Population By Race and Ethnicity in Laurel County, KY in 2019

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, the 60,842 population of Laurel County, Kentucky comprised of 958 people who identified as Hispanic (1.58%), and 59,884 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (98.43%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Laurel County, Kentucky with a population of 59,026 (97.02%); Two Or More Races population was the second largest racial group with a population of 730 (1.2%); and Black or African American Alone was the third largest racial group with a population of 494 (0.81%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Laurel County, Kentucky in 2019, with a population of 58,235 (95.72%); the second largest ethnic group was White Alone - Hispanic with a population of 791 (1.3%); and the third largest ethnic group was Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic with a population of 669 (1.1%).

The charts and tables below shows the population and percentage of each racial and ethnicity group in Laurel, Kentucky.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).

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Hispanics and Non Hispanics in Laurel County, KY in 2019

Total Population:60,842

Non Hispanic (98.43%)

Hispanic (1.58%)

Race in Laurel County, KY in 2019

Total Population:60,842

White Alone (97.02%)

Two or more races (1.2%)

Black or African American Alone (0.81%)

Asian Alone (0.58%)

American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (0.37%)

Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone (0.03%)

Ethnicity in Laurel County, KY in 2019

Total Population:60,842

Non-Hispanic White Alone (95.72%)

Hispanic White Alone (1.3%)

Non-Hispanic Two or more races (1.1%)

Non-Hispanic Black or African American Alone (0.76%)

All Other Ethnicities (0.57%)

Non-Hispanic Asian Alone (0.56%)

Population By Race in Laurel , KY in 2019

Race	Population	Percentage
White Alone	59,026	97.02%
Two Or More Races	730	1.2%
Black or African American Alone	494	0.81%
Asian Alone	352	0.58%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	223	0.37%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone	17	0.03%

Population By Ethnicity in Laurel , KY in 2019

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
White Alone - Non Hispanic	58,235	95.72%
White Alone - Hispanic	791	1.3%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic	669	1.1%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic	460	0.76%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic	342	0.56%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic	169	0.28%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic	61	0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic	54	0.09%
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic	34	0.06%
Asian Alone - Hispanic	10	0.02%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic	9	0.02%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic	8	0.01%