Franklin 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 51.32K Franklin County, KY population, 13.13K had Other Groups ancestry (25.58%), 10.27K had American ancestry (20.01%), and 9.88K had Unclassified ancestry (19.26%).

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.

Franklin County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Other Groups

American

Unclassified

Irish

English

German

Scottish

European

Italian

Scotch Irish

Franklin County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Other Groups	13129	25.58
American	10269	20.01
Unclassified	9883	19.26
Irish	7133	13.90
English	6931	13.51
German	6457	12.58
Scottish	1259	2.45
European	1060	2.07
Italian	759	1.48
Scotch Irish	745	1.45
French (except Basque)	642	1.25
Subsaharan African	514	1.00
Dutch	488	0.95
British	328	0.64
Polish	283	0.55
Welsh	273	0.53
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	262	0.51
Portuguese	231	0.45
Haitian	224	0.44
Swedish	216	0.42
Swiss	180	0.35
African	165	0.32
Norwegian	123	0.24
Ethiopian	113	0.22
South African	97	0.19
Scandinavian	87	0.17
Russian	84	0.16
Nigerian	70	0.14
Iranian	66	0.13
Kenyan	59	0.12
Hungarian	50	0.10
Lebanese	44	0.09
Moroccan	44	0.09
Israeli	41	0.08
Slovene	41	0.08
Danish	40	0.08
Greek	40	0.08
French Canadian	39	0.08
Arab	31	0.06
Brazilian	30	0.06
Finnish	30	0.06
Armenian	26	0.05
Cajun	24	0.05
Jamaican	21	0.04
Canadian	20	0.04
Serbian	20	0.04
Romanian	19	0.04
Syrian	18	0.04
Palestinian	12	0.02
Slovak	12	0.02
Northern European	9	0.02
Bahamian	7	0.01
Belgian	6	0.01
Belizean	6	0.01
British West Indian	4	0.01
Somali	1	0.002