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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.43M people in Kentucky with Unclassified ancestry (31.80% of Kentucky population). Among all Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Campbellsville city had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (48.13%), followed by Somerset city (42.59%), and Hopkinsville city (42.23%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Campbellsville city
Somerset city
Hopkinsville city
Mount Washington city
Bardstown city
Owensboro city
Winchester city
Richmond city
Shepherdsville city
Glasgow city
Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Campbellsville city 48.13
2 Somerset city 42.59
3 Hopkinsville city 42.23
4 Mount Washington city 40.53
5 Bardstown city 39.27
6 Owensboro city 39.13
7 Winchester city 38.74
8 Richmond city 38.32
9 Shepherdsville city 37.69
10 Glasgow city 37.64
11 Paris city 35.63
12 Henderson city 34.18
13 Madisonville city 32.48
14 Radcliff city 31.68
15 Versailles city 31.67
16 Berea city 31.32
17 Danville city 31.14
18 Lawrenceburg city 30.12
19 Newport city 29.57
20 Elizabethtown city 29.56
21 Ashland city 28.26
22 Mayfield city 27.90
23 Fort Campbell North CDP 27.43
24 Burlington CDP 27.41
25 Francisville CDP 27.34
26 Bowling Green city 26.99
27 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) 26.66
28 Murray city 26.58
29 Covington city 25.84
30 Jeffersontown city 25.39
31 Florence city 25.30
32 Nicholasville city 25.12
33 Georgetown city 24.86
34 Shively city 24.15
35 Alexandria city 24.14
36 Independence city 23.83
37 Shelbyville city 22.47
38 Lexington-Fayette urban county 22.06
39 Erlanger city 22.00
40 Paducah city 20.46
41 Fort Thomas city 18.27
42 St. Matthews city 17.69
43 Frankfort city 16.64
44 Lyndon city 16.25