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Most racially diverse, Kentucky cities

Name: Most racially diverse, Kentucky cities, 2024
Creator: CensusEasy
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Kentucky cities ranked by the CensusEasy Diversity Score (0 to 100), the chance two random residents are of a different race or ethnicity (2024 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 37. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Hillview, KY, up 49 places to #16.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDIVERSITY SCOREVS 1990

01▲2Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35687+24%

02▼1Fort Knox, KYKY8,83683+27%

03▼1Oak Grove, KYKY7,83079+27%

04Radcliff, KYKY22,57674+37%

05▲6Louisville, KYKY641,96273–

06Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41173+33%

07▲1Bowling Green, KYKY78,50572+140%

08▼3Shively, KYKY15,89567+105%

09Mayfield, KYKY9,85166+122%

10▲2Lexington, KYKY329,75165–

11▼1Shelbyville, KYKY18,45363+43%

12▼5Vine Grove, KYKY7,01861+118%

13Paducah, KYKY26,73059+35%

14▲1Lebanon, KYKY6,69958+56%

15▲4Frankfort, KYKY28,65757+95%

16▲49Hillview, KYKY9,02057+1130%

17▼3Jeffersontown, KYKY29,19356+193%

18▼2Lyndon, KYKY11,30155+224%

19▼1Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44853+120%

20▲3Middletown, KYKY9,94452+251%

21▼1Covington, KYKY41,84752+152%

22▼1Versailles, KYKY10,73449+103%

23▼1Florence, KYKY34,01849+615%

24▲30Oakbrook, KYKY10,21148+539%

25▲8Madisonville, KYKY19,42848+52%

26Henderson, KYKY27,82246+83%

27▲1Danville, KYKY17,73646+28%

28▲4Bardstown, KYKY14,16146+16%

29▲5Owensboro, KYKY60,89245+185%

30▼3Glasgow, KYKY15,30245+111%

31Paris, KYKY10,13044+28%

32▼8Elsmere, KYKY9,52143+267%

33▼8Russellville, KYKY7,45443+11%

34▼5Franklin, KYKY10,75942+6%

35▲10Erlanger, KYKY20,15841+830%

36▼1Campbellsville, KYKY11,78341+87%

37▼20Douglass Hills, KYKY5,57541+93%

38▼1Georgetown, KYKY40,88341+65%

39▲1Murray, KYKY18,96441+121%

40▲2Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57641+75%

41▲10Monticello, KYKY5,72138+431%

42▲13Princeton, KYKY6,16838+53%

43▲9Burlington, KYKY18,00837+411%

44▲6Nicholasville, KYKY33,85737+154%

45▼6Richmond, KYKY40,66337+43%

46▼10Newport, KYKY13,99836+244%

47▼6Maysville, KYKY8,68835+9%

48▲14Fort Wright, KYKY6,24035+7482%

49▼5Winchester, KYKY19,51434+33%

50▼7Hebron, KYKY6,40733–

51▼13St. Matthews, KYKY17,86833+220%

52▲9Somerset, KYKY12,69532+125%

53▲6Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,75131+592%

54▼8Central City, KYKY5,79330+106%

55▼7Williamsburg, KYKY5,37130+196%

56▼26La Grange, KYKY10,66930+88%

57▲17Villa Hills, KYKY7,79729+842%

58▲21Walton, KYKY5,86828+401%

59▼3Berea, KYKY16,66228+108%

60▼7Highland Heights, KYKY6,34128+1047%

61▼12Wilmore, KYKY6,38027+168%

62▲5Middlesborough, KYKY8,77627+76%

63▲9Fort Thomas, KYKY17,14226+840%

64▲2Dayton, KYKY5,97426+1384%

65▼7Crestwood, KYKY6,58225+189%

66▼19Union, KYKY7,93725+562%

67▼10Pikeville, KYKY7,27024+162%

68▼8Francisville, KYKY10,56524–

69▼5Cynthiana, KYKY6,57623+47%

70Morehead, KYKY6,77623+83%

71▲2Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32922+27%

72▲6Reidland, KYKY5,27721+149%

73▼10Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58621−24%

74▼5Bellevue, KYKY5,84721+732%

75▼7Ashland, KYKY20,99621+150%

76▲9Alexandria, KYKY10,99421+4885%

77▼2Independence, KYKY30,19820+2269%

78▼1Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93118+137%

79▲2Mount Washington, KYKY18,98917+466%

80▼9London, KYKY7,63716+290%

81▲2Cold Spring, KYKY6,64014+544%

82▼2Corbin, KYKY7,91113+468%

83▲1Leitchfield, KYKY7,01512+102%

84▲2Flatwoods, KYKY7,43911+540%

85▼9Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14411+239%

86▼4Edgewood, KYKY8,50310+102%

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