Pike 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 58.91K Pike County, KY population, 23.83K had Unclassified ancestry (40.44%), 14.38K had American ancestry (24.41%), and 6.54K had Other Groups ancestry (11.11%).

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.

Pike County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

American

Other Groups

English

Irish

German

Scotch Irish

Italian

Scottish

French (except Basque)

Pike County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	23827	40.44
American	14378	24.41
Other Groups	6544	11.11
English	6335	10.75
Irish	5755	9.77
German	3796	6.44
Scotch Irish	814	1.38
Italian	534	0.91
Scottish	527	0.90
French (except Basque)	463	0.79
European	435	0.74
Dutch	326	0.55
Welsh	273	0.46
British	189	0.32
Ukrainian	174	0.30
Polish	160	0.27
Russian	80	0.14
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	77	0.13
Hungarian	75	0.13
Greek	68	0.12
Scandinavian	63	0.11
Iranian	54	0.09
Eastern European	51	0.09
Jamaican	40	0.07
British West Indian	37	0.06
Swedish	35	0.06
Swiss	33	0.06
Portuguese	32	0.05
French Canadian	24	0.04
Norwegian	20	0.03
Celtic	18	0.03
Finnish	17	0.03
Austrian	14	0.02
Slovak	14	0.02
Jordanian	10	0.02
Maltese	10	0.02
Syrian	9	0.02
Belgian	7	0.01
Subsaharan African	2	0.003
African	2	0.003