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 Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Other Groups
Irish
English
American
Italian
European
French (except Basque)
Scottish
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