Boone 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 134.60K Boone County, KY population, 36.15K had German ancestry (26.86%), 35.33K had Unclassified ancestry (26.25%), and 24.03K had Other Groups ancestry (17.85%).
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.
Boone County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| German | 36148 | 26.86 |
| Unclassified | 35327 | 26.25 |
| Other Groups | 24031 | 17.85 |
| Irish | 20734 | 15.40 |
| English | 16171 | 12.01 |
| American | 7853 | 5.83 |
| Italian | 5705 | 4.24 |
| European | 4092 | 3.04 |
| French (except Basque) | 3134 | 2.33 |
| Scottish | 2835 | 2.11 |
| Polish | 2093 | 1.56 |
| Dutch | 2021 | 1.50 |
| Scotch Irish | 1697 | 1.26 |
| Swedish | 1645 | 1.22 |
| Subsaharan African | 1444 | 1.07 |
| Welsh | 603 | 0.45 |
| Scandinavian | 598 | 0.44 |
| British | 593 | 0.44 |
| Slovak | 524 | 0.39 |
| African | 514 | 0.38 |
| Greek | 504 | 0.37 |
| French Canadian | 479 | 0.36 |
| Somali | 450 | 0.33 |
| Russian | 408 | 0.30 |
| Norwegian | 331 | 0.25 |
| Hungarian | 308 | 0.23 |
| Czech | 270 | 0.20 |
| Swiss | 248 | 0.18 |
| Northern European | 214 | 0.16 |
| Senegalese | 200 | 0.15 |
| Canadian | 194 | 0.14 |
| Austrian | 176 | 0.13 |
| Lithuanian | 168 | 0.13 |
| Eastern European | 136 | 0.10 |
| Danish | 134 | 0.10 |
| Ukrainian | 113 | 0.08 |
| Australian | 89 | 0.07 |
| Egyptian | 87 | 0.07 |
| Latvian | 85 | 0.06 |
| Croatian | 84 | 0.06 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 80 | 0.06 |
| Albania | 73 | 0.05 |
| Moroccan | 73 | 0.05 |
| Serbian | 63 | 0.05 |
| Iranian | 62 | 0.05 |
| Celtic | 59 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 56 | 0.04 |
| Turkish | 54 | 0.04 |
| Haitian | 53 | 0.04 |
| Belgian | 51 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakian | 41 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 41 | 0.03 |
| Finnish | 40 | 0.03 |
| Basque | 37 | 0.03 |
| Bulgarian | 36 | 0.03 |
| Afghan | 34 | 0.03 |
| Ghanaian | 34 | 0.03 |
| Arab | 31 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 27 | 0.02 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 27 | 0.02 |
| Lebanese | 16 | 0.01 |
| Brazilian | 14 | 0.01 |
| Romanian | 13 | 0.01 |
| Nigerian | 10 | 0.01 |
| Portuguese | 9 | 0.01 |
| Zimbabwean | 7 | 0.01 |