Carter 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 26.82K Carter County, KY population, 7.95K had English ancestry (29.63%), 7.50K had Unclassified ancestry (27.95%), and 4.49K had American ancestry (16.75%).

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.

Carter County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

English

Unclassified

American

Other Groups

German

Irish

Scotch Irish

Scottish

Welsh

European

Carter County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
English	7946	29.63
Unclassified	7495	27.95
American	4492	16.75
Other Groups	3199	11.93
German	2059	7.68
Irish	1934	7.21
Scotch Irish	439	1.64
Scottish	413	1.54
Welsh	211	0.79
European	188	0.70
Polish	139	0.52
Swedish	124	0.46
Dutch	96	0.36
British	94	0.35
Swiss	86	0.32
French (except Basque)	83	0.31
Italian	83	0.31
Hungarian	39	0.14
Norwegian	35	0.13
Czechoslovakian	28	0.10
Egyptian	15	0.06
Danish	12	0.05
Scandinavian	12	0.05
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	9	0.03
Subsaharan African	6	0.02
African	6	0.02
Haitian	5	0.02
Romanian	4	0.02
Bahamian	4	0.02
Portuguese	2	0.01