Kentucky Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the total immigrant or foreign-born population in Kentucky was 181.84K which was 4.05% of Kentucky's population. Among all Kentucky counties, Jefferson had the highest immigrant population (66.31K) and immigrants constituted 8.50% of its population, followed by Fayette (pop: 32.32K, perc: 10.06%), and then Warren (pop: 11.88K, perc: 8.92%).
On the other hand, the counties with the least number of immigrant population were: Jackson (pop: 0, perc: 0.00%), Robertson (pop: 4, perc: 0.18%), and Owsley (pop: 15, perc: 0.37%),
The chart and table below shows the immigrant or foreign-born population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that are immigrants.
You can see similar information for other states and by state for the United States.
| County | Immigrant Population | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| Adair | 423 | 2.25 |
| Allen | 396 | 1.92 |
| Anderson | 328 | 1.39 |
| Ballard | 87 | 1.11 |
| Barren | 1014 | 2.29 |
| Bath | 22 | 0.17 |
| Bell | 47 | 0.19 |
| Boone | 7776 | 5.78 |
| Bourbon | 807 | 3.98 |
| Boyd | 643 | 1.33 |
| Boyle | 749 | 2.46 |
| Bracken | 20 | 0.24 |
| Breathitt | 114 | 0.84 |
| Breckinridge | 115 | 0.56 |
| Bullitt | 1470 | 1.80 |
| Butler | 266 | 2.14 |
| Caldwell | 188 | 1.49 |
| Calloway | 1215 | 3.26 |
| Campbell | 2045 | 2.20 |
| Carlisle | 41 | 0.85 |
| Carroll | 166 | 1.54 |
| Carter | 192 | 0.72 |
| Casey | 147 | 0.93 |
| Christian | 2352 | 3.25 |
| Clark | 672 | 1.83 |
| Clay | 126 | 0.62 |
| Clinton | 147 | 1.57 |
| Crittenden | 71 | 0.79 |
| Cumberland | 60 | 1.00 |
| Daviess | 3197 | 3.12 |
| Edmonson | 31 | 0.26 |
| Elliott | 23 | 0.31 |
| Estill | 156 | 1.10 |
| Fayette | 32317 | 10.06 |
| Fleming | 136 | 0.91 |
| Floyd | 169 | 0.47 |
| Franklin | 2192 | 4.27 |
| Fulton | 28 | 0.43 |
| Gallatin | 142 | 1.63 |
| Garrard | 649 | 3.81 |
| Grant | 283 | 1.14 |
| Graves | 769 | 2.09 |
| Grayson | 304 | 1.15 |
| Green | 34 | 0.31 |
| Greenup | 334 | 0.93 |
| Hancock | 70 | 0.77 |
| Hardin | 4174 | 3.79 |
| Harlan | 99 | 0.37 |
| Harrison | 206 | 1.10 |
| Hart | 163 | 0.85 |
| Henderson | 541 | 1.20 |
| Henry | 304 | 1.94 |
| Hickman | 49 | 1.08 |
| Hopkins | 661 | 1.46 |
| Jackson | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jefferson | 66306 | 8.50 |
| Jessamine | 2598 | 4.90 |
| Johnson | 283 | 1.24 |
| Kenton | 5971 | 3.55 |
| Knott | 112 | 0.77 |
| Knox | 238 | 0.78 |
| Larue | 551 | 3.73 |
| Laurel | 518 | 0.83 |
| Lawrence | 270 | 1.66 |
| Lee | 45 | 0.62 |
| Leslie | 39 | 0.37 |
| Letcher | 115 | 0.53 |
| Lewis | 33 | 0.25 |
| Lincoln | 287 | 1.18 |
| Livingston | 66 | 0.73 |
| Logan | 242 | 0.89 |
| Lyon | 171 | 1.97 |
| McCracken | 977 | 1.45 |
| McCreary | 151 | 0.89 |
| McLean | 65 | 0.71 |
| Madison | 2493 | 2.70 |
| Magoffin | 74 | 0.63 |
| Marion | 471 | 2.41 |
| Marshall | 263 | 0.83 |
| Martin | 61 | 0.54 |
| Mason | 279 | 1.63 |
| Meade | 426 | 1.43 |
| Menifee | 31 | 0.50 |
| Mercer | 582 | 2.59 |
| Metcalfe | 70 | 0.68 |
| Monroe | 180 | 1.60 |
| Montgomery | 377 | 1.34 |
| Morgan | 122 | 0.89 |
| Muhlenberg | 381 | 1.23 |
| Nelson | 728 | 1.57 |
| Nicholas | 20 | 0.27 |
| Ohio | 636 | 2.67 |
| Oldham | 2960 | 4.38 |
| Owen | 22 | 0.20 |
| Owsley | 15 | 0.37 |
| Pendleton | 186 | 1.27 |
| Perry | 377 | 1.33 |
| Pike | 480 | 0.82 |
| Powell | 104 | 0.80 |
| Pulaski | 1292 | 2.00 |
| Robertson | 4 | 0.18 |
| Rockcastle | 29 | 0.18 |
| Rowan | 405 | 1.64 |
| Russell | 336 | 1.88 |
| Scott | 1433 | 2.55 |
| Shelby | 3154 | 6.64 |
| Simpson | 236 | 1.22 |
| Spencer | 189 | 0.98 |
| Taylor | 365 | 1.41 |
| Todd | 277 | 2.27 |
| Trigg | 175 | 1.24 |
| Trimble | 149 | 1.75 |
| Union | 157 | 1.14 |
| Warren | 11884 | 8.92 |
| Washington | 196 | 1.64 |
| Wayne | 532 | 2.70 |
| Webster | 398 | 3.06 |
| Whitley | 319 | 0.87 |
| Wolfe | 42 | 0.63 |
| Woodford | 1166 | 4.36 |
