Monterey County, CA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 438.95K Monterey County, CA population, 271.58K had Other Groups ancestry (61.87%), 72.01K had Unclassified ancestry (16.41%), and 24.49K had German ancestry (5.58%).

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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Monterey County, CA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
English
Irish
Italian
European
American
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Monterey County, CA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 271579 61.87
Unclassified 72013 16.41
German 24490 5.58
English 23826 5.43
Irish 20120 4.58
Italian 14441 3.29
European 8323 1.90
American 6676 1.52
French (except Basque) 4889 1.11
Scottish 4879 1.11
Portuguese 4074 0.93
Polish 3208 0.73
Norwegian 2860 0.65
Swedish 2678 0.61
Dutch 2191 0.50
Russian 2177 0.50
Subsaharan African 2043 0.47
Swiss 1919 0.44
British 1805 0.41
Scotch Irish 1729 0.39
African 1564 0.36
Danish 1541 0.35
Welsh 1184 0.27
Eastern European 919 0.21
Northern European 888 0.20
Greek 876 0.20
Scandinavian 855 0.20
Hungarian 848 0.19
Czech 841 0.19
Armenian 724 0.17
Ukrainian 618 0.14
French Canadian 599 0.14
Austrian 564 0.13
Iranian 490 0.11
Slovak 444 0.10
Croatian 396 0.09
Finnish 387 0.09
Yugoslavian 373 0.09
Arab 342 0.08
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 335 0.08
Egyptian 324 0.07
Lebanese 304 0.07
Syrian 304 0.07
Lithuanian 289 0.07
Romanian 288 0.07
Canadian 284 0.07
Nigerian 221 0.05
Israeli 214 0.05
Serbian 213 0.05
Afghan 209 0.05
Brazilian 194 0.04
Australian 192 0.04
Iraqi 175 0.04
Jamaican 174 0.04
Czechoslovakian 159 0.04
Belgian 153 0.04
Icelander 130 0.03
Turkish 111 0.03
German Russian 105 0.02
Bulgarian 97 0.02
South African 90 0.02
Basque 86 0.02
Albania 83 0.02
Celtic 82 0.02
Palestinian 75 0.02
New Zealander 66 0.02
Haitian 59 0.01
Slovene 53 0.01
Ethiopian 53 0.01
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 47 0.01
Belizean 41 0.01
West Indian 26 0.01
Jordanian 25 0.01
Moroccan 25 0.01
Estonian 24 0.01
Slavic 23 0.01
Somali 22 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 20 0.01
Carpatho Rusyn 19 0.00
Cape Verdean 19 0.00
Maltese 16 0.00
Pennsylvania German 16 0.00
Latvian 13 0.00
Sudanese 13 0.00
Alsatian 12 0.00
Dutch West Indian 8 0.00
Bahamian 5 0.00
Barbadian 2 0.00