DeKalb County, GA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 758.63K DeKalb County, GA population, 402.31K had Other Groups ancestry (53.03%), 120.32K had Unclassified ancestry (15.86%), and 47.66K had American ancestry (6.28%).
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 Georgia counties, and for Georgia.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
DeKalb County, GA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 402310 | 53.03 |
| Unclassified | 120318 | 15.86 |
| American | 47655 | 6.28 |
| English | 43279 | 5.71 |
| German | 38512 | 5.08 |
| Subsaharan African | 37797 | 4.98 |
| Irish | 32439 | 4.28 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 23265 | 3.07 |
| Jamaican | 15134 | 2.00 |
| Italian | 14232 | 1.88 |
| European | 12014 | 1.58 |
| Scottish | 11877 | 1.57 |
| African | 10522 | 1.39 |
| Ethiopian | 10126 | 1.34 |
| French (except Basque) | 7835 | 1.03 |
| Polish | 7834 | 1.03 |
| Scotch Irish | 6735 | 0.89 |
| Russian | 6189 | 0.82 |
| British | 5593 | 0.74 |
| Nigerian | 5252 | 0.69 |
| Dutch | 3783 | 0.50 |
| Swedish | 3781 | 0.50 |
| Welsh | 3307 | 0.44 |
| West Indian | 2923 | 0.39 |
| Eastern European | 2522 | 0.33 |
| Greek | 2463 | 0.33 |
| Somali | 2413 | 0.32 |
| Guyanese | 2158 | 0.28 |
| Norwegian | 1996 | 0.26 |
| Czech | 1534 | 0.20 |
| Sudanese | 1523 | 0.20 |
| Haitian | 1382 | 0.18 |
| Danish | 1375 | 0.18 |
| Swiss | 1337 | 0.18 |
| Ugandan | 1310 | 0.17 |
| Scandinavian | 1263 | 0.17 |
| Bahamian | 1143 | 0.15 |
| Northern European | 1142 | 0.15 |
| Hungarian | 1101 | 0.14 |
| Lebanese | 1063 | 0.14 |
| Ukrainian | 1054 | 0.14 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 1026 | 0.14 |
| French Canadian | 923 | 0.12 |
| Austrian | 916 | 0.12 |
| Portuguese | 871 | 0.12 |
| Lithuanian | 857 | 0.11 |
| Canadian | 846 | 0.11 |
| Ghanaian | 788 | 0.10 |
| British West Indian | 780 | 0.10 |
| Liberian | 776 | 0.10 |
| Israeli | 762 | 0.10 |
| Barbadian | 728 | 0.10 |
| Finnish | 727 | 0.10 |
| Turkish | 694 | 0.09 |
| Arab | 650 | 0.09 |
| Iranian | 634 | 0.08 |
| Yugoslavian | 619 | 0.08 |
| Brazilian | 604 | 0.08 |
| Syrian | 581 | 0.08 |
| Iraqi | 534 | 0.07 |
| Romanian | 497 | 0.07 |
| Moroccan | 447 | 0.06 |
| Croatian | 436 | 0.06 |
| Afghan | 416 | 0.06 |
| Kenyan | 401 | 0.05 |
| US Virgin Islander | 367 | 0.05 |
| Cajun | 342 | 0.05 |
| Australian | 326 | 0.04 |
| Zimbabwean | 311 | 0.04 |
| Sierra Leonean | 278 | 0.04 |
| Armenian | 274 | 0.04 |
| Egyptian | 257 | 0.03 |
| Slavic | 228 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 228 | 0.03 |
| South African | 214 | 0.03 |
| Belgian | 206 | 0.03 |
| Slovak | 197 | 0.03 |
| Latvian | 179 | 0.02 |
| Bulgarian | 176 | 0.02 |
| Serbian | 156 | 0.02 |
| Jordanian | 142 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 136 | 0.02 |
| Bermudan | 112 | 0.02 |
| Cape Verdean | 111 | 0.02 |
| Czechoslovakian | 99 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 91 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 56 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 51 | 0.01 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 42 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 37 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 36 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 32 | 0.00 |
| Pennsylvania German | 32 | 0.00 |
| Celtic | 29 | 0.00 |
| Dutch West Indian | 27 | 0.00 |
| Albania | 24 | 0.00 |
| Estonian | 21 | 0.00 |
| Maltese | 14 | 0.00 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 12 | 0.00 |