Kentucky Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of Kentucky was 181,844, which was 4.05% of the population of Kentucky.
The highest percentage of the Kentucky foreign-born population where born in Mexico (16.28%), followed by Cuba (7.38%), and India (7.26%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Kentucky Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Kentucky foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Kentucky foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: Kentucky ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Kentucky Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 29604 | 16.28 |
| Cuba | 13415 | 7.38 |
| India | 13206 | 7.26 |
| China | 9263 | 5.09 |
| Guatemala | 6690 | 3.68 |
| Philippines | 6087 | 3.35 |
| Germany | 5425 | 2.98 |
| Honduras | 4658 | 2.56 |
| Canada | 4372 | 2.40 |
| Korea | 3764 | 2.07 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 3498 | 1.92 |
| Vietnam | 3456 | 1.90 |
| Burma | 3447 | 1.90 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3073 | 1.69 |
| Japan | 2875 | 1.58 |
| Iraq | 2526 | 1.39 |
| Nepal | 2235 | 1.23 |
| Thailand | 2037 | 1.12 |
| Russia | 1848 | 1.02 |
| Congo | 1833 | 1.01 |
| England | 1814 | 1.00 |
| Somalia | 1715 | 0.94 |
| Colombia | 1651 | 0.91 |
| Ukraine | 1436 | 0.79 |
| Haiti | 1355 | 0.75 |
| El Salvador | 1348 | 0.74 |
| Nigeria | 1299 | 0.71 |
| Iran | 1289 | 0.71 |
| Venezuela | 1251 | 0.69 |
| Pakistan | 1204 | 0.66 |
| Jamaica | 1167 | 0.64 |
| Peru | 1149 | 0.63 |
| Ethiopia | 1122 | 0.62 |
| Jordan | 1119 | 0.62 |
| Brazil | 1072 | 0.59 |
| Kenya | 1040 | 0.57 |
| Cambodia | 994 | 0.55 |
| Ghana | 961 | 0.53 |
| Morocco | 910 | 0.50 |
| France | 900 | 0.50 |
| Uzbekistan | 812 | 0.45 |
| Senegal | 792 | 0.44 |
| Liberia | 775 | 0.43 |
| Micronesia | 756 | 0.42 |
| Ireland | 744 | 0.41 |
| Taiwan | 722 | 0.40 |
| Argentina | 673 | 0.37 |
| Panama | 665 | 0.37 |
| Saudi Arabia | 641 | 0.35 |
| Malaysia | 616 | 0.34 |
| Poland | 586 | 0.32 |
| Italy | 576 | 0.32 |
| Egypt | 494 | 0.27 |
| Spain | 489 | 0.27 |
| Australia | 472 | 0.26 |
| Afghanistan | 452 | 0.25 |
| Dominican Republic | 432 | 0.24 |
| Laos | 431 | 0.24 |
| Scotland | 425 | 0.23 |
| Bulgaria | 388 | 0.21 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 360 | 0.20 |
| Bangladesh | 356 | 0.20 |
| Netherlands | 351 | 0.19 |
| Belarus | 346 | 0.19 |
| Hong Kong | 340 | 0.19 |
| Indonesia | 335 | 0.18 |
| Croatia | 311 | 0.17 |
| Cameroon | 296 | 0.16 |
| Chile | 292 | 0.16 |
| Romania | 280 | 0.15 |
| Costa Rica | 265 | 0.15 |
| Lebanon | 264 | 0.14 |
| Ecuador | 261 | 0.14 |
| Serbia | 250 | 0.14 |
| Singapore | 249 | 0.14 |
| Israel | 249 | 0.14 |
| Uganda | 236 | 0.13 |
| Albania | 235 | 0.13 |
| Sweden | 233 | 0.13 |
| Guyana | 232 | 0.13 |
| Czechoslovakia | 214 | 0.12 |
| Syria | 214 | 0.12 |
| Sudan | 211 | 0.12 |
| Nicaragua | 206 | 0.11 |
| Greece | 205 | 0.11 |
| Sri Lanka | 203 | 0.11 |
| Austria | 198 | 0.11 |
| Turkey | 177 | 0.10 |
| Hungary | 173 | 0.10 |
| Belgium | 172 | 0.10 |
| Kuwait | 163 | 0.09 |
| Kazakhstan | 155 | 0.09 |
| Belize | 144 | 0.08 |
| Switzerland | 134 | 0.07 |
| Bahamas | 132 | 0.07 |
| Latvia | 117 | 0.06 |
| Denmark | 113 | 0.06 |
| Grenada | 108 | 0.06 |
| Barbados | 105 | 0.06 |
| Portugal | 101 | 0.06 |
| Moldova | 89 | 0.05 |
| Eritrea | 78 | 0.04 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 0.04 |
| Norway | 67 | 0.04 |
| North Macedonia | 67 | 0.04 |
| Lithuania | 59 | 0.03 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43 | 0.02 |
| Sierra Leone | 13 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 12 | 0.01 |
| Uruguay | 10 | 0.01 |
| Yemen | 3 | 0.00 |
| Armenia | 1 | 0.00 |