

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