Buchanan County, IA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 20.60K Buchanan County, IA population, 8.21K had German ancestry (39.86%), 5.88K had Unclassified ancestry (28.53%), and 3.07K had Irish ancestry (14.90%).

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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Buchanan County, IA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Irish
English
Other Groups
American
Norwegian
Dutch
Italian
Scottish
Buchanan County, IA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 8210 39.86
Unclassified 5877 28.53
Irish 3070 14.90
English 1821 8.84
Other Groups 1613 7.83
American 1215 5.90
Norwegian 985 4.78
Dutch 451 2.19
Italian 393 1.91
Scottish 326 1.58
Polish 312 1.52
French (except Basque) 293 1.42
Danish 252 1.22
Czech 247 1.20
European 241 1.17
Pennsylvania German 213 1.03
Swedish 202 0.98
Austrian 157 0.76
Scotch Irish 132 0.64
Subsaharan African 99 0.48
African 99 0.48
Welsh 78 0.38
Yugoslavian 55 0.27
Swiss 53 0.26
Czechoslovakian 50 0.24
Scandinavian 35 0.17
British 24 0.12
Finnish 24 0.12
Hungarian 19 0.09
Eastern European 17 0.08
Northern European 15 0.07
Slovene 15 0.07
Greek 13 0.06
Syrian 12 0.06
Albania 9 0.04
Estonian 9 0.04
Luxembourger 9 0.04
French Canadian 8 0.04
Lithuanian 8 0.04
Ukrainian 6 0.03
Icelander 5 0.02
Belgian 3 0.02
Latvian 3 0.02
Jordanian 2 0.01
Lebanese 2 0.01
Portuguese 1 0.01