Perry 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 28.42K Perry County, KY population, 14.53K had Unclassified ancestry (51.12%), 4.80K had Other Groups ancestry (16.90%), and 2.87K had English ancestry (10.08%).

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.

Perry County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

Other Groups

English

Irish

American

German

Scottish

Scotch Irish

European

Italian

Perry County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	14528	51.12
Other Groups	4802	16.90
English	2866	10.08
Irish	2863	10.07
American	2500	8.80
German	1485	5.23
Scottish	1060	3.73
Scotch Irish	744	2.62
European	330	1.16
Italian	274	0.96
French (except Basque)	244	0.86
Welsh	178	0.63
British	106	0.37
Dutch	95	0.33
Polish	82	0.29
Swiss	45	0.16
French Canadian	23	0.08
Eastern European	22	0.08
Austrian	11	0.04
Norwegian	8	0.03