RANKING · 2024 ACS · 34 SHOWN OF 34

Largest Portuguese population, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the number of residents who are Portuguese 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 34 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 34 is 23. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Radcliff, KY, up 27 places to #4.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE POPULATIONVS 2010

01Louisville, KYKY641,9621,199+145%

02Lexington, KYKY329,751537+3%

03▲15Owensboro, KYKY60,892108+800%

04▲27Radcliff, KYKY22,57657–

05▲4Madisonville, KYKY19,42854–

06Fort Knox, KYKY8,83650–

07▲17Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19347−18%

08Maysville, KYKY8,68846–

09▲2Henderson, KYKY27,82245–

10▲12Crestwood, KYKY6,58244–

11▼7Bowling Green, KYKY78,50540−43%

12▲13Winchester, KYKY19,51437–

13Paris, KYKY10,13035–

14▲21Georgetown, KYKY40,88329−68%

15▼10Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44827+145%

16Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35627−67%

17▲9St. Matthews, KYKY17,86823+229%

18Union, KYKY7,93721–

19Glasgow, KYKY15,30220–

20▼1Covington, KYKY41,84718–

21▲2Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75118–

22▲7La Grange, KYKY10,66917−26%

23▼15Richmond, KYKY40,66315–

24▼18Wilmore, KYKY6,38012–

25Elsmere, KYKY9,52111–

26▲2Independence, KYKY30,19811–

27▲7Shelbyville, KYKY18,45311–

28Alexandria, KYKY10,9949–

29▼26Frankfort, KYKY28,6579−77%

30▼23Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1427−71%

31▼16Oakbrook, KYKY10,2116–

32▲5Berea, KYKY16,6625–

33▲8Middlesborough, KYKY8,7762–

34▲6Lyndon, KYKY11,3011−92%

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