Laurel 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 62.09K Laurel County, KY population, 29.53K had Unclassified ancestry (47.56%), 9.07K had American ancestry (14.61%), and 8.91K had Other Groups ancestry (14.34%).

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.

Laurel County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

American

Other Groups

English

Irish

German

European

Scottish

Scotch Irish

French (except Basque)

Laurel County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	29528	47.56
American	9070	14.61
Other Groups	8906	14.34
English	6484	10.44
Irish	5925	9.54
German	4591	7.39
European	719	1.16
Scottish	646	1.04
Scotch Irish	587	0.95
French (except Basque)	552	0.89
Italian	499	0.80
Swiss	347	0.56
Polish	267	0.43
British	252	0.41
Dutch	121	0.20
Hungarian	108	0.17
Welsh	104	0.17
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	62	0.10
Swedish	57	0.09
Scandinavian	40	0.06
Austrian	35	0.06
Lithuanian	32	0.05
Czech	30	0.05
French Canadian	29	0.05
Belizean	29	0.05
Northern European	28	0.05
Portuguese	25	0.04
Subsaharan African	24	0.04
Norwegian	23	0.04
African	21	0.03
Jamaican	17	0.03
Dutch West Indian	16	0.03
Canadian	13	0.02
Croatian	13	0.02
Russian	12	0.02
Greek	9	0.01
Albania	8	0.01
Slovak	7	0.01
Celtic	6	0.01
Somali	3	0.01