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Largest Portuguese population, Kentucky cities · 2020

Kentucky cities ranked by the number of residents who are Portuguese 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 41 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 41 is 18.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE POPULATIONVS 2010

01Louisville, KYKY641,962709+45%

02Lexington, KYKY329,751694+34%

03Frankfort, KYKY28,657232+495%

04Bowling Green, KYKY78,50596+37%

05Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44888+700%

06Wilmore, KYKY6,38066–

07Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14262+158%

08Richmond, KYKY40,66360–

09Madisonville, KYKY19,42856–

10Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57549+188%

11Henderson, KYKY27,82247–

12Bellevue, KYKY5,84742+600%

13Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93140+111%

14Mount Washington, KYKY18,98939–

15Oakbrook, KYKY10,21132–

16Ashland, KYKY20,99627−58%

17Danville, KYKY17,73626+189%

18Owensboro, KYKY60,89223+92%

19Covington, KYKY41,84722–

20Hillview, KYKY9,02021+75%

21Nicholasville, KYKY33,85718+50%

22Crestwood, KYKY6,58218–

23Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75118–

24Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19318−68%

25Winchester, KYKY19,51416–

26St. Matthews, KYKY17,86813+86%

27Dayton, KYKY5,97412–

28Independence, KYKY30,19812–

29La Grange, KYKY10,66911−52%

30Newport, KYKY13,99810–

31Radcliff, KYKY22,5769–

32Florence, KYKY34,0189−79%

33Williamsburg, KYKY5,3719–

34Shelbyville, KYKY18,4538–

35Georgetown, KYKY40,8838−91%

36Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3297–

37Berea, KYKY16,6626–

38Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5866–

39Campbellsville, KYKY11,7834–

40Lyndon, KYKY11,3012−85%

41Middlesborough, KYKY8,7762–

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