Rock Island County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 144.69K Rock Island County, IL population, 43.48K had Unclassified ancestry (30.05%), 35.69K had Other Groups ancestry (24.66%), and 29.97K had German ancestry (20.71%).

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 Illinois counties, and for Illinois.

Rock Island County, IL Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
German
Irish
English
Swedish
American
Belgian
Italian
Subsaharan African
Rock Island County, IL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 43478 30.05
Other Groups 35685 24.66
German 29968 20.71
Irish 16758 11.58
English 10452 7.22
Swedish 7127 4.93
American 4623 3.20
Belgian 4559 3.15
Italian 3875 2.68
Subsaharan African 3466 2.40
Polish 2831 1.96
French (except Basque) 2694 1.86
African 2657 1.84
Dutch 2270 1.57
Norwegian 2141 1.48
European 1885 1.30
Scottish 1618 1.12
Scotch Irish 973 0.67
Welsh 904 0.63
British 804 0.56
Czech 730 0.51
Scandinavian 685 0.47
Danish 477 0.33
Russian 466 0.32
Lithuanian 426 0.29
Greek 423 0.29
Canadian 315 0.22
Swiss 258 0.18
French Canadian 243 0.17
Croatian 199 0.14
Eastern European 183 0.13
Northern European 165 0.11
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 141 0.10
Syrian 130 0.09
Hungarian 126 0.09
Romanian 120 0.08
Moroccan 119 0.08
Finnish 115 0.08
Portuguese 105 0.07
Austrian 103 0.07
Jamaican 94 0.07
Liberian 92 0.06
Bulgarian 80 0.06
Czechoslovakian 73 0.05
Ethiopian 68 0.05
Ukrainian 68 0.05
Serbian 67 0.05
Yugoslavian 64 0.04
Arab 55 0.04
Lebanese 54 0.04
Slovak 51 0.04
Iraqi 49 0.03
Brazilian 45 0.03
Iranian 45 0.03
Slavic 45 0.03
Slovene 42 0.03
Turkish 38 0.03
Albania 33 0.02
Sudanese 24 0.02
Haitian 21 0.02
Pennsylvania German 19 0.01
Ghanaian 16 0.01
Australian 15 0.01
Latvian 15 0.01
West Indian 14 0.01
Palestinian 12 0.01
Belizean 12 0.01
Armenian 10 0.01
Zimbabwean 9 0.01
Macedonian 8 0.01
German Russian 7 0.01
Nigerian 7 0.01
Ugandan 1 0.00