Jefferson County, AL Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 672.55K Jefferson County, AL population, 286.31K had Other Groups ancestry (42.57%), 162.01K had Unclassified ancestry (24.09%), and 84.00K had American ancestry (12.49%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

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Jefferson County, AL Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
American
English
Irish
German
Subsaharan African
African
European
Scottish
Jefferson County, AL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 286314 42.57
Unclassified 162005 24.09
American 84003 12.49
English 51918 7.72
Irish 40519 6.03
German 31812 4.73
Subsaharan African 15946 2.37
African 14431 2.15
European 12899 1.92
Scottish 12550 1.87
Italian 11972 1.78
Scotch Irish 8813 1.31
French (except Basque) 8124 1.21
British 3543 0.53
Polish 3236 0.48
Welsh 3211 0.48
Dutch 3130 0.47
Norwegian 1819 0.27
Swedish 1650 0.25
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 1593 0.24
Greek 1438 0.21
Lebanese 1344 0.20
Russian 1287 0.19
Scandinavian 920 0.14
Hungarian 878 0.13
French Canadian 856 0.13
Swiss 828 0.12
Moroccan 801 0.12
Northern European 762 0.11
Danish 644 0.10
Eastern European 644 0.10
Finnish 636 0.10
Jamaican 608 0.09
Nigerian 606 0.09
Palestinian 479 0.07
Austrian 425 0.06
Lithuanian 416 0.06
West Indian 416 0.06
Kenyan 415 0.06
Canadian 383 0.06
Belgian 368 0.06
Slavic 362 0.05
Czech 339 0.05
Portuguese 323 0.05
Slovak 319 0.05
Haitian 310 0.05
Brazilian 306 0.05
Ukrainian 293 0.04
Romanian 218 0.03
Egyptian 212 0.03
Croatian 192 0.03
Iranian 192 0.03
Celtic 169 0.03
Syrian 162 0.02
South African 148 0.02
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 140 0.02
Czechoslovakian 139 0.02
Serbian 118 0.02
Turkish 108 0.02
Latvian 102 0.02
Arab 81 0.01
Bulgarian 71 0.01
Ethiopian 69 0.01
Australian 68 0.01
Israeli 63 0.01
Jordanian 61 0.01
Bahamian 59 0.01
Slovene 56 0.01
Yugoslavian 51 0.01
Armenian 50 0.01
Icelander 49 0.01
Cajun 47 0.01
Pennsylvania German 44 0.01
Albania 35 0.01
Iraqi 33 0.01
Ugandan 30 0.00
Basque 29 0.00
Macedonian 24 0.00
US Virgin Islander 22 0.00
Maltese 18 0.00
Estonian 16 0.00
Somali 15 0.00
Liberian 13 0.00
New Zealander 9 0.00
Guyanese 8 0.00
Belizean 5 0.00
Dutch West Indian 2 0.00