Kentucky Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Kentucky, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Kentucky for the past 6 years. These start from the latest figures from the Census Bureau for , back to -5.
To make the surfacing of this data easier, we've listed it in descending order based on the most recent year of data available, which means that past years may not be in the correct descending order.
All ancestry labels below are the grouping terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau and are not labels that Name Census has provided.
Kentucky Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
3,851,591 |
3,859,516 |
3,862,600 |
3,866,676 |
3,868,479 |
3,848,305 |
American |
831,120 |
768,556 |
724,069 |
673,215 |
633,963 |
584,671 |
African American |
347,034 |
350,242 |
353,088 |
354,112 |
358,928 |
361,230 |
German |
248,157 |
245,416 |
236,494 |
227,926 |
216,234 |
214,141 |
English |
231,447 |
227,050 |
223,821 |
224,474 |
223,433 |
255,887 |
Irish |
195,561 |
191,794 |
185,705 |
183,721 |
174,920 |
171,042 |
Hispanic or Latino |
143,481 |
146,945 |
152,072 |
158,744 |
162,994 |
167,949 |
Mexican |
83,848 |
85,029 |
87,146 |
89,217 |
91,325 |
90,537 |
Asian |
55,483 |
57,084 |
59,593 |
62,802 |
65,191 |
68,139 |
Some Other Race |
41,149 |
40,674 |
41,197 |
44,086 |
43,601 |
48,165 |
Scottish |
36,165 |
35,956 |
35,768 |
36,230 |
35,029 |
33,695 |
European |
35,436 |
41,376 |
48,611 |
58,406 |
71,261 |
71,763 |
Scotch-Irish |
33,304 |
33,301 |
32,656 |
32,610 |
31,721 |
31,654 |
Subsaharan African |
31,981 |
29,939 |
28,213 |
26,425 |
26,369 |
30,099 |
Italian |
30,798 |
29,205 |
29,832 |
29,149 |
28,875 |
30,218 |
African |
24,646 |
21,530 |
17,511 |
15,367 |
15,132 |
17,216 |
French |
17,094 |
17,100 |
16,979 |
16,467 |
15,704 |
14,774 |
Puerto Rican |
14,238 |
15,175 |
16,306 |
16,794 |
16,039 |
16,993 |
Asian Indian |
13,068 |
13,605 |
14,208 |
15,312 |
16,805 |
17,579 |
Cuban |
12,143 |
12,825 |
13,441 |
14,355 |
15,885 |
18,415 |
Polish |
11,922 |
12,356 |
12,399 |
12,253 |
12,045 |
10,853 |
Dutch |
10,558 |
10,714 |
10,326 |
9,687 |
9,412 |
9,337 |
Chinese |
10,143 |
9,387 |
9,315 |
9,577 |
9,925 |
10,199 |
Total Arab |
10,110 |
10,577 |
10,049 |
10,250 |
10,909 |
11,110 |
British |
9,693 |
10,260 |
11,229 |
12,448 |
13,978 |
13,430 |
Guatemalan |
8,548 |
8,912 |
9,428 |
9,664 |
9,242 |
8,973 |
American Indian |
6,386 |
6,779 |
6,916 |
7,256 |
6,775 |
5,853 |
Welsh |
6,249 |
6,748 |
7,053 |
7,143 |
6,888 |
7,015 |
Filipino |
5,368 |
5,633 |
6,205 |
6,834 |
6,934 |
6,343 |
Swedish |
5,025 |
4,810 |
4,747 |
4,602 |
4,187 |
4,187 |
Norwegian |
4,861 |
5,212 |
5,026 |
5,090 |
4,955 |
5,136 |
Korean |
4,594 |
4,829 |
5,060 |
5,352 |
5,505 |
5,526 |
Japanese |
4,327 |
4,428 |
4,043 |
4,052 |
4,250 |
3,997 |
Yugoslavian |
4,209 |
4,741 |
4,644 |
4,493 |
4,232 |
3,962 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
3,916 |
4,211 |
4,455 |
4,798 |
4,726 |
5,754 |
Russian |
3,758 |
3,904 |
4,226 |
4,352 |
4,373 |
4,541 |
French Canadian |
3,576 |
3,499 |
3,620 |
3,528 |
3,692 |
2,975 |
Swiss |
3,539 |
3,476 |
3,139 |
3,177 |
3,006 |
2,773 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
3,279 |
3,289 |
3,351 |
3,137 |
3,202 |
3,600 |
Burmese |
2,944 |
3,147 |
2,768 |
3,322 |
3,213 |
3,981 |
Salvadoran |
2,914 |
2,947 |
3,404 |
4,064 |
3,843 |
3,415 |
Greek |
2,807 |
2,915 |
2,738 |
2,432 |
2,365 |
2,287 |
Somali |
2,741 |
3,304 |
3,263 |
3,687 |
3,353 |
3,471 |
Other Arab |
2,700 |
2,923 |
2,708 |
3,201 |
3,333 |
2,636 |
Hungarian |
2,639 |
2,619 |
2,416 |
2,226 |
2,365 |
2,261 |
Honduran |
2,629 |
2,899 |
3,385 |
4,455 |
5,691 |
6,320 |
Arab |
2,559 |
2,532 |
2,260 |
2,233 |
2,278 |
1,959 |
Colombian |
2,485 |
2,241 |
2,659 |
2,782 |
2,700 |
2,601 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
2,197 |
2,584 |
2,271 |
2,814 |
3,182 |
3,033 |
Spaniard |
2,143 |
2,413 |
2,232 |
2,391 |
2,845 |
2,842 |
Dominican |
1,797 |
1,595 |
1,372 |
1,287 |
1,122 |
1,570 |
Peruvian |
1,794 |
1,526 |
1,582 |
1,562 |
1,741 |
1,888 |
Ukrainian |
1,772 |
1,673 |
1,466 |
1,502 |
1,721 |
1,995 |
Iraqi |
1,637 |
1,754 |
1,576 |
1,067 |
1,354 |
1,884 |
Canadian |
1,622 |
1,614 |
1,648 |
1,470 |
1,568 |
1,857 |
Czech |
1,595 |
1,513 |
1,381 |
1,261 |
1,090 |
1,225 |
Iranian |
1,587 |
1,675 |
1,621 |
1,567 |
1,363 |
1,710 |
Northern European |
1,499 |
1,453 |
1,572 |
2,245 |
2,475 |
2,745 |
Panamanian |
1,441 |
1,151 |
1,002 |
1,109 |
871 |
1,200 |
Lebanese |
1,417 |
1,478 |
1,582 |
1,451 |
1,371 |
1,710 |
Danish |
1,407 |
1,638 |
1,744 |
1,761 |
1,710 |
1,349 |
Nepalese |
1,403 |
2,482 |
3,215 |
2,810 |
2,898 |
3,356 |
Cambodian |
1,391 |
1,138 |
1,461 |
1,597 |
1,482 |
1,847 |
Scandinavian |
1,302 |
1,270 |
1,569 |
2,309 |
2,622 |
2,928 |
Pennsylvania German |
1,210 |
1,561 |
1,829 |
1,882 |
2,096 |
1,872 |
Thai |
1,199 |
1,183 |
1,528 |
1,721 |
1,729 |
1,592 |
Pakistani |
1,183 |
1,504 |
1,479 |
1,255 |
1,308 |
1,218 |
Spanish |
1,175 |
1,044 |
990 |
1,164 |
1,458 |
1,822 |
Other Subsaharan African |
999 |
1,293 |
2,987 |
2,666 |
2,947 |
4,275 |
Romanian |
971 |
739 |
711 |
606 |
563 |
431 |
Eastern European |
963 |
1,114 |
1,844 |
2,394 |
3,434 |
3,656 |
Two or more Asian |
953 |
1,029 |
885 |
864 |
1,099 |
1,172 |
Portuguese |
941 |
1,130 |
1,013 |
1,172 |
1,166 |
1,677 |
Haitian |
938 |
1,075 |
1,671 |
1,263 |
1,102 |
1,254 |
Czechoslovakian |
907 |
801 |
739 |
671 |
602 |
536 |
Jamaican |
888 |
901 |
708 |
935 |
842 |
971 |
Venezuelan |
869 |
929 |
1,124 |
1,266 |
1,570 |
1,670 |
Austrian |
857 |
848 |
941 |
989 |
1,073 |
829 |
Slovak |
852 |
779 |
850 |
737 |
743 |
719 |
Turkish |
850 |
816 |
895 |
826 |
1,088 |
765 |
Ecuadorian |
760 |
876 |
822 |
693 |
644 |
840 |
Nigerian |
725 |
915 |
1,157 |
1,457 |
1,586 |
1,629 |
Albanian |
720 |
613 |
638 |
702 |
828 |
694 |
Finnish |
718 |
659 |
641 |
528 |
564 |
617 |
Lithuanian |
711 |
785 |
857 |
848 |
784 |
739 |
Liberian |
631 |
793 |
685 |
559 |
531 |
556 |
Belgian |
627 |
690 |
751 |
817 |
804 |
871 |
Other Asian, not specified |
624 |
688 |
917 |
1,075 |
1,498 |
2,192 |
Costa Rican |
618 |
858 |
737 |
646 |
663 |
642 |
Bhutanese |
612 |
596 |
591 |
758 |
774 |
633 |
Argentinean |
588 |
664 |
707 |
764 |
705 |
822 |
Moroccan |
563 |
445 |
575 |
674 |
631 |
909 |
Ethiopian |
550 |
509 |
612 |
566 |
742 |
794 |
Laotian |
526 |
625 |
857 |
629 |
564 |
498 |
Nicaraguan |
519 |
441 |
447 |
461 |
546 |
528 |
Egyptian |
490 |
511 |
448 |
557 |
498 |
536 |
Bulgarian |
469 |
439 |
539 |
312 |
385 |
344 |
West Indian |
468 |
447 |
356 |
316 |
214 |
371 |
Chilean |
424 |
485 |
520 |
557 |
590 |
495 |
Croatian |
419 |
371 |
386 |
464 |
510 |
574 |
Palestinian |
414 |
438 |
451 |
423 |
480 |
564 |
Ghanaian |
414 |
451 |
469 |
551 |
519 |
451 |
Spanish American |
409 |
450 |
30 |
30 |
59 |
34 |
Sudanese |
381 |
264 |
371 |
350 |
511 |
494 |
Armenian |
374 |
413 |
259 |
257 |
172 |
256 |
Kenyan |
368 |
251 |
223 |
229 |
166 |
110 |
Brazilian |
296 |
401 |
420 |
434 |
409 |
383 |
Celtic |
289 |
270 |
274 |
255 |
254 |
207 |
British West Indian |
285 |
260 |
72 |
213 |
328 |
337 |
Taiwanese |
277 |
244 |
288 |
415 |
527 |
914 |
Syrian |
271 |
256 |
203 |
245 |
216 |
209 |
Israeli |
261 |
200 |
184 |
152 |
91 |
119 |
Serbian |
254 |
342 |
407 |
466 |
498 |
614 |
Australian |
232 |
243 |
155 |
178 |
194 |
277 |
South African |
231 |
295 |
558 |
492 |
410 |
504 |
Slavic |
227 |
218 |
232 |
220 |
404 |
358 |
Slovene |
225 |
231 |
230 |
197 |
212 |
341 |
Sri Lankan |
218 |
263 |
182 |
193 |
176 |
219 |
Indonesian |
200 |
301 |
295 |
324 |
212 |
268 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
178 |
132 |
138 |
152 |
263 |
259 |
Afghan |
177 |
324 |
494 |
541 |
526 |
470 |
Zimbabwean |
173 |
205 |
85 |
41 |
38 |
16 |
Cajun |
170 |
182 |
262 |
220 |
184 |
172 |
Latvian |
166 |
106 |
125 |
134 |
105 |
343 |
Bangladeshi |
163 |
118 |
124 |
91 |
92 |
74 |
Hmong |
154 |
37 |
34 |
53 |
277 |
385 |
Bahamian |
125 |
92 |
116 |
57 |
69 |
121 |
Guyanese |
104 |
169 |
176 |
195 |
87 |
101 |
Basque |
103 |
59 |
64 |
69 |
95 |
35 |
Bermudan |
98 |
58 |
49 |
39 |
43 |
0 |
Dutch West Indian |
86 |
80 |
91 |
36 |
48 |
36 |
United States Virgin Islander |
85 |
84 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
32 |
Bolivian |
79 |
85 |
88 |
275 |
285 |
195 |
Paraguayan |
69 |
59 |
62 |
66 |
80 |
52 |
Uruguayan |
69 |
62 |
48 |
56 |
29 |
22 |
Icelander |
67 |
78 |
61 |
33 |
48 |
46 |
Maltese |
66 |
23 |
26 |
23 |
30 |
29 |
Barbadian |
64 |
87 |
71 |
82 |
95 |
91 |
Alaska Native tribes |
63 |
92 |
56 |
164 |
174 |
94 |
Ugandan |
63 |
57 |
78 |
106 |
98 |
127 |
Jordanian |
59 |
240 |
246 |
399 |
748 |
703 |
Belizean |
55 |
66 |
72 |
38 |
175 |
128 |
Macedonian |
53 |
42 |
42 |
60 |
46 |
30 |
Cape Verdean |
49 |
49 |
53 |
45 |
36 |
66 |
Cypriot |
43 |
51 |
35 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
Mongolian |
42 |
38 |
46 |
59 |
56 |
46 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
25 |
64 |
43 |
61 |
60 |
39 |
Estonian |
25 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Malaysian |
23 |
20 |
27 |
33 |
37 |
43 |
German Russian |
23 |
28 |
63 |
54 |
54 |
41 |
New Zealander |
21 |
21 |
22 |
21 |
34 |
13 |
Alsatian |
12 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
51 |
49 |
Senegalese |
10 |
23 |
161 |
293 |
285 |
381 |
Other West Indian |
9 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Soviet Union |
8 |
7 |
5 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
Other Central American |
6 |
57 |
73 |
93 |
141 |
162 |
Data Source(s)
All of the data on this page is sourced from the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, from the United States Census Bureau. The latest year for the ACS is currently .
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