Kent County, DE Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 180.08K Kent County, DE population, 57.70K had Other Groups ancestry (32.04%), 40.98K had Unclassified ancestry (22.76%), and 24.02K had Irish ancestry (13.34%).

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 Delaware counties, and for Delaware.

Kent County, DE Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
Irish
German
English
American
Italian
Polish
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)
Subsaharan African
Kent County, DE Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 57699 32.04
Unclassified 40982 22.76
Irish 24022 13.34
German 21429 11.90
English 16729 9.29
American 14898 8.27
Italian 12295 6.83
Polish 5609 3.12
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 3774 2.10
Subsaharan African 2815 1.56
French (except Basque) 2228 1.24
Haitian 2195 1.22
Scottish 2181 1.21
European 2063 1.15
Dutch 1935 1.08
African 1316 0.73
Swedish 1306 0.73
Russian 1265 0.70
Scotch Irish 1152 0.64
Jamaican 1092 0.61
Norwegian 1029 0.57
Greek 988 0.55
Welsh 952 0.53
Nigerian 886 0.49
British 850 0.47
Pennsylvania German 841 0.47
French Canadian 747 0.42
Ukrainian 675 0.38
Lithuanian 579 0.32
Hungarian 546 0.30
Swiss 396 0.22
Austrian 379 0.21
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 352 0.20
Eastern European 331 0.18
Canadian 316 0.18
Liberian 310 0.17
Czech 269 0.15
Brazilian 253 0.14
Syrian 248 0.14
Danish 243 0.14
Ghanaian 224 0.12
Scandinavian 208 0.12
Northern European 206 0.11
Portuguese 203 0.11
Lebanese 158 0.09
Slovak 149 0.08
West Indian 126 0.07
Czechoslovakian 116 0.06
Serbian 115 0.06
Yugoslavian 98 0.05
Afghan 89 0.05
Iranian 83 0.05
Moroccan 75 0.04
Guyanese 70 0.04
Turkish 67 0.04
Bermudan 65 0.04
Cajun 63 0.04
Israeli 63 0.04
Romanian 57 0.03
Croatian 55 0.03
Kenyan 39 0.02
Barbadian 38 0.02
Finnish 36 0.02
Egyptian 21 0.01
Armenian 20 0.01
Belgian 16 0.01
Australian 15 0.01
Maltese 15 0.01
Estonian 10 0.01
Albania 8 0.00
US Virgin Islander 8 0.00
Arab 6 0.00
German Russian 4 0.00
Cypriot 3 0.00
Slavic 3 0.00
Ethiopian 3 0.00
Jordanian 2 0.00
Macedonian 2 0.00
British West Indian 1 0.00