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Cities in Kentucky ranked by Non-Hispanic White Population

This list ranks the 417 cities in Kentucky based on their Non-Hispanic White population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in these cities over the past five years.
Updated Feb 13, 2025

Top 5 cities with the largest Non-Hispanic White population in Kentucky

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  • 1
    Owensboro
    Non-Hispanic White population in Owensboro is 52,183
    82.25% of Owensboro population is Non-Hispanic White
  • 2
    Bowling Green
    Non-Hispanic White population in Bowling Green is 54,536
    69.11% of Bowling Green population is Non-Hispanic White
  • 3
    Georgetown
    Non-Hispanic White population in Georgetown is 34,172
    83.39% of Georgetown population is Non-Hispanic White
  • 4
    Covington
    Non-Hispanic White population in Covington is 34,270
    77.57% of Covington population is Non-Hispanic White
  • 5
    Richmond
    Non-Hispanic White population in Richmond is 32,507
    85.45% of Richmond population is Non-Hispanic White

List of 417 cities in Kentucky by Non-Hispanic White Population

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Rank by Non-Hispanic White Population
City
Non-Hispanic White Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total Kentucky Non-Hispanic White Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Owensboro 52,183 82.25% 3.75%
2 Bowling Green 54,536 69.11% 3.92%
3 Georgetown 34,172 83.39% 2.46%
4 Covington 34,270 77.57% 2.47%
5 Richmond 32,507 85.45% 2.34%
6 Nicholasville 29,371 87.48% 2.11%
7 Independence 28,046 93.56% 2.02%
8 28,144 81.96% 2.02%
9 26,233 74.65% 1.89%
10 24,259 82.21% 1.75%
11 23,677 76.33% 1.70%
12 22,420 73.22% 1.61%
13 20,528 92.03% 1.48%
14 20,520 71.75% 1.48%
15 21,242 63.08% 1.53%
16 18,278 86.83% 1.32%
17 17,860 92.67% 1.28%
18 17,151 86.19% 1.23%
19 16,567 91.09% 1.19%
20 16,523 79.13% 1.19%
21 15,784 85.35% 1.14%
22 15,663 84.16% 1.13%
23 14,713 89.62% 1.06%
24 14,463 78.35% 1.04%
25 13,844 93.36% 1.00%
26 15,244 60.44% 1.10%
27 13,231 80.25% 0.95%
28 12,769 84.49% 0.92%
29 14,407 73.03% 1.04%
30 11,595 81.13% 0.83%
31 11,149 91.56% 0.80%
32 11,413 91.19% 0.82%
33 10,213 83.69% 0.73%
34 9,870 91.28% 0.71%
35 9,551 88.63% 0.69%
36 8,821 90.55% 0.63%
37 9,086 80.08% 0.65%
38 8,243 96.38% 0.59%
39 9,014 82.72% 0.65%
40 8,779 75.23% 0.63%
41 8,279 93.79% 0.60%
42 8,777 80.50% 0.63%
43 8,141 88.16% 0.59%
44 7,933 86.15% 0.57%
45 8,101 83.98% 0.58%
46 8,096 81.62% 0.58%
47 7,527 75.13% 0.54%
48 7,311 94.23% 0.53%
49 7,206 96.47% 0.52%
50 7,173 93.30% 0.52%
51 7,251 96.27% 0.52%
52 7,197 92.16% 0.52%
53 7,382 93.07% 0.53%
54 7,800 71.35% 0.56%
55 7,765 78.82% 0.56%
56 6,728 96.50% 0.48%
57 6,356 95.80% 0.46%
58 6,506 91.79% 0.47%
59 6,088 93.29% 0.44%
60 6,147 91.16% 0.44%
61 5,998 88.77% 0.43%
62 6,111 81.41% 0.44%
63 6,299 38.51% 0.45%
64 5,719 89.74% 0.41%
65 5,998 92.08% 0.43%
66 5,575 85.90% 0.40%
67 5,408 89.55% 0.39%
68 5,541 90.75% 0.40%
69 5,515 86.97% 0.40%
70 5,369 93.36% 0.39%
71 5,552 75.67% 0.40%
72 5,307 88.46% 0.38%
73 5,065 83.75% 0.36%
74 4,821 85.54% 0.35%
75 4,764 89.40% 0.34%
76 4,873 90.48% 0.35%
77 5,041 75.58% 0.36%
78 5,537 59.09% 0.40%
79 4,441 89.43% 0.32%
80 4,622 87.04% 0.33%
81 4,094 94.40% 0.29%
82 4,323 94.49% 0.31%
82 4,084 88.94% 0.29%
83 3,924 93.36% 0.28%
84 3,724 94.14% 0.27%
85 3,934 80.81% 0.28%
86 3,663 93.28% 0.26%
87 3,818 81.51% 0.27%
88 4,089 85.45% 0.29%
89 3,574 90.48% 0.26%
90 3,755 84.46% 0.27%
91 3,575 83.16% 0.26%
92 3,650 83.95% 0.26%
93 3,366 88.25% 0.24%
94 3,153 95.87% 0.23%
95 3,106 96.49% 0.22%
96 3,109 83.31% 0.22%
97 3,070 93.20% 0.22%
98 2,949 90.65% 0.21%
99 3,081 80.21% 0.22%
100 2,910 89.43% 0.21%
101 2,764 95.11% 0.20%
102 3,072 82.56% 0.22%
103 2,830 92.70% 0.20%
104 2,799 95.37% 0.20%
105 2,859 94.92% 0.21%
106 3,184 60.86% 0.23%
107 2,684 91.08% 0.19%
108 2,607 94.42% 0.19%
109 2,633 99.55% 0.19%
110 2,963 82.26% 0.21%
111 2,728 91.70% 0.20%
112 2,537 97.50% 0.18%
113 2,717 86.31% 0.20%
113 2,648 76.91% 0.19%
114 2,513 96.80% 0.18%
114 2,495 92.41% 0.18%
115 2,697 91.77% 0.19%
116 2,445 84.34% 0.18%
117 2,818 85.68% 0.20%
118 2,514 82.26% 0.18%
119 2,264 93.63% 0.16%
120 2,288 91.26% 0.16%
120 2,349 88.37% 0.17%
121 2,355 77.83% 0.17%
122 2,306 81.83% 0.17%
123 2,167 94.88% 0.16%
124 2,143 97.99% 0.15%
125 2,160 95.83% 0.16%
126 2,271 93.15% 0.16%
127 2,344 77.62% 0.17%
128 2,160 91.37% 0.16%
129 2,197 92.12% 0.16%
130 2,643 84.66% 0.19%
131 2,078 96.56% 0.15%
132 2,180 91.40% 0.16%
133 2,272 84.71% 0.16%
134 2,157 91.40% 0.16%
135 2,360 80.24% 0.17%
136 2,063 90.28% 0.15%
137 1,955 97.36% 0.14%
138 1,926 96.30% 0.14%
139 1,917 95.61% 0.14%
140 1,936 82.95% 0.14%
141 1,939 91.12% 0.14%
142 1,904 88.72% 0.14%
143 1,862 93.33% 0.13%
144 1,906 94.26% 0.14%
145 1,833 95.17% 0.13%
146 1,810 83.60% 0.13%
147 1,724 94.16% 0.12%
148 1,763 89.58% 0.13%
149 1,751 92.94% 0.13%
150 1,883 84.90% 0.14%
151 1,838 88.32% 0.13%
152 1,812 72.74% 0.13%
153 1,718 88.37% 0.12%
154 1,743 90.03% 0.13%
155 1,783 91.62% 0.13%
156 1,586 97.96% 0.11%
157 1,620 89.50% 0.12%
158 1,564 96.78% 0.11%
159 1,554 97.25% 0.11%
160 1,621 86.82% 0.12%
161 1,544 87.33% 0.11%
162 1,555 78.30% 0.11%
163 1,560 83.02% 0.11%
164 1,621 69.36% 0.12%
165 1,595 86.17% 0.11%
166 1,432 96.04% 0.10%
167 1,512 90.16% 0.11%
168 1,404 92.07% 0.10%
169 1,388 97.13% 0.10%
170 1,435 90.19% 0.10%
171 1,339 98.24% 0.10%
172 1,305 64.06% 0.09%
173 1,707 71.72% 0.12%
174 1,274 86.61% 0.09%
175 1,261 96.70% 0.09%
176 1,419 54.58% 0.10%
177 1,218 94.71% 0.09%
178 1,338 88.38% 0.10%
179 1,236 90.48% 0.09%
180 1,164 92.09% 0.08%
181 1,156 88.79% 0.08%
182 1,100 98.92% 0.08%
183 1,073 95.63% 0.08%
184 1,107 80.33% 0.08%
185 1,067 96.13% 0.08%
186 1,128 92.08% 0.08%
187 1,165 92.98% 0.08%
188 1,051 95.46% 0.08%
188 1,141 81.73% 0.08%
189 1,029 96.89% 0.07%
190 1,003 98.04% 0.07%
191 1,022 93.59% 0.07%
192 1,024 92.84% 0.07%
192 1,090 85.89% 0.08%
193 990 93.40% 0.07%
194 1,017 86.33% 0.07%
195 1,047 92.17% 0.08%
196 961 91.52% 0.07%
197 963 94.69% 0.07%
198 911 98.06% 0.07%
199 967 85.50% 0.07%
200 1,046 48.56% 0.08%
201 996 79.94% 0.07%
202 953 87.83% 0.07%
203 873 97.00% 0.06%
203 870 90.91% 0.06%
204 881 78.73% 0.06%
205 877 93.20% 0.06%
206 840 86.87% 0.06%
207 848 96.58% 0.06%
208 825 73.01% 0.06%
208 810 99.14% 0.06%
209 799 97.20% 0.06%
210 829 64.61% 0.06%
211 813 90.13% 0.06%
212 793 90.63% 0.06%
213 808 96.08% 0.06%
214 780 95.12% 0.06%
215 793 94.63% 0.06%
216 781 97.50% 0.06%
217 787 96.56% 0.06%
218 780 96.18% 0.06%
219 783 95.02% 0.06%
220 819 60.67% 0.06%
221 760 96.69% 0.05%
222 817 76.00% 0.06%
223 744 95.02% 0.05%
224 769 91.66% 0.06%
224 764 89.36% 0.05%
225 763 74.51% 0.05%
226 746 99.73% 0.05%
227 762 95.49% 0.05%
228 721 97.56% 0.05%
229 872 58.52% 0.06%
230 773 95.79% 0.06%
231 734 94.83% 0.05%
232 734 77.26% 0.05%
233 712 99.03% 0.05%
234 714 90.61% 0.05%
235 797 90.98% 0.06%
236 673 92.32% 0.05%
237 827 40.56% 0.06%
238 662 87.22% 0.05%
239 680 83.64% 0.05%
240 628 98.90% 0.05%
241 628 97.67% 0.05%
241 642 97.87% 0.05%
242 668 93.04% 0.05%
243 646 86.71% 0.05%
244 613 81.95% 0.04%
245 604 97.89% 0.04%
246 597 100.00% 0.04%
247 620 85.87% 0.04%
248 599 92.15% 0.04%
249 668 84.99% 0.05%
249 619 90.23% 0.04%
250 603 94.07% 0.04%
251 653 72.48% 0.05%
252 573 95.98% 0.04%
253 600 81.41% 0.04%
254 618 89.31% 0.04%
255 560 96.05% 0.04%
256 610 90.77% 0.04%
257 588 90.05% 0.04%
258 573 81.05% 0.04%
259 566 91.59% 0.04%
260 554 88.78% 0.04%
261 677 81.08% 0.05%
261 617 90.60% 0.04%
262 572 81.60% 0.04%
263 582 85.71% 0.04%
264 536 55.66% 0.04%
265 623 79.57% 0.04%
266 531 95.33% 0.04%
267 524 93.07% 0.04%
268 824 43.99% 0.06%
269 522 97.03% 0.04%
269 508 93.38% 0.04%
269 580 77.64% 0.04%
270 544 92.99% 0.04%
271 507 91.52% 0.04%
272 535 91.77% 0.04%
273 529 94.13% 0.04%
274 558 71.91% 0.04%
275 488 92.95% 0.04%
276 482 95.07% 0.03%
277 473 91.67% 0.03%
278 497 78.02% 0.04%
279 564 78.66% 0.04%
280 460 97.25% 0.03%
281 511 83.22% 0.04%
282 469 99.15% 0.03%
283 499 89.59% 0.04%
284 457 94.03% 0.03%
285 440 97.13% 0.03%
286 451 93.96% 0.03%
287 423 96.36% 0.03%
288 413 98.80% 0.03%
288 433 94.75% 0.03%
289 407 97.14% 0.03%
290 399 84.00% 0.03%
291 441 85.14% 0.03%
292 391 96.54% 0.03%
292 420 92.31% 0.03%
293 393 95.39% 0.03%
294 403 92.01% 0.03%
295 395 76.55% 0.03%
296 394 89.34% 0.03%
297 368 86.59% 0.03%
298 380 85.78% 0.03%
298 400 84.03% 0.03%
299 361 99.18% 0.03%
300 358 98.90% 0.03%
301 359 74.17% 0.03%
302 355 98.89% 0.03%
302 356 94.18% 0.03%
303 359 98.90% 0.03%
304 357 91.54% 0.03%
305 348 85.09% 0.03%
305 384 90.35% 0.03%
306 357 93.46% 0.03%
307 335 99.41% 0.02%
308 332 67.76% 0.02%
309 322 93.88% 0.02%
310 321 96.11% 0.02%
311 346 88.95% 0.02%
311 318 78.71% 0.02%
311 364 86.46% 0.03%
312 336 92.56% 0.02%
313 491 59.09% 0.04%
314 316 94.33% 0.02%
315 301 98.37% 0.02%
315 307 98.08% 0.02%
316 339 88.98% 0.02%
317 342 86.15% 0.02%
318 304 96.51% 0.02%
319 306 91.62% 0.02%
320 290 99.66% 0.02%
321 296 95.18% 0.02%
322 286 93.77% 0.02%
322 339 84.96% 0.02%
323 291 94.48% 0.02%
324 285 96.28% 0.02%
325 336 49.78% 0.02%
326 275 94.50% 0.02%
327 260 61.47% 0.02%
328 254 98.45% 0.02%
329 258 96.99% 0.02%
330 258 88.97% 0.02%
331 263 68.67% 0.02%
332 242 93.80% 0.02%
333 246 93.54% 0.02%
333 251 93.66% 0.02%
333 234 100.00% 0.02%
334 253 82.14% 0.02%
335 272 86.08% 0.02%
336 224 100.00% 0.02%
337 221 100.00% 0.02%
338 225 96.98% 0.02%
339 219 98.21% 0.02%
339 245 100.00% 0.02%
340 220 96.07% 0.02%
341 208 90.04% 0.01%
342 207 99.52% 0.01%
343 206 91.15% 0.01%
344 211 83.73% 0.02%
345 191 95.98% 0.01%
346 200 86.96% 0.01%
347 204 97.14% 0.01%
348 187 98.42% 0.01%
349 191 95.50% 0.01%
350 182 92.39% 0.01%
351 180 100.00% 0.01%
352 184 98.92% 0.01%
353 180 88.24% 0.01%
354 165 95.93% 0.01%
355 174 79.45% 0.01%
356 157 100.00% 0.01%
357 163 90.06% 0.01%
357 164 95.91% 0.01%
358 155 100.00% 0.01%
359 160 95.24% 0.01%
360 154 96.86% 0.01%
361 155 95.68% 0.01%
362 152 88.89% 0.01%
363 142 98.61% 0.01%
364 135 100.00% 0.01%
365 135 96.43% 0.01%
366 135 84.38% 0.01%
367 125 100.00% 0.01%
368 131 92.91% 0.01%
369 117 79.59% 0.01%
370 147 82.58% 0.01%
371 120 94.49% 0.01%
372 112 100.00% 0.01%
373 114 90.48% 0.01%
374 116 80.00% 0.01%
375 104 91.23% 0.01%
376 108 98.18% 0.01%
377 109 92.37% 0.01%
378 103 90.35% 0.01%
378 94 98.95% 0.01%
378 96 84.21% 0.01%
379 78 95.12% 0.01%
380 72 98.63% 0.01%
381 68 97.14% -
382 67 95.71% -
383 57 96.61% -
384 56 81.16% -
385 58 93.55% -
386 40 95.24% -
387 18 100.00% -
388 418 45.93% 0.03%

Methodology

This ranking list is based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ACS is one of the most reliable sources for understanding population trends across different locations, and it provides estimates for various racial and ethnic groups at city, county, state and all geography levels down to the Census block group.
This list ranks cities in Kentucky by their Non-Hispanic White population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census Defines Non-Hispanic White Population

The U.S. Census Bureau allows people to self-identify their race, meaning individuals can choose one or more racial categories when responding to the survey. In this ranking, we include everyone who identifies as Non-Hispanic White, whether alone or in combination with another race.
Here are a few important things to know about how race is reported:
  • Some people identify as Non-Hispanic White alone, while others identify as Non-Hispanic White along with another race (such as Non-Hispanic White and White).
  • Hispanic / Latino origin is reported separately from race, so someone can be both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White .
  • We’ve used the “Non-Hispanic White alone or in combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the Non-Hispanic White population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic White alone or in combination in cities. To provide additional context, we’ve also included two key percentages:
  1. % of Total City Population – This shows what percentage of the total state population identifies as Non-Hispanic White .
  2. % of Total Kentucky Non-Hispanic White Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. Non-Hispanic White population lives in that state.
To keep things simple, all population numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Because of rounding, some percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.

Things to Keep in Mind

Like all survey-based data, ACS estimates come with some limitations. Here are a few things to be aware of:
  • In places with very small Non-Hispanic White populations, the numbers may not be reported at all due to privacy protections or sampling variability in the survey.
  • Since the ACS is based on a sample, the numbers are estimates, not exact counts. That means they may slightly differ from other sources like the decennial U.S. Census.
  • Cities that don’t have any reported Non-Hispanic White population are not included in the ranking but are listed separately below for reference.
This ranking is meant to provide a clear, data-driven look at where Non-Hispanic White populations are most concentrated while keeping the numbers easy to understand.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.