2025

Cities in Kentucky ranked by White Population

This list ranks the 417 cities in Kentucky based on their 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 10, 2025

Top 5 cities with the largest White population in Kentucky

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

List of 417 cities in Kentucky by White Population

View Methodology
Rank by White Population
City
White Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total Kentucky White Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Bowling Green 54,536 69.11% 3.92%
2 Owensboro 52,183 82.25% 3.75%
3 Covington 34,270 77.57% 2.47%
4 Georgetown 34,172 83.39% 2.46%
5 Richmond 32,507 85.45% 2.34%
6 Nicholasville 29,371 87.48% 2.11%
7 Florence 28,144 81.96% 2.02%
8 28,046 93.56% 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 21,242 63.08% 1.53%
14 20,528 92.03% 1.48%
15 20,520 71.75% 1.48%
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 15,244 60.44% 1.10%
24 14,713 89.62% 1.06%
25 14,463 78.35% 1.04%
26 14,407 73.03% 1.04%
27 13,844 93.36% 1.00%
28 13,231 80.25% 0.95%
29 12,769 84.49% 0.92%
30 11,595 81.13% 0.83%
31 11,413 91.19% 0.82%
32 11,149 91.56% 0.80%
33 10,213 83.69% 0.73%
34 9,870 91.28% 0.71%
35 9,551 88.63% 0.69%
36 9,086 80.08% 0.65%
37 9,014 82.72% 0.65%
38 8,821 90.55% 0.63%
39 8,779 75.23% 0.63%
40 8,777 80.50% 0.63%
41 8,279 93.79% 0.60%
42 8,243 96.38% 0.59%
43 8,141 88.16% 0.59%
44 8,101 83.98% 0.58%
45 8,096 81.62% 0.58%
46 7,933 86.15% 0.57%
47 7,800 71.35% 0.56%
48 7,765 78.82% 0.56%
49 7,527 75.13% 0.54%
50 7,382 93.07% 0.53%
51 7,311 94.23% 0.53%
52 7,251 96.27% 0.52%
53 7,206 96.47% 0.52%
54 7,197 92.16% 0.52%
55 7,173 93.30% 0.52%
56 6,728 96.50% 0.48%
57 6,506 91.79% 0.47%
58 6,356 95.80% 0.46%
59 6,299 38.51% 0.45%
60 6,147 91.16% 0.44%
61 6,111 81.41% 0.44%
62 6,088 93.29% 0.44%
63 5,998 92.08% 0.43%
63 5,998 88.77% 0.43%
64 5,719 89.74% 0.41%
65 5,575 85.90% 0.40%
66 5,552 75.67% 0.40%
67 5,541 90.75% 0.40%
68 5,537 59.09% 0.40%
69 5,515 86.97% 0.40%
70 5,408 89.55% 0.39%
71 5,369 93.36% 0.39%
72 5,307 88.46% 0.38%
73 5,065 83.75% 0.36%
74 5,041 75.58% 0.36%
75 4,873 90.48% 0.35%
76 4,821 85.54% 0.35%
77 4,764 89.40% 0.34%
78 4,622 87.04% 0.33%
79 4,441 89.43% 0.32%
80 4,323 94.49% 0.31%
81 4,094 94.40% 0.29%
82 4,089 85.45% 0.29%
83 4,084 88.94% 0.29%
84 3,934 80.81% 0.28%
85 3,924 93.36% 0.28%
86 3,818 81.51% 0.27%
87 3,755 84.46% 0.27%
88 3,724 94.14% 0.27%
89 3,663 93.28% 0.26%
90 3,650 83.95% 0.26%
91 3,575 83.16% 0.26%
92 3,574 90.48% 0.26%
93 3,366 88.25% 0.24%
94 3,184 60.86% 0.23%
95 3,153 95.87% 0.23%
96 3,109 83.31% 0.22%
97 3,106 96.49% 0.22%
98 3,081 80.21% 0.22%
99 3,072 82.56% 0.22%
100 3,070 93.20% 0.22%
101 2,963 82.26% 0.21%
102 2,949 90.65% 0.21%
103 2,910 89.43% 0.21%
104 2,859 94.92% 0.21%
105 2,830 92.70% 0.20%
106 2,818 85.68% 0.20%
107 2,799 95.37% 0.20%
108 2,764 95.11% 0.20%
109 2,728 91.70% 0.20%
110 2,717 86.31% 0.20%
111 2,697 91.77% 0.19%
112 2,684 91.08% 0.19%
113 2,648 76.91% 0.19%
114 2,643 84.66% 0.19%
115 2,633 99.55% 0.19%
116 2,607 94.42% 0.19%
117 2,537 97.50% 0.18%
118 2,514 82.26% 0.18%
119 2,513 96.80% 0.18%
120 2,495 92.41% 0.18%
121 2,445 84.34% 0.18%
122 2,360 80.24% 0.17%
123 2,355 77.83% 0.17%
124 2,349 88.37% 0.17%
125 2,344 77.62% 0.17%
126 2,306 81.83% 0.17%
127 2,288 91.26% 0.16%
128 2,272 84.71% 0.16%
129 2,271 93.15% 0.16%
130 2,264 93.63% 0.16%
131 2,197 92.12% 0.16%
132 2,180 91.40% 0.16%
133 2,167 94.88% 0.16%
134 2,160 95.83% 0.16%
134 2,160 91.37% 0.16%
135 2,157 91.40% 0.16%
136 2,143 97.99% 0.15%
137 2,078 96.56% 0.15%
138 2,063 90.28% 0.15%
139 1,955 97.36% 0.14%
140 1,939 91.12% 0.14%
141 1,936 82.95% 0.14%
142 1,926 96.30% 0.14%
143 1,917 95.61% 0.14%
144 1,906 94.26% 0.14%
145 1,904 88.72% 0.14%
146 1,883 84.90% 0.14%
147 1,862 93.33% 0.13%
148 1,838 88.32% 0.13%
149 1,833 95.17% 0.13%
150 1,812 72.74% 0.13%
151 1,810 83.60% 0.13%
152 1,783 91.62% 0.13%
153 1,763 89.58% 0.13%
154 1,751 92.94% 0.13%
155 1,743 90.03% 0.13%
156 1,724 94.16% 0.12%
157 1,718 88.37% 0.12%
158 1,707 71.72% 0.12%
159 1,621 69.36% 0.12%
159 1,621 86.82% 0.12%
160 1,620 89.50% 0.12%
161 1,595 86.17% 0.11%
162 1,586 97.96% 0.11%
163 1,564 96.78% 0.11%
164 1,560 83.02% 0.11%
165 1,555 78.30% 0.11%
166 1,554 97.25% 0.11%
167 1,544 87.33% 0.11%
168 1,512 90.16% 0.11%
169 1,435 90.19% 0.10%
170 1,432 96.04% 0.10%
171 1,419 54.58% 0.10%
172 1,404 92.07% 0.10%
173 1,388 97.13% 0.10%
174 1,339 98.24% 0.10%
175 1,338 88.38% 0.10%
176 1,305 64.06% 0.09%
177 1,274 86.61% 0.09%
178 1,261 96.70% 0.09%
179 1,236 90.48% 0.09%
180 1,218 94.71% 0.09%
181 1,165 92.98% 0.08%
182 1,164 92.09% 0.08%
183 1,156 88.79% 0.08%
184 1,141 81.73% 0.08%
185 1,128 92.08% 0.08%
186 1,107 80.33% 0.08%
187 1,100 98.92% 0.08%
188 1,090 85.89% 0.08%
189 1,073 95.63% 0.08%
190 1,067 96.13% 0.08%
191 1,051 95.46% 0.08%
192 1,047 92.17% 0.08%
193 1,046 48.56% 0.08%
194 1,029 96.89% 0.07%
195 1,024 92.84% 0.07%
196 1,022 93.59% 0.07%
197 1,017 86.33% 0.07%
198 1,003 98.04% 0.07%
199 996 79.94% 0.07%
200 990 93.40% 0.07%
201 967 85.50% 0.07%
202 963 94.69% 0.07%
203 961 91.52% 0.07%
204 953 87.83% 0.07%
205 911 98.06% 0.07%
206 881 78.73% 0.06%
207 877 93.20% 0.06%
208 873 97.00% 0.06%
209 872 58.52% 0.06%
210 870 90.91% 0.06%
211 848 96.58% 0.06%
212 840 86.87% 0.06%
213 829 64.61% 0.06%
214 827 40.56% 0.06%
215 825 73.01% 0.06%
216 824 43.99% 0.06%
217 819 60.67% 0.06%
218 817 76.00% 0.06%
219 813 90.13% 0.06%
220 810 99.14% 0.06%
221 808 96.08% 0.06%
222 799 97.20% 0.06%
223 797 90.98% 0.06%
224 793 94.63% 0.06%
224 793 90.63% 0.06%
225 787 96.56% 0.06%
226 783 95.02% 0.06%
227 781 97.50% 0.06%
228 780 96.18% 0.06%
228 780 95.12% 0.06%
229 773 95.79% 0.06%
230 769 91.66% 0.06%
231 764 89.36% 0.05%
232 763 74.51% 0.05%
233 762 95.49% 0.05%
234 760 96.69% 0.05%
235 746 99.73% 0.05%
236 744 95.02% 0.05%
237 734 77.26% 0.05%
237 734 94.83% 0.05%
238 721 97.56% 0.05%
239 714 90.61% 0.05%
240 712 99.03% 0.05%
241 680 83.64% 0.05%
242 677 81.08% 0.05%
243 673 92.32% 0.05%
244 668 84.99% 0.05%
244 668 93.04% 0.05%
245 662 87.22% 0.05%
246 653 72.48% 0.05%
247 646 86.71% 0.05%
248 642 97.87% 0.05%
249 628 97.67% 0.05%
249 628 98.90% 0.05%
250 623 79.57% 0.04%
251 620 85.87% 0.04%
252 619 90.23% 0.04%
253 618 89.31% 0.04%
254 617 90.60% 0.04%
255 613 81.95% 0.04%
256 610 90.77% 0.04%
257 604 97.89% 0.04%
258 603 94.07% 0.04%
259 600 81.41% 0.04%
260 599 92.15% 0.04%
261 597 100.00% 0.04%
262 588 90.05% 0.04%
263 582 85.71% 0.04%
264 580 77.64% 0.04%
265 573 95.98% 0.04%
265 573 81.05% 0.04%
266 572 81.60% 0.04%
267 566 91.59% 0.04%
268 564 78.66% 0.04%
269 560 96.05% 0.04%
270 558 71.91% 0.04%
271 554 88.78% 0.04%
272 544 92.99% 0.04%
273 536 55.66% 0.04%
274 535 91.77% 0.04%
275 531 95.33% 0.04%
276 529 94.13% 0.04%
277 524 93.07% 0.04%
278 522 97.03% 0.04%
279 511 83.22% 0.04%
280 508 93.38% 0.04%
281 507 91.52% 0.04%
282 499 89.59% 0.04%
283 497 78.02% 0.04%
284 491 59.09% 0.04%
285 488 92.95% 0.04%
286 482 95.07% 0.03%
287 473 91.67% 0.03%
288 469 99.15% 0.03%
289 460 97.25% 0.03%
290 457 94.03% 0.03%
291 451 93.96% 0.03%
292 441 85.14% 0.03%
293 440 97.13% 0.03%
294 433 94.75% 0.03%
295 423 96.36% 0.03%
296 420 92.31% 0.03%
297 418 45.93% 0.03%
298 413 98.80% 0.03%
299 407 97.14% 0.03%
300 403 92.01% 0.03%
301 400 84.03% 0.03%
302 399 84.00% 0.03%
303 395 76.55% 0.03%
304 394 89.34% 0.03%
305 393 95.39% 0.03%
306 391 96.54% 0.03%
307 384 90.35% 0.03%
308 380 85.78% 0.03%
309 368 86.59% 0.03%
310 364 86.46% 0.03%
311 361 99.18% 0.03%
312 359 98.90% 0.03%
312 359 74.17% 0.03%
313 358 98.90% 0.03%
314 357 91.54% 0.03%
314 357 93.46% 0.03%
315 356 94.18% 0.03%
316 355 98.89% 0.03%
317 348 85.09% 0.03%
318 346 88.95% 0.02%
319 342 86.15% 0.02%
320 339 84.96% 0.02%
320 339 88.98% 0.02%
321 336 49.78% 0.02%
321 336 92.56% 0.02%
322 335 99.41% 0.02%
323 332 67.76% 0.02%
324 322 93.88% 0.02%
325 321 96.11% 0.02%
326 318 78.71% 0.02%
327 316 94.33% 0.02%
328 307 98.08% 0.02%
329 306 91.62% 0.02%
330 304 96.51% 0.02%
331 301 98.37% 0.02%
332 296 95.18% 0.02%
333 291 94.48% 0.02%
334 290 99.66% 0.02%
335 286 93.77% 0.02%
336 285 96.28% 0.02%
337 275 94.50% 0.02%
338 272 86.08% 0.02%
339 263 68.67% 0.02%
340 260 61.47% 0.02%
341 258 96.99% 0.02%
341 258 88.97% 0.02%
342 254 98.45% 0.02%
343 253 82.14% 0.02%
344 251 93.66% 0.02%
345 246 93.54% 0.02%
346 245 100.00% 0.02%
347 242 93.80% 0.02%
348 234 100.00% 0.02%
349 225 96.98% 0.02%
350 224 100.00% 0.02%
351 221 100.00% 0.02%
352 220 96.07% 0.02%
353 219 98.21% 0.02%
354 211 83.73% 0.02%
355 208 90.04% 0.01%
356 207 99.52% 0.01%
357 206 91.15% 0.01%
358 204 97.14% 0.01%
359 200 86.96% 0.01%
360 191 95.98% 0.01%
360 191 95.50% 0.01%
361 187 98.42% 0.01%
362 184 98.92% 0.01%
363 182 92.39% 0.01%
364 180 88.24% 0.01%
364 180 100.00% 0.01%
365 174 79.45% 0.01%
366 165 95.93% 0.01%
367 164 95.91% 0.01%
368 163 90.06% 0.01%
369 160 95.24% 0.01%
370 157 100.00% 0.01%
371 155 95.68% 0.01%
371 155 100.00% 0.01%
372 154 96.86% 0.01%
373 152 88.89% 0.01%
374 147 82.58% 0.01%
375 142 98.61% 0.01%
376 135 96.43% 0.01%
376 135 100.00% 0.01%
376 135 84.38% 0.01%
377 131 92.91% 0.01%
378 125 100.00% 0.01%
379 120 94.49% 0.01%
380 117 79.59% 0.01%
381 116 80.00% 0.01%
382 114 90.48% 0.01%
383 112 100.00% 0.01%
384 109 92.37% 0.01%
385 108 98.18% 0.01%
386 104 91.23% 0.01%
387 103 90.35% 0.01%
388 96 84.21% 0.01%
389 94 98.95% 0.01%
390 78 95.12% 0.01%
391 72 98.63% 0.01%
392 68 97.14% -
393 67 95.71% -
394 58 93.55% -
395 57 96.61% -
396 56 81.16% -
397 40 95.24% -
398 18 100.00% -

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 White population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census Defines 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 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 White alone, while others identify as White along with another race (such as White and White).
  • Hispanic / Latino origin is reported separately from race, so someone can be both Hispanic and White .
  • We’ve used the “White alone or in combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the White population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as 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 White .
  2. % of Total Kentucky White Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. 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 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 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 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.