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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 4.91K people in Kentucky with Ukrainian ancestry (0.11% of Kentucky population). Among all Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Nicholasville city had the highest percentage of its population with Ukrainian ancestry (2.35%), followed by Newport city (0.61%), and Lyndon city (0.34%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Ukrainian Ancestry in 2021
Nicholasville city
Newport city
Lyndon city
Burlington CDP
Lexington-Fayette urban county
Danville city
Elizabethtown city
Bowling Green city
Jeffersontown city
Madisonville city
Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Ukrainian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Nicholasville city 2.35
2 Newport city 0.61
3 Lyndon city 0.34
4 Burlington CDP 0.32
5 Lexington-Fayette urban county 0.25
6 Danville city 0.24
7 Elizabethtown city 0.21
8 Bowling Green city 0.18
9 Jeffersontown city 0.17
10 Madisonville city 0.16
11 Fort Thomas city 0.15
11 St. Matthews city 0.15
12 Owensboro city 0.10
13 Radcliff city 0.09
13 Shepherdsville city 0.09
14 Murray city 0.08
15 Erlanger city 0.07
15 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) 0.07
16 Ashland city 0.06
16 Covington city 0.06
17 Glasgow city 0.04
18 Florence city 0.03
19 Georgetown city 0.01