Kennebec County, ME Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 123.29K Kennebec County, ME population, 26.52K had Unclassified ancestry (21.51%), 25.32K had English ancestry (20.54%), and 23.49K had French (except Basque) ancestry (19.05%).
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 Maine counties, and for Maine.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Kennebec County, ME Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 26520 | 21.51 |
| English | 25323 | 20.54 |
| French (except Basque) | 23490 | 19.05 |
| Irish | 19432 | 15.76 |
| Other Groups | 15607 | 12.66 |
| French Canadian | 10028 | 8.13 |
| German | 9459 | 7.67 |
| American | 6521 | 5.29 |
| Scottish | 5101 | 4.14 |
| Italian | 4969 | 4.03 |
| Polish | 3210 | 2.60 |
| Swedish | 1858 | 1.51 |
| European | 1736 | 1.41 |
| Scotch Irish | 1659 | 1.35 |
| Scandinavian | 1106 | 0.90 |
| Dutch | 1077 | 0.87 |
| Norwegian | 1043 | 0.85 |
| Russian | 921 | 0.75 |
| Canadian | 882 | 0.72 |
| Welsh | 721 | 0.59 |
| Hungarian | 639 | 0.52 |
| British | 604 | 0.49 |
| Lebanese | 528 | 0.43 |
| Eastern European | 511 | 0.41 |
| Lithuanian | 473 | 0.38 |
| Subsaharan African | 458 | 0.37 |
| Portuguese | 415 | 0.34 |
| Danish | 376 | 0.31 |
| Finnish | 341 | 0.28 |
| Czech | 314 | 0.26 |
| Greek | 294 | 0.24 |
| Turkish | 267 | 0.22 |
| Slovak | 188 | 0.15 |
| Northern European | 187 | 0.15 |
| Cape Verdean | 178 | 0.14 |
| Somali | 173 | 0.14 |
| Austrian | 165 | 0.13 |
| Swiss | 153 | 0.12 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 149 | 0.12 |
| Ukrainian | 137 | 0.11 |
| Armenian | 113 | 0.09 |
| Croatian | 83 | 0.07 |
| Jamaican | 62 | 0.05 |
| African | 58 | 0.05 |
| Albania | 54 | 0.04 |
| Macedonian | 48 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakian | 45 | 0.04 |
| Iraqi | 36 | 0.03 |
| British West Indian | 35 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 29 | 0.02 |
| South African | 27 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 25 | 0.02 |
| Romanian | 23 | 0.02 |
| Haitian | 22 | 0.02 |
| Moroccan | 18 | 0.02 |
| Belgian | 17 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 16 | 0.01 |
| Egyptian | 15 | 0.01 |
| Serbian | 15 | 0.01 |
| Nigerian | 12 | 0.01 |
| West Indian | 12 | 0.01 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 11 | 0.01 |
| Yugoslavian | 9 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 8 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 7 | 0.01 |
| Barbadian | 7 | 0.01 |
| Syrian | 6 | 0.01 |
| Brazilian | 5 | 0.00 |
| Sudanese | 5 | 0.00 |
| Israeli | 4 | 0.00 |
| Slavic | 4 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 3 | 0.00 |