Breathitt County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 13.65K Breathitt County, KY population, 5.79K had American ancestry (42.40%), 3.14K had Unclassified ancestry (22.98%), and 1.95K had Other Groups ancestry (14.29%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

You can see similar information for other Kentucky counties, and for Kentucky.

Breathitt County, KY Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
American
Unclassified
Other Groups
English
Irish
German
Scotch Irish
European
Scottish
French (except Basque)
Breathitt County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
American 5788 42.40
Unclassified 3137 22.98
Other Groups 1951 14.29
English 1822 13.35
Irish 673 4.93
German 530 3.88
Scotch Irish 186 1.36
European 126 0.92
Scottish 113 0.83
French (except Basque) 67 0.49
Welsh 57 0.42
Dutch 47 0.34
Italian 41 0.30
Greek 34 0.25
British 26 0.19
Swedish 23 0.17
Eastern European 14 0.10
Jordanian 12 0.09
Czech 12 0.09
Polish 8 0.06
Norwegian 7 0.05
Swiss 4 0.03