The 10 Whitest Cities In Kentucky For 2023


The whitest cities in Kentucky are Flatwoods and Villa Hills for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

Whitest cities in Kentucky research summary. We analyzed Kentucky’s most recent Census data to determine the whitest cities in Kentucky based on the percentage of White residents. Here are the results of our analysis:

  • The whitest city in Kentucky is Flatwoods based on the most recent Census data.

  • Flatwoods is 97.63% White.

  • The least White city in Kentucky is Shively.

  • Shively is 38.53% White.

  • Kentucky is 83.6% White.

  • Kentucky is the 7th Whitest state in the United States.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


Today, we are looking at the whitest places in Kentucky. We won’t measure the number of Whole Foods or Pottery Barns per capita. Instead, we’ll focus on the Census data’s report of race by place in Kentucky. In particular, we ranked each place in Kentucky by the percentage of white people.

So where are the whitest cities you can live in Kentucky?

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Kentucky for 2023.

Here are the 10 whites places in Kentucky for 2023:

  1. Flatwoods
  2. Villa Hills
  3. Cold Spring
  4. Taylor Mill
  5. Leitchfield
  6. Edgewood
  7. Fort Mitchell
  8. Alexandria
  9. Pikeville
  10. Central City

What is the whitest city in Kentucky for 2023? According to the most recent census data Flatwoods ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Shively is the least white city of all those we measured.

Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.

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The 10 Whitest Cities In Kentucky For 2023

1. Flatwoods

Flatwoods, KY

Source: Wikipedia User User:Campaigner444 | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 7,314
% White: 97.63%
More on Flatwoods: Data | Real Estate

2. Villa Hills

Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

Population: 7,331
% White: 96.77%
More on Villa Hills: Data | Real Estate

3. Cold Spring

Cold Spring, KY

Source: Flickr User digitalbookmobile | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 6,208
% White: 96.1%
More on Cold Spring: Data | Real Estate

4. Taylor Mill

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 6,834
% White: 95.99%
More on Taylor Mill: Data | Real Estate

5. Leitchfield

Leitchfield, KY

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,427
% White: 95.53%
More on Leitchfield: Data | Real Estate

6. Edgewood

Edgewood, KY

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 8,427
% White: 95.46%
More on Edgewood: Data | Real Estate

7. Fort Mitchell

Fort Mitchell, KY

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

Population: 8,618
% White: 94.72%
More on Fort Mitchell: Data | Real Estate

8. Alexandria

Alexandria, KY

Source: Wikipedia User W.marsh | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 10,125
% White: 94.69%
More on Alexandria: Data | Real Estate

9. Pikeville

Pikeville, KY

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 7,376
% White: 93.1%
More on Pikeville: Data | Real Estate

10. Central City

Central City, KY

Source: Flickr User ORA r.FLORES | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 5,958
% White: 92.75%
More on Central City: Data | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Kentucky for 2023

To rank the whitest places in Kentucky, we had to determine what measurable criteria define whiteness.

We had to count how many white people living there per capita. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Kentucky.

We looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:

  • Hispanic or Latino
  • White alone*
  • Black or African American alone*
  • American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
  • Asian alone*
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
  • Some other race alone*
  • Two or more races*
* Not Hispanic or latino

Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.

We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 75 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 97.6% to 38.5%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of White population, with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Flatwoods took the distinction of being the most White, while Shively was the least White city.

We updated this article for 2023. This report represents our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Kentucky.

Read on for more information on how the cities in Kentucky ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.

Summary: White Populations Across Kentucky

We measured the locations with the highest percentage of white people in Kentucky. According to the most recent data, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Kentucky.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least White places in Kentucky:

  1. Shively
  2. Oak Grove
  3. Radcliff

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White Population By City In Kentucky

Rank City % White Population
1 Flatwoods 97.63% 7,314
2 Villa Hills 96.77% 7,331
3 Cold Spring 96.1% 6,208
4 Taylor Mill 95.99% 6,834
5 Leitchfield 95.53% 6,427
6 Edgewood 95.46% 8,427
7 Fort Mitchell 94.72% 8,618
8 Alexandria 94.69% 10,125
9 Pikeville 93.1% 7,376
10 Central City 92.75% 5,958
11 Independence 92.67% 28,256
12 Mount Washington 92.57% 17,723
13 Fort Thomas 92.44% 17,241
14 Mount Sterling 92.4% 7,517
15 Bellevue 92.06% 5,578
16 Lawrenceburg 91.86% 11,675
17 Corbin 91.52% 8,397
18 Ashland 91.33% 21,695
19 Cynthiana 91.26% 6,291
20 Morehead 90.69% 6,994
21 London 90.66% 7,492
22 Shepherdsville 90.49% 13,918
23 Union 90.33% 7,227
24 Williamsburg 89.61% 5,272
25 Berea 89.52% 15,465
26 Fort Wright 89.17% 5,845
27 Middlesborough 89.0% 9,493
28 Nicholasville 87.85% 31,066
29 Somerset 87.06% 11,696
30 Dayton 86.97% 5,641
31 St. Matthews 86.52% 17,588
32 Richmond 86.01% 34,662
33 Elsmere 85.83% 9,080
34 Maysville 85.64% 8,851
35 Erlanger 85.5% 19,506
36 Highland Heights 85.34% 6,896
37 Monticello 85.07% 5,782
38 La Grange 85.06% 9,901
39 Winchester 84.74% 18,993
40 Murray 84.51% 17,241
41 Georgetown 84.17% 36,281
42 Douglass Hills 84.07% 5,480
43 Newport 83.89% 14,378
44 Campbellsville 83.86% 11,345
45 Hillview 83.77% 8,638
46 Princeton 82.68% 6,206
47 Glasgow 82.61% 14,922
48 Harrodsburg 82.6% 8,952
49 Florence 82.37% 31,699
50 Paris 82.32% 10,202
51 Owensboro 81.84% 59,839
52 Middletown 81.07% 9,473
53 Henderson 80.21% 28,201
54 Madisonville 79.57% 19,533
55 Bardstown 78.7% 13,425
56 Danville 78.2% 17,164
57 Russellville 77.65% 7,068
58 Versailles 77.05% 10,196
59 Franklin 76.87% 9,885
60 Elizabethtown 76.58% 31,066
61 Covington 75.76% 40,930
62 Lebanon 74.99% 6,165
63 Mayfield 72.51% 10,041
64 Jeffersontown 72.48% 28,800
65 Frankfort 72.27% 28,479
66 Lyndon 72.19% 11,033
67 Paducah 70.25% 26,248
68 Lexington 70.02% 321,354
69 Bowling Green 67.61% 71,422
70 Shelbyville 66.5% 16,932
71 Louisville 63.81% 630,260
72 Hopkinsville 62.44% 30,771
73 Radcliff 53.24% 22,839
74 Oak Grove 51.7% 7,699
75 Shively 38.53% 15,638
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