Clay 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 20.48K Clay County, KY population, 8.01K had American ancestry (39.11%), 5.90K had Unclassified ancestry (28.81%), and 3.00K had Other Groups ancestry (14.67%).

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.

Clay County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

American

Unclassified

Other Groups

English

Irish

German

European

Scottish

Scotch Irish

Welsh

Clay County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
American	8012	39.11
Unclassified	5902	28.81
Other Groups	3004	14.67
English	2299	11.22
Irish	883	4.31
German	498	2.43
European	299	1.46
Scottish	203	0.99
Scotch Irish	108	0.53
Welsh	88	0.43
Polish	60	0.29
Cajun	45	0.22
Greek	42	0.21
French Canadian	38	0.19
Dutch	24	0.12
French (except Basque)	19	0.09
Turkish	16	0.08
Italian	12	0.06
Northern European	12	0.06
Subsaharan African	11	0.05
African	11	0.05
Moroccan	10	0.05
Norwegian	10	0.05
Austrian	8	0.04
Scandinavian	8	0.04
British	7	0.03
Russian	5	0.02
Finnish	4	0.02
Swiss	4	0.02
Eastern European	3	0.02