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Largest Subsaharan African population, Kentucky counties · 2020

Kentucky counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African 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 87 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is 53.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,22216,975+22%

02Fayette County, KYKY329,7514,736+144%

03McCracken County, KYKY67,5531,895+1534%

04Boone County, KYKY145,3161,521+202%

05Christian County, KYKY70,1151,098+17%

06Warren County, KYKY149,3751,046+201%

07Hardin County, KYKY113,482853−22%

08Kenton County, KYKY175,779801+33%

09Franklin County, KYKY52,649688+385%

10Fulton County, KYKY6,218623+302%

11Calloway County, KYKY39,421565+383%

12Daviess County, KYKY104,898493+206%

13Madison County, KYKY101,696455+143%

14Jessamine County, KYKY57,147351+262%

15Boyle County, KYKY31,632323+477%

16Campbell County, KYKY95,441312+285%

17Shelby County, KYKY51,243299+278%

18Graves County, KYKY37,050270+2355%

19Oldham County, KYKY70,986258+1022%

20Anderson County, KYKY25,225224+672%

21Clark County, KYKY37,888209+212%

22Hickman County, KYKY4,372182+5967%

23Ballard County, KYKY7,594173+1473%

24Todd County, KYKY12,972168+888%

25Henderson County, KYKY44,255160+3%

26Union County, KYKY12,839142+407%

27Adair County, KYKY19,423129+87%

28Simpson County, KYKY20,788128+482%

29Wayne County, KYKY19,597124+61%

30Pulaski County, KYKY67,384118–

31Logan County, KYKY28,669100+669%

32Hopkins County, KYKY45,12791−25%

33Mercer County, KYKY23,73385–

34Trigg County, KYKY14,51283+19%

35Bullitt County, KYKY86,45480+700%

36McLean County, KYKY9,06478–

37Pike County, KYKY54,72172+380%

38Livingston County, KYKY8,86362–

39Lyon County, KYKY9,12362+158%

40McCreary County, KYKY17,12461+27%

41Leslie County, KYKY9,62755–

42Washington County, KYKY12,36854–

43Scott County, KYKY62,26253+4%

44Cumberland County, KYKY5,99253+1667%

45Allen County, KYKY22,53652–

46Marion County, KYKY20,11549−58%

47Letcher County, KYKY19,95248–

48Owen County, KYKY11,60141+173%

49Barren County, KYKY45,64140+14%

50Crittenden County, KYKY8,80740–

51Casey County, KYKY16,20539–

52Bourbon County, KYKY20,24338+245%

53Knott County, KYKY13,32137–

54Rowan County, KYKY24,47636−29%

55Green County, KYKY11,64435–

56Larue County, KYKY15,18432+88%

57Knox County, KYKY29,53230−75%

58Mason County, KYKY16,93625–

59Edmonson County, KYKY12,74924−31%

60Grant County, KYKY26,18124–

61Clay County, KYKY19,46524−81%

62Woodford County, KYKY27,88322–

63Spencer County, KYKY20,99820−13%

64Martin County, KYKY10,69720−51%

65Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63419−32%

66Boyd County, KYKY47,75117−88%

67Whitley County, KYKY37,29717−48%

68Ohio County, KYKY23,93417+6%

69Pendleton County, KYKY14,80017–

70Floyd County, KYKY34,40116+14%

71Taylor County, KYKY26,76316−87%

72Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50315–

73Johnson County, KYKY22,05115−65%

74Clinton County, KYKY9,13913−68%

75Bell County, KYKY22,82911−77%

76Harlan County, KYKY24,72511−59%

77Meade County, KYKY30,69911−21%

78Marshall County, KYKY31,65910+11%

79Lincoln County, KYKY25,3538–

80Hart County, KYKY20,1178−85%

81Carter County, KYKY26,1494−83%

82Gallatin County, KYKY8,8404–

83Montgomery County, KYKY28,8224−96%

84Laurel County, KYKY63,7463−83%

85Butler County, KYKY12,5201–

86Henry County, KYKY16,4471−98%

87Morgan County, KYKY14,4151−96%

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