Nelson 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 46.44K Nelson County, KY population, 17.47K had Unclassified ancestry (37.62%), 6.72K had Other Groups ancestry (14.47%), and 6.09K had American ancestry (13.11%).

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.

Nelson County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

Other Groups

American

German

English

Irish

Italian

Scottish

European

French (except Basque)

Nelson County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	17472	37.62
Other Groups	6720	14.47
American	6086	13.11
German	5807	12.50
English	5591	12.04
Irish	5337	11.49
Italian	1220	2.63
Scottish	1101	2.37
European	1053	2.27
French (except Basque)	936	2.02
Scotch Irish	547	1.18
Welsh	333	0.72
Latvian	290	0.62
Polish	284	0.61
British	188	0.41
Dutch	159	0.34
Russian	147	0.32
Norwegian	138	0.30
Swedish	137	0.30
French Canadian	135	0.29
Subsaharan African	128	0.28
African	128	0.28
Scandinavian	99	0.21
Swiss	62	0.13
Eastern European	57	0.12
Finnish	54	0.12
Danish	50	0.11
Belgian	43	0.09
Czechoslovakian	43	0.09
Yugoslavian	41	0.09
Lithuanian	33	0.07
Slovene	32	0.07
Greek	29	0.06
Portuguese	23	0.05
Slavic	23	0.05
Austrian	21	0.05
Czech	17	0.04
Icelander	15	0.03
Slovak	13	0.03
Northern European	9	0.02
Canadian	7	0.02