RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Most foreign-born residents, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the share of residents born outside the US (2024 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 3.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Hillview, KY, up 61 places to #3.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFOREIGN-BORNVS 2010

01Bowling Green, KYKY78,50515.0%+4.1 pts

02▲15Middletown, KYKY9,94413.0%+6.2 pts

03▲61Hillview, KYKY9,02013.0%+11.9 pts

04Lexington, KYKY329,75111.9%+3.4 pts

05▲2Lyndon, KYKY11,30110.9%+5.3 pts

06Shelbyville, KYKY18,45310.4%+0.5 pts

07▲2Louisville, KYKY641,96210.4%+4.7 pts

08Florence, KYKY34,0189.4%+3.8 pts

09▼4Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1938.7%−0.3 pts

10▲60Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7518.2%+1.1 pts

11Versailles, KYKY10,7347.6%−0.5 pts

12▲4Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,3567.4%+3.4 pts

13▲12Oakbrook, KYKY10,2117.4%+3.6 pts

14▲13Fort Wright, KYKY6,2407.4%+4.8 pts

15Radcliff, KYKY22,5766.4%−0.9 pts

16▲17Nicholasville, KYKY33,8576.4%+3.8 pts

17▲17Burlington, KYKY18,0086.3%+1.7 pts

18▲4Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4486.2%+2.1 pts

19▲10Mayfield, KYKY9,8516.1%−2.5 pts

20▲46Bardstown, KYKY14,1615.8%+3.3 pts

21▼1Frankfort, KYKY28,6575.7%+1.8 pts

22▲22Lebanon, KYKY6,6995.7%+2.4 pts

23▼11St. Matthews, KYKY17,8685.6%+1.3 pts

24▼10Elsmere, KYKY9,5215.5%−1.3 pts

25▲10Harrodsburg, KYKY9,5765.4%+4.5 pts

26▼23Wilmore, KYKY6,3805.3%−2.4 pts

27▼8Fort Knox, KYKY8,8365.3%+1.2 pts

28▼7Murray, KYKY18,9645.3%+0.7 pts

29▼1Covington, KYKY41,8475.1%+2.8 pts

30▼6La Grange, KYKY10,6695.1%−1.1 pts

31▼18Highland Heights, KYKY6,3415.1%−1.5 pts

32▲4Owensboro, KYKY60,8925.0%+2.5 pts

33▲44Walton, KYKY5,8684.8%+3.0 pts

34▲7Vine Grove, KYKY7,0184.8%+0.4 pts

35▲23Pikeville, KYKY7,2704.6%+3.0 pts

36▲18Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5754.6%−6.6 pts

37▼6Hebron, KYKY6,4074.3%+2.6 pts

38▲1Erlanger, KYKY20,1584.1%+0.1 pts

39▼2Glasgow, KYKY15,3024.1%+1.9 pts

40▲5Francisville, KYKY10,5654.0%−2.2 pts

41▼31Union, KYKY7,9373.9%−0.7 pts

42▲34Paris, KYKY10,1303.8%+1.1 pts

43▼41Crestwood, KYKY6,5823.8%−2.7 pts

44▼2Georgetown, KYKY40,8833.7%+0.4 pts

45▲2Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1443.7%+2.7 pts

46▼3Richmond, KYKY40,6633.6%+0.2 pts

47▲14Madisonville, KYKY19,4283.6%+1.5 pts

48▲36Cold Spring, KYKY6,6403.5%+2.4 pts

49▲16Newport, KYKY13,9983.5%+2.2 pts

50▲25Oak Grove, KYKY7,8303.5%−0.3 pts

51▲11Alexandria, KYKY10,9943.3%+2.0 pts

52Independence, KYKY30,1983.1%+0.6 pts

53▼30Williamsburg, KYKY5,3713.0%+0.1 pts

54▲2Hopkinsville, KYKY30,4112.8%−0.3 pts

55▼15Shively, KYKY15,8952.8%+1.4 pts

56▲11Paducah, KYKY26,7302.7%+0.4 pts

57▼31Morehead, KYKY6,7762.7%+1.4 pts

58▼12Campbellsville, KYKY11,7832.6%−0.9 pts

59▼10Danville, KYKY17,7362.6%−1.0 pts

60▲11Edgewood, KYKY8,5032.5%+2.2 pts

61▲2Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1422.5%+0.5 pts

62▼44Monticello, KYKY5,7212.4%−1.5 pts

63▼31Berea, KYKY16,6622.3%−1.4 pts

64▼26Somerset, KYKY12,6951.9%−0.8 pts

65▼17Mount Washington, KYKY18,9891.9%+0.7 pts

66▼7Ashland, KYKY20,9961.8%+0.7 pts

67▼10Franklin, KYKY10,7591.8%+0.3 pts

68▲4Henderson, KYKY27,8221.7%+0.3 pts

69▲9Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3291.7%−0.5 pts

70▲9Dayton, KYKY5,9741.7%+0.8 pts

71▼2Bellevue, KYKY5,8471.7%−0.1 pts

72▼17Winchester, KYKY19,5141.6%−0.1 pts

73Leitchfield, KYKY7,0151.5%+1.2 pts

74▼44Maysville, KYKY8,6881.4%−0.5 pts

75▲8Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5861.3%+0.6 pts

76▼8London, KYKY7,6371.3%−0.1 pts

77▲3Corbin, KYKY7,9111.2%+0.3 pts

78▲3Flatwoods, KYKY7,4391.2%0.0 pts

79▼19Shepherdsville, KYKY14,9311.2%−0.1 pts

80▼29Central City, KYKY5,7931.1%−0.2 pts

81▼31Villa Hills, KYKY7,7971.1%−0.2 pts

82▼29Princeton, KYKY6,1680.5%−1.0 pts

83▲2Middlesborough, KYKY8,7760.5%+0.1 pts

84▲2Reidland, KYKY5,2770.3%−1.0 pts

85▼3Russellville, KYKY7,4540.3%−1.1 pts

86▼12Cynthiana, KYKY6,5760.0%−0.6 pts

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