Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 58.98K people in Kentucky with Scotch Irish ancestry (1.31% of Kentucky population). Among all Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Ashland city had the highest percentage of its population with Scotch Irish ancestry (3.50%), followed by Shelbyville city (2.88%), and Lawrenceburg city (2.42%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Scotch Irish ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Kentucky.

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Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

Ashland city

Shelbyville city

Lawrenceburg city

Berea city

Danville city

St. Matthews city

Georgetown city

Florence city

Elizabethtown city

Lyndon city

Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Ashland city	3.50
2	Shelbyville city	2.88
3	Lawrenceburg city	2.42
4	Berea city	2.22
4	Danville city	2.22
5	St. Matthews city	2.19
6	Georgetown city	2.07
7	Florence city	2.06
8	Elizabethtown city	2.04
9	Lyndon city	2.02
10	Lexington-Fayette urban county	1.96
11	Francisville CDP	1.84
12	Paducah city	1.83
13	Mayfield city	1.69
13	Murray city	1.69
14	Shepherdsville city	1.57
15	Nicholasville city	1.54
16	Winchester city	1.44
17	Fort Campbell North CDP	1.42
17	Newport city	1.42
18	Frankfort city	1.38
19	Alexandria city	1.35
19	Bowling Green city	1.35
20	Mount Washington city	1.20
21	Richmond city	1.16
22	Erlanger city	1.14
23	Fort Thomas city	1.06
24	Hopkinsville city	1.00
25	Madisonville city	0.96
26	Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)	0.93
27	Owensboro city	0.92
28	Covington city	0.90
29	Bardstown city	0.86
30	Henderson city	0.82
30	Paris city	0.82
31	Somerset city	0.79
32	Independence city	0.78
33	Versailles city	0.77
34	Glasgow city	0.76
35	Jeffersontown city	0.73
36	Campbellsville city	0.60
37	Radcliff city	0.54
38	Shively city	0.29
39	Burlington CDP	0.21