Lee 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 7.26K Lee County, KY population, 2.17K had American ancestry (29.89%), 1.86K had Unclassified ancestry (25.61%), and 1.22K had English ancestry (16.84%).

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.

Lee County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

American

Unclassified

English

German

Other Groups

Irish

Scottish

Scotch Irish

Italian

Welsh

Lee County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
American	2171	29.89
Unclassified	1860	25.61
English	1223	16.84
German	997	13.73
Other Groups	974	13.41
Irish	746	10.27
Scottish	126	1.74
Scotch Irish	87	1.20
Italian	76	1.05
Welsh	71	0.98
European	49	0.68
Albania	48	0.66
French (except Basque)	35	0.48
Northern European	34	0.47
Austrian	22	0.30
Dutch	17	0.23
Polish	11	0.15
British	10	0.14
Subsaharan African	10	0.14
African	10	0.14
Norwegian	9	0.12
Swedish	8	0.11
Danish	5	0.07
Eastern European	4	0.06
Russian	4	0.06
Canadian	1	0.01