Shelby 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 47.52K Shelby County, KY population, 11.64K had Unclassified ancestry (24.50%), 11.16K had Other Groups ancestry (23.49%), and 7.35K had German ancestry (15.48%).
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).
Shelby County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 11641 | 24.50 |
| Other Groups | 11163 | 23.49 |
| German | 7354 | 15.48 |
| English | 6676 | 14.05 |
| Irish | 6223 | 13.10 |
| American | 5267 | 11.08 |
| Scottish | 1490 | 3.14 |
| European | 1019 | 2.14 |
| Scotch Irish | 1017 | 2.14 |
| Polish | 877 | 1.85 |
| Italian | 839 | 1.77 |
| French (except Basque) | 648 | 1.36 |
| British | 634 | 1.33 |
| Dutch | 580 | 1.22 |
| Swedish | 487 | 1.02 |
| Subsaharan African | 472 | 0.99 |
| Swiss | 278 | 0.59 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 263 | 0.55 |
| Jamaican | 248 | 0.52 |
| Senegalese | 227 | 0.48 |
| Norwegian | 172 | 0.36 |
| Scandinavian | 150 | 0.32 |
| Russian | 148 | 0.31 |
| Welsh | 128 | 0.27 |
| Eastern European | 86 | 0.18 |
| Hungarian | 77 | 0.16 |
| Ugandan | 73 | 0.15 |
| French Canadian | 72 | 0.15 |
| African | 72 | 0.15 |
| Austrian | 64 | 0.14 |
| Lithuanian | 60 | 0.13 |
| Northern European | 51 | 0.11 |
| Ethiopian | 51 | 0.11 |
| Danish | 49 | 0.10 |
| South African | 49 | 0.10 |
| Czech | 47 | 0.10 |
| Portuguese | 46 | 0.10 |
| Greek | 45 | 0.10 |
| Serbian | 44 | 0.09 |
| Moroccan | 38 | 0.08 |
| Brazilian | 37 | 0.08 |
| Romanian | 35 | 0.07 |
| Ukrainian | 32 | 0.07 |
| Slovak | 27 | 0.06 |
| Belgian | 25 | 0.05 |
| Bulgarian | 24 | 0.05 |
| Canadian | 18 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakian | 17 | 0.04 |
| West Indian | 15 | 0.03 |
| Finnish | 9 | 0.02 |
| Armenian | 6 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 4 | 0.01 |