Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 536.49K people in Kentucky with English ancestry (11.94% of Kentucky population). Among all Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Murray city had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (30.37%), followed by Paducah city (24.95%), and Mayfield city (20.20%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having English ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Kentucky.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Murray city
Paducah city
Mayfield city
St. Matthews city
Campbellsville city
Berea city
Fort Thomas city
Lawrenceburg city
Ashland city
Shelbyville city
Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Murray city 30.37
2 Paducah city 24.95
3 Mayfield city 20.20
4 St. Matthews city 14.81
5 Campbellsville city 14.30
6 Berea city 14.03
7 Fort Thomas city 13.78
8 Lawrenceburg city 13.56
9 Ashland city 13.16
10 Shelbyville city 12.98
11 Georgetown city 12.64
12 Paris city 12.57
13 Independence city 12.48
14 Lexington-Fayette urban county 12.14
15 Lyndon city 12.13
16 Florence city 12.02
17 Frankfort city 11.99
18 Winchester city 11.69
19 Richmond city 11.61
20 Nicholasville city 11.55
21 Francisville CDP 11.40
22 Erlanger city 11.31
23 Burlington CDP 11.01
24 Glasgow city 10.70
24 Owensboro city 10.70
25 Versailles city 10.65
26 Madisonville city 10.60
27 Somerset city 10.44
28 Bardstown city 10.24
29 Danville city 10.09
30 Newport city 9.97
31 Bowling Green city 9.89
32 Hopkinsville city 9.78
33 Jeffersontown city 9.72
34 Covington city 9.39
35 Shepherdsville city 9.36
36 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) 9.26
37 Elizabethtown city 8.97
38 Alexandria city 8.89
39 Mount Washington city 8.73
40 Shively city 7.90
41 Henderson city 6.74
42 Radcliff city 5.65
43 Fort Campbell North CDP 2.76