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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 83.60K people in Kentucky with Scottish ancestry (1.86% of Kentucky population). Among all Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Shelbyville city had the highest percentage of its population with Scottish ancestry (3.82%), followed by Fort Thomas city (3.78%), and Erlanger city (3.37%).

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

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

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

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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

Shelbyville city

Fort Thomas city

Erlanger city

St. Matthews city

Newport city

Somerset city

Jeffersontown city

Georgetown city

Hopkinsville city

Winchester city

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

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Shelbyville city	3.82
2	Fort Thomas city	3.78
3	Erlanger city	3.37
4	St. Matthews city	3.24
5	Newport city	3.22
6	Somerset city	2.98
7	Jeffersontown city	2.97
8	Georgetown city	2.89
9	Hopkinsville city	2.64
10	Winchester city	2.60
11	Alexandria city	2.58
11	Lexington-Fayette urban county	2.58
12	Elizabethtown city	2.55
13	Bardstown city	2.51
13	Bowling Green city	2.51
14	Danville city	2.49
15	Frankfort city	2.44
16	Florence city	2.22
17	Ashland city	2.10
18	Owensboro city	2.07
19	Covington city	1.96
20	Berea city	1.90
21	Glasgow city	1.86
22	Madisonville city	1.76
22	Radcliff city	1.76
23	Versailles city	1.72
24	Campbellsville city	1.64
25	Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)	1.63
26	Fort Campbell North CDP	1.62
27	Shepherdsville city	1.57
28	Henderson city	1.56
29	Lawrenceburg city	1.53
30	Richmond city	1.49
31	Murray city	1.44
31	Paris city	1.44
32	Francisville CDP	1.41
33	Burlington CDP	1.35
33	Lyndon city	1.35
34	Mayfield city	1.30
35	Nicholasville city	1.28
36	Independence city	1.19
37	Paducah city	1.14
38	Shively city	0.81
39	Mount Washington city	0.50