Fayette 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 321.35K Fayette County, KY population, 98.53K had Other Groups ancestry (30.66%), 70.91K had Unclassified ancestry (22.06%), and 42.09K had German ancestry (13.10%).
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.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Fayette County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 98534 | 30.66 |
| Unclassified | 70905 | 22.06 |
| German | 42094 | 13.10 |
| English | 39002 | 12.14 |
| Irish | 35337 | 11.00 |
| American | 26396 | 8.21 |
| Italian | 9901 | 3.08 |
| Scottish | 8292 | 2.58 |
| European | 8023 | 2.50 |
| Scotch Irish | 6287 | 1.96 |
| French (except Basque) | 5204 | 1.62 |
| Polish | 5118 | 1.59 |
| Subsaharan African | 5036 | 1.57 |
| British | 4002 | 1.25 |
| Welsh | 3438 | 1.07 |
| Dutch | 3412 | 1.06 |
| African | 2059 | 0.64 |
| Norwegian | 1655 | 0.52 |
| Swedish | 1630 | 0.51 |
| Russian | 1348 | 0.42 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 1046 | 0.33 |
| Arab | 1002 | 0.31 |
| Hungarian | 914 | 0.28 |
| Scandinavian | 905 | 0.28 |
| Greek | 904 | 0.28 |
| Ukrainian | 814 | 0.25 |
| French Canadian | 735 | 0.23 |
| Eastern European | 716 | 0.22 |
| Swiss | 702 | 0.22 |
| Iranian | 650 | 0.20 |
| Northern European | 580 | 0.18 |
| Nigerian | 570 | 0.18 |
| Portuguese | 559 | 0.17 |
| Canadian | 511 | 0.16 |
| Austrian | 494 | 0.15 |
| Czech | 484 | 0.15 |
| Danish | 474 | 0.15 |
| Haitian | 453 | 0.14 |
| Lebanese | 448 | 0.14 |
| Belgian | 445 | 0.14 |
| Jamaican | 393 | 0.12 |
| Slovak | 382 | 0.12 |
| Lithuanian | 349 | 0.11 |
| Egyptian | 292 | 0.09 |
| Ghanaian | 268 | 0.08 |
| Albania | 259 | 0.08 |
| Bulgarian | 258 | 0.08 |
| Palestinian | 243 | 0.08 |
| Czechoslovakian | 223 | 0.07 |
| Iraqi | 208 | 0.07 |
| Turkish | 193 | 0.06 |
| Jordanian | 192 | 0.06 |
| Croatian | 181 | 0.06 |
| Romanian | 175 | 0.05 |
| Finnish | 153 | 0.05 |
| South African | 137 | 0.04 |
| Slovene | 132 | 0.04 |
| German Russian | 127 | 0.04 |
| Macedonian | 123 | 0.04 |
| Armenian | 111 | 0.04 |
| Cajun | 87 | 0.03 |
| Syrian | 82 | 0.03 |
| Afghan | 81 | 0.03 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 77 | 0.02 |
| Slavic | 75 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 72 | 0.02 |
| Sudanese | 72 | 0.02 |
| Brazilian | 68 | 0.02 |
| Kenyan | 67 | 0.02 |
| Serbian | 62 | 0.02 |
| Cape Verdean | 56 | 0.02 |
| Ugandan | 52 | 0.02 |
| Israeli | 50 | 0.02 |
| Icelander | 48 | 0.02 |
| Bahamian | 47 | 0.02 |
| New Zealander | 46 | 0.01 |
| Moroccan | 45 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 41 | 0.01 |
| Yugoslavian | 40 | 0.01 |
| West Indian | 39 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 37 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 36 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 34 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 30 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 30 | 0.01 |
| Guyanese | 25 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 21 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 10 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leonean | 8 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 2 | 0.00 |