Fairfield County, CT Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 956.45K Fairfield County, CT population, 293.26K had Other Groups ancestry (30.66%), 151.52K had Unclassified ancestry (15.84%), and 150.17K had Italian ancestry (15.70%).

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

You can see similar information for other Connecticut counties, and for Connecticut.

Fairfield County, CT Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
Italian
Irish
German
English
Polish
American
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)
Jamaican
Fairfield County, CT Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 293263 30.66
Unclassified 151524 15.84
Italian 150172 15.70
Irish 131244 13.72
German 75823 7.93
English 70894 7.41
Polish 44498 4.65
American 41508 4.34
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 34541 3.61
Jamaican 18596 1.94
Russian 17904 1.87
French (except Basque) 16666 1.74
Portuguese 14037 1.47
Brazilian 13896 1.45
Hungarian 13485 1.41
Scottish 12787 1.34
European 11424 1.19
Greek 11376 1.19
Haitian 11091 1.16
Subsaharan African 9283 0.97
Swedish 9030 0.94
French Canadian 8263 0.86
Eastern European 8147 0.85
Slovak 7636 0.80
British 6824 0.71
Dutch 6539 0.68
Ukrainian 5620 0.59
Scotch Irish 4898 0.51
Norwegian 4897 0.51
Lithuanian 4594 0.48
Austrian 4059 0.42
African 3715 0.39
Czech 3690 0.39
Romanian 3511 0.37
Danish 3237 0.34
Welsh 3178 0.33
Albania 2944 0.31
Canadian 2935 0.31
Lebanese 2823 0.30
Swiss 2525 0.26
Armenian 1744 0.18
Croatian 1727 0.18
Ghanaian 1653 0.17
West Indian 1630 0.17
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 1466 0.15
Scandinavian 1462 0.15
Northern European 1404 0.15
Czechoslovakian 1196 0.13
British West Indian 1076 0.11
Turkish 1041 0.11
Syrian 1002 0.11
Nigerian 994 0.10
Cape Verdean 915 0.10
Iranian 873 0.09
Barbadian 862 0.09
Finnish 783 0.08
Moroccan 719 0.08
Egyptian 694 0.07
Arab 689 0.07
Australian 688 0.07
Bulgarian 677 0.07
Yugoslavian 665 0.07
Israeli 584 0.06
Serbian 556 0.06
Guyanese 527 0.06
Slovene 507 0.05
Belgian 494 0.05
Slavic 486 0.05
Latvian 473 0.05
South African 466 0.05
Palestinian 461 0.05
Macedonian 408 0.04
Belizean 370 0.04
Afghan 357 0.04
Estonian 354 0.04
Iraqi 199 0.02
Icelander 199 0.02
US Virgin Islander 192 0.02
Jordanian 180 0.02
Celtic 148 0.02
Cypriot 142 0.02
Bahamian 130 0.01
Pennsylvania German 103 0.01
New Zealander 91 0.01
Basque 84 0.01
Kenyan 78 0.01
Liberian 78 0.01
Carpatho Rusyn 75 0.01
Sierra Leonean 66 0.01
Bermudan 52 0.01
Maltese 47 0.01
Ethiopian 47 0.01
Ugandan 41 0.00
Dutch West Indian 40 0.00
Alsatian 18 0.00
Zimbabwean 15 0.00
Cajun 7 0.00
Luxembourger 7 0.00