Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By White Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on July 6, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of Kentucky's cities and places (towns and villages), Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (256.42K), followed by Lexington-Fayette urban county (220.24K), and Louisville city (133.72K).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all of Kentucky cities and places based on White Alone population.

You can see similar ranking information for other states and for the United States. You can also see similar rankings for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Kentucky.

Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By White Alone Population from Census 2020
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)
256.42K
Lexington-Fayette urban county
220.24K
Louisville
133.72K
Owensboro
48.59K
Bowling Green
46.49K
Covington
31.00K
Georgetown
30.62K
Richmond
27.96K
Nicholasville
26.18K
Independence
25.67K
Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By White Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
City or Place
White Alone Population
1 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) 256,416
2 Lexington-Fayette urban county 220,236
3 Louisville city 133,715
4 Owensboro city 48,585
5 Bowling Green city 46,492
6 Covington city 30,998
7 Georgetown city 30,620
8 Richmond city 27,961
9 Nicholasville city 26,180
10 Independence city 25,669
11 Florence city 24,572
12 Elizabethtown city 23,514
13 Henderson city 21,864
14 Frankfort city 21,327
15 Jeffersontown city 20,628
16 Ashland city 19,442
17 Paducah city 18,376
18 Hopkinsville city 18,255
19 Mount Washington city 16,799
20 Erlanger city 16,707
21 Winchester city 15,974
22 Fort Thomas city 15,938
23 Madisonville city 15,449
24 Burlington CDP 14,778
25 Murray city 14,332
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