Lewis 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 13.10K Lewis County, KY population, 4.88K had American ancestry (37.21%), 3.67K had Unclassified ancestry (27.99%), and 1.57K had Other Groups ancestry (11.94%).

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.

Lewis County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

American

Unclassified

Other Groups

German

English

Irish

European

French (except Basque)

Scotch Irish

Scottish

Lewis County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
American	4875	37.21
Unclassified	3667	27.99
Other Groups	1565	11.94
German	1375	10.49
English	1339	10.22
Irish	1286	9.82
European	165	1.26
French (except Basque)	158	1.21
Scotch Irish	146	1.11
Scottish	89	0.68
Polish	64	0.49
Dutch	59	0.45
British	42	0.32
Greek	41	0.31
Italian	38	0.29
Welsh	23	0.18
Hungarian	15	0.11
Swedish	12	0.09
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	12	0.09
Haitian	12	0.09
Brazilian	9	0.07
Canadian	8	0.06
Eastern European	8	0.06
Norwegian	8	0.06
Pennsylvania German	7	0.05
Swiss	4	0.03