Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Kentucky counties, Magoffin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.9%), followed by Jackson County (97.5%), and Leslie County (97.31%).

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 2021
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Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Magoffin County 97.9
2 Jackson County 97.5
3 Leslie County 97.31
4 Letcher County 97.29
5 Lewis County 97.28
6 Floyd County 97.2
7 Knott County 97.08
8 Johnson County 97
9 Lawrence County 96.85
10 Estill County 96.8
10 Wolfe County 96.8
11 Carter County 96.71
12 Breathitt County 96.66
13 Rockcastle County 96.63
14 Pike County 96.56
15 Owsley County 96.15
16 Menifee County 96.1
17 Greenup County 96.05
18 Marshall County 96.04
19 Bracken County 95.89
20 Nicholas County 95.72
21 Robertson County 95.7
22 Knox County 95.6
23 Pendleton County 95.59
24 Powell County 95.57
25 Fleming County 95.43
25 Laurel County 95.43
26 Grayson County 95.42
27 Whitley County 95.3
28 Edmonson County 95.25
29 Harlan County 95.18
30 Perry County 95.1
31 McLean County 95.09
32 Crittenden County 95.07
33 Hancock County 95.06
34 Owen County 95.04
35 Bath County 94.98
36 Livingston County 94.53
37 Metcalfe County 94.42
38 Lee County 94.13
39 Clinton County 94.11
40 Trimble County 94.03
41 Casey County 94
42 Grant County 93.92
43 Allen County 93.87
44 Green County 93.85
44 Lincoln County 93.85
45 Breckinridge County 93.8
45 Rowan County 93.8
46 Spencer County 93.77
47 Harrison County 93.71
48 Pulaski County 93.47
49 Bell County 93.43
50 Ohio County 93.41
51 Boyd County 93.32
52 Bullitt County 93.11
53 Elliott County 93.04
54 Clay County 92.98
55 Garrard County 92.93
56 Russell County 92.9
57 Muhlenberg County 92.85
58 Butler County 92.78
59 Anderson County 92.76
60 Cumberland County 92.66
61 Montgomery County 92.55
62 Carlisle County 92.33
63 Wayne County 92.08
64 Monroe County 92.03
65 Ballard County 91.95
66 Campbell County 91.64
67 Hart County 91.56
68 Adair County 91.55
69 Larue County 91.53
70 Morgan County 90.76
71 Henry County 90.48
72 Mercer County 90.45
73 Caldwell County 90.41
74 McCreary County 89.94
75 Gallatin County 89.87
76 Nelson County 89.73
77 Lyon County 89.65
78 Union County 89.24
79 Barren County 89.06
80 Taylor County 88.95
81 Madison County 88.73
82 Clark County 88.7
83 Meade County 88.55
84 Calloway County 88.39
85 Logan County 88.26
86 Martin County 88.12
87 Washington County 88.05
88 Carroll County 88.01
89 Mason County 88
90 Oldham County 87.69
91 Hopkins County 87.6
92 Webster County 87.58
93 Trigg County 87.26
94 Jessamine County 86.99
95 Marion County 86.88
96 Kenton County 86.69
97 Daviess County 86.54
98 Hickman County 86.13
99 Woodford County 85.72
100 Scott County 85.56
101 Henderson County 85.33
102 Todd County 85.25
103 Graves County 85.11
104 Boone County 85.04
105 Bourbon County 84.34
106 Simpson County 84.25
107 Boyle County 83.91
108 McCracken County 81.97
109 Franklin County 81.47
110 Shelby County 79.47
111 Warren County 75.53
112 Hardin County 75.4
113 Fulton County 69.23
114 Fayette County 68.21
115 Christian County 64.74
116 Jefferson County 63.96