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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 24.67K Bell County, KY population, 13.47K had Unclassified ancestry (54.60%), 4.20K had Other Groups ancestry (17.01%), and 2.79K had American ancestry (11.29%).

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 Kentucky counties, and for Kentucky.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Bell County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

Other Groups

American

Irish

English

German

Scotch Irish

French (except Basque)

Scottish

Polish

Bell County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	13471	54.60
Other Groups	4197	17.01
American	2786	11.29
Irish	2111	8.56
English	1821	7.38
German	1637	6.64
Scotch Irish	366	1.48
French (except Basque)	276	1.12
Scottish	226	0.92
Polish	158	0.64
British	123	0.50
European	122	0.49
Italian	117	0.47
Dutch	83	0.34
Greek	46	0.19
Swedish	46	0.19
Welsh	38	0.15
Norwegian	35	0.14
Scandinavian	33	0.13
Canadian	27	0.11
Swiss	26	0.11
Portuguese	17	0.07
Danish	12	0.05
Subsaharan African	9	0.04
Lebanese	8	0.03
Russian	8	0.03
Eastern European	5	0.02