Owsley 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 4.09K Owsley County, KY population, 2.23K had American ancestry (54.47%), 641 had Unclassified ancestry (15.66%), and 463 had Other Groups ancestry (11.31%).

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.

Owsley County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

American

Unclassified

Other Groups

English

German

Irish

Scotch Irish

European

Scottish

Northern European

Owsley County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
American	2230	54.47
Unclassified	641	15.66
Other Groups	463	11.31
English	414	10.11
German	204	4.98
Irish	128	3.13
Scotch Irish	113	2.76
European	52	1.27
Scottish	45	1.10
Northern European	22	0.54
French (except Basque)	11	0.27
Greek	8	0.20
Italian	8	0.20
Polish	8	0.20
Welsh	7	0.17
Dutch	3	0.07