Lawrence 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 16.27K Lawrence County, KY population, 5.70K had Unclassified ancestry (35.05%), 4.84K had English ancestry (29.71%), and 2.61K had American ancestry (16.06%).

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.

Lawrence County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

English

American

Other Groups

Irish

German

European

Scottish

Scotch Irish

Italian

Lawrence County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	5704	35.05
English	4835	29.71
American	2614	16.06
Other Groups	1751	10.76
Irish	1264	7.77
German	586	3.60
European	242	1.49
Scottish	214	1.32
Scotch Irish	145	0.89
Italian	136	0.84
French (except Basque)	99	0.61
Welsh	60	0.37
Dutch	54	0.33
Serbian	51	0.31
Polish	21	0.13
Norwegian	20	0.12
Basque	18	0.11
Austrian	12	0.07
Finnish	10	0.06
Bulgarian	7	0.04