Hancock 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 9.05K Hancock County, KY population, 3.36K had Unclassified ancestry (37.17%), 1.45K had Other Groups ancestry (16.06%), and 1.25K had Irish ancestry (13.85%).

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.

Hancock County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

Other Groups

Irish

German

American

English

European

French (except Basque)

Italian

Scottish

Hancock County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	3364	37.17
Other Groups	1453	16.06
Irish	1253	13.85
German	1220	13.48
American	1158	12.80
English	809	8.94
European	202	2.23
French (except Basque)	193	2.13
Italian	158	1.75
Scottish	120	1.33
British	76	0.84
Scotch Irish	70	0.77
Belgian	60	0.66
Polish	46	0.51
French Canadian	38	0.42
Eastern European	36	0.40
Northern European	30	0.33
Dutch	23	0.25
Canadian	13	0.14
Austrian	10	0.11
Russian	9	0.10
Scandinavian	8	0.09
Subsaharan African	8	0.09
African	8	0.09
Pennsylvania German	5	0.06