Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Kentucky counties, in April 2020, among all of Kentucky's cities and places (towns and villages) with a population of at least 10K, Shively city had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (54.80%), followed by Louisville city (32.86%), and Hopkinsville city (31.17%).
The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of cities and places for other racial groups, as well as for the different ethnicities in Kentucky.
Rank | City or Place | Percent of City Population |
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1 | Shively city | 54.80 |
2 | Louisville city | 32.86 |
3 | Hopkinsville city | 31.17 |
4 | Radcliff city | 24.89 |
5 | Paducah city | 22.16 |
6 | Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | 17.52 |
7 | Fort Campbell North CDP | 15.32 |
8 | Lexington-Fayette urban county | 14.90 |
9 | Lyndon city | 13.85 |
10 | Bowling Green city | 13.81 |
11 | Frankfort city | 12.94 |
12 | Franklin city | 12.82 |
13 | Henderson city | 12.28 |
14 | Mayfield city | 12.14 |
15 | Bardstown city | 11.90 |
16 | Madisonville city | 11.81 |
17 | Jeffersontown city | 11.76 |
18 | Covington city | 11.57 |
19 | Elizabethtown city | 11.55 |
20 | Danville city | 10.21 |
21 | Shelbyville city | 9.98 |
22 | Newport city | 9.09 |
23 | Paris city | 9.07 |
24 | Campbellsville city | 8.58 |
25 | Florence city | 8.25 |
26 | Glasgow city | 7.89 |
27 | Richmond city | 7.53 |
28 | Winchester city | 7.29 |
29 | Versailles city | 7.27 |
30 | St. Matthews city | 7.14 |
31 | Owensboro city | 7.07 |
32 | Georgetown city | 6.97 |
33 | Murray city | 6.44 |
34 | Nicholasville city | 6.14 |
35 | La Grange city | 4.58 |
36 | Burlington CDP | 4.43 |
37 | Berea city | 4.36 |
38 | Erlanger city | 3.59 |
39 | Lawrenceburg city | 3.18 |
40 | Somerset city | 2.99 |
41 | Ashland city | 2.94 |
42 | Shepherdsville city | 2.24 |
43 | Independence city | 2.21 |
44 | Fort Thomas city | 1.37 |
45 | Mount Washington city | 1.08 |
46 | Alexandria city | 0.78 |