Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Kentucky counties, Jackson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.92%), followed by Lewis County (97.82%), and Magoffin County (97.69%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kentucky counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Lewis
Magoffin
Leslie
Letcher
Wolfe
Estill
Johnson
Rockcastle
Knott
Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jackson County 97.92
2 Lewis County 97.82
3 Magoffin County 97.69
4 Leslie County 97.64
5 Letcher County 97.55
6 Wolfe County 97.36
7 Estill County 97.27
8 Johnson County 97.25
8 Rockcastle County 97.25
9 Knott County 97.1
10 Floyd County 97.03
11 Pike County 96.97
12 Owsley County 96.87
13 Robertson County 96.8
14 Lawrence County 96.78
15 Carter County 96.74
16 Breathitt County 96.72
17 Marshall County 96.41
18 Crittenden County 96.26
19 Greenup County 96.24
20 Bracken County 96.14
21 McLean County 96.13
22 Whitley County 96.03
23 Powell County 95.95
24 Knox County 95.91
25 Grayson County 95.9
25 Nicholas County 95.9
26 Fleming County 95.87
27 Pendleton County 95.85
28 Lee County 95.83
29 Laurel County 95.79
30 Hancock County 95.48
31 Livingston County 95.42
32 Bath County 95.37
33 Allen County 95.25
34 Harlan County 95.23
35 Perry County 95.22
36 Clinton County 95.02
36 Edmonson County 95.02
37 Butler County 94.88
38 Metcalfe County 94.8
39 Owen County 94.79
40 Menifee County 94.65
41 Casey County 94.6
42 Bullitt County 94.52
42 Rowan County 94.52
43 Breckinridge County 94.44
44 Grant County 94.41
45 Green County 94.39
46 Garrard County 94.31
47 Bell County 94.25
47 Lincoln County 94.25
47 Ohio County 94.25
48 Pulaski County 94.21
49 Spencer County 94.09
50 Elliott County 94.06
51 Trimble County 94.05
52 Cumberland County 93.98
53 Harrison County 93.88
54 Russell County 93.85
55 Anderson County 93.69
56 Carlisle County 93.63
57 Adair County 93.45
58 Monroe County 93.43
59 Wayne County 93.36
60 Boyd County 93.02
61 Clay County 92.89
62 Montgomery County 92.79
63 Morgan County 92.65
64 Ballard County 92.43
65 Campbell County 92.29
66 Muhlenberg County 92.01
67 Hart County 91.79
68 Larue County 91.57
69 Henry County 91.28
70 Gallatin County 91.15
71 Caldwell County 90.87
71 Mercer County 90.87
72 Nelson County 90.42
73 Barren County 90.37
74 Clark County 90.16
75 Lyon County 89.85
76 Calloway County 89.84
77 Madison County 89.8
78 Meade County 89.72
79 McCreary County 89.49
80 Carroll County 89.26
81 Taylor County 89.2
82 Logan County 88.79
83 Mason County 88.78
84 Martin County 88.74
85 Jessamine County 88.65
86 Webster County 88.55
87 Hopkins County 88.44
88 Kenton County 88.42
89 Oldham County 88.2
90 Daviess County 88.12
91 Trigg County 88.06
92 Washington County 87.79
93 Boone County 87.78
94 Marion County 87.74
95 Scott County 87.1
96 Henderson County 86.83
97 Woodford County 86.56
98 Todd County 86.48
99 Graves County 86.41
100 Hickman County 86.38
101 Boyle County 85.77
102 Simpson County 85.39
103 Bourbon County 85.17
104 McCracken County 83.38
105 Union County 82.46
106 Franklin County 81.68
107 Shelby County 80.2
108 Warren County 78.59
109 Hardin County 75.98
110 Fayette County 71.19
111 Fulton County 70.83
112 Jefferson County 67.51
113 Christian County 65.49