Simpson 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 19.32K Simpson County, KY population, 7.72K had Unclassified ancestry (39.95%), 3.60K had Other Groups ancestry (18.63%), and 2.75K had American ancestry (14.25%).

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.

Simpson County, KY Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Unclassified

Other Groups

American

English

Irish

German

French (except Basque)

Scottish

Dutch

Scotch Irish

Simpson County, KY Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified	7719	39.95
Other Groups	3599	18.63
American	2753	14.25
English	2325	12.03
Irish	1929	9.98
German	1667	8.63
French (except Basque)	304	1.57
Scottish	287	1.49
Dutch	253	1.31
Scotch Irish	240	1.24
Italian	225	1.16
European	163	0.84
Welsh	144	0.75
Scandinavian	134	0.69
Polish	101	0.52
Subsaharan African	83	0.43
African	83	0.43
Norwegian	82	0.42
Portuguese	76	0.39
French Canadian	59	0.31
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	43	0.22
Jamaican	43	0.22
Eastern European	37	0.19
Danish	34	0.18
Swedish	34	0.18
Russian	25	0.13
British	22	0.11
Finnish	21	0.11
Hungarian	21	0.11
Serbian	19	0.10
Romanian	15	0.08
Swiss	14	0.07
Slovak	13	0.07
Canadian	9	0.05
Czech	9	0.05
Ukrainian	9	0.05
Egyptian	2	0.01