Kentucky Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 4.49M Kentucky population, 1.43M had Unclassified ancestry (31.80%), 905.88K had Other Groups ancestry (20.16%), and 600.21K had American ancestry (13.36%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.

You can see similar information for other states.

NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Kentucky Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
American
German
English
Irish
Italian
European
Scottish
French (except Basque)
Kentucky Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Unclassified 1428928 31.80
Other Groups 905877 20.16
American 600207 13.36
German 583986 12.99
English 536493 11.94
Irish 501580 11.16
Italian 91874 2.04
European 90835 2.02
Scottish 83595 1.86
French (except Basque) 64043 1.43
Scotch Irish 58977 1.31
Polish 40899 0.91
Dutch 38209 0.85
Subsaharan African 38049 0.85
Welsh 26446 0.59
British 25862 0.57
African 23170 0.52
Swedish 17349 0.39
Norwegian 14591 0.33
Swiss 10784 0.24
Russian 10290 0.23
Scandinavian 9729 0.22
Hungarian 7870 0.18
French Canadian 7519 0.17
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 6674 0.15
Greek 6192 0.14
Eastern European 5861 0.13
Ukrainian 4905 0.11
Czech 4758 0.11
Northern European 4290 0.10
Yugoslavian 4096 0.09
Danish 3958 0.09
Portuguese 3868 0.09
Canadian 3862 0.09
Slovak 3385 0.08
Lebanese 3377 0.08
Austrian 3308 0.07
Lithuanian 3079 0.07
Pennsylvania German 2646 0.06
Somali 2443 0.05
Arab 2362 0.05
Haitian 2266 0.05
Iranian 2232 0.05
Croatian 2152 0.05
Belgian 2087 0.05
Nigerian 2077 0.05
Jamaican 1766 0.04
Finnish 1702 0.04
Iraqi 1634 0.04
Czechoslovakian 1554 0.04
Moroccan 1493 0.03
Turkish 1415 0.03
Romanian 1345 0.03
Albania 1342 0.03
Serbian 1272 0.03
Ethiopian 1052 0.02
Palestinian 956 0.02
Jordanian 904 0.02
Armenian 872 0.02
Latvian 866 0.02
Slavic 835 0.02
Slovene 825 0.02
Egyptian 810 0.02
Brazilian 805 0.02
South African 790 0.02
Syrian 770 0.02
West Indian 733 0.02
Australian 648 0.01
Celtic 642 0.01
Bulgarian 619 0.01
Senegalese 607 0.01
Sudanese 596 0.01
Ghanaian 582 0.01
Liberian 561 0.01
British West Indian 524 0.01
Afghan 479 0.01
Israeli 441 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 413 0.01
Cajun 351 0.01
Kenyan 334 0.01
Barbadian 255 0.01
Bahamian 219 0.01
Icelander 214 0.01
German Russian 212 0.01
Cape Verdean 208 0.01
Ugandan 201 0.005
Luxembourger 180 0.004
Belizean 168 0.004
Alsatian 158 0.004
Dutch West Indian 158 0.004
Macedonian 151 0.003
Maltese 107 0.002
Basque 97 0.002
Bermudan 94 0.002
New Zealander 87 0.002
Estonian 49 0.001
US Virgin Islander 36 0.001
Guyanese 31 0.001
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 27 0.001
Soviet Union 16 0.000
Sierra Leonean 13 0.000
Carpatho Rusyn 12 0.000
Zimbabwean 12 0.000