Letcher 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 21.78K Letcher County, KY population, 10.35K had Unclassified ancestry (47.51%), 3.77K had Other Groups ancestry (17.30%), and 2.54K had American ancestry (11.67%).

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.

Letcher County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

Other Groups

American

Irish

English

German

European

Italian

Scotch Irish

Scottish

Letcher County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	10350	47.51
Other Groups	3769	17.30
American	2542	11.67
Irish	2409	11.06
English	1844	8.47
German	1101	5.05
European	433	1.99
Italian	393	1.80
Scotch Irish	383	1.76
Scottish	372	1.71
French (except Basque)	224	1.03
Dutch	147	0.68
British	109	0.50
Welsh	86	0.40
Subsaharan African	70	0.32
Cape Verdean	70	0.32
Eastern European	66	0.30
Scandinavian	61	0.28
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	34	0.16
West Indian	34	0.16
Polish	32	0.15
Swedish	24	0.11
Swiss	22	0.10
Portuguese	17	0.08
Cajun	16	0.07
Greek	14	0.06
French Canadian	8	0.04
Canadian	6	0.03
Norwegian	6	0.03
Slovak	4	0.02