Rowan 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 24.65K Rowan County, KY population, 7.64K had American ancestry (31.01%), 6.97K had Unclassified ancestry (28.25%), and 2.96K had Irish ancestry (11.99%).

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.

Rowan County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

American

Unclassified

Irish

Other Groups

English

German

Scottish

Dutch

European

Scotch Irish

Rowan County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
American	7644	31.01
Unclassified	6965	28.25
Irish	2957	11.99
Other Groups	2902	11.77
English	2580	10.47
German	2471	10.02
Scottish	405	1.64
Dutch	349	1.42
European	342	1.39
Scotch Irish	337	1.37
French (except Basque)	320	1.30
Italian	231	0.94
Welsh	220	0.89
Polish	181	0.73
Swiss	154	0.63
British	103	0.42
Greek	97	0.39
Danish	80	0.32
Norwegian	36	0.15
Lebanese	32	0.13
Celtic	32	0.13
Portuguese	31	0.13
Swedish	29	0.12
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	28	0.11
Bahamian	27	0.11
Subsaharan African	26	0.11
Nigerian	22	0.09
French Canadian	15	0.06
Northern European	15	0.06
Scandinavian	13	0.05
Russian	12	0.05
Austrian	11	0.05
Hungarian	10	0.04
Lithuanian	6	0.02
African	4	0.02
Ukrainian	3	0.01
Yugoslavian	2	0.01
Jamaican	1	0.004