Clay 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 16.41K Clay County, IA population, 6.50K had German ancestry (39.60%), 3.92K had Unclassified ancestry (23.88%), and 2.09K had Other Groups ancestry (12.72%).

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 Iowa counties, and for Iowa.

Clay County, IA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Other Groups
Irish
Norwegian
English
American
Danish
Swedish
Dutch
Clay County, IA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 6499 39.60
Unclassified 3919 23.88
Other Groups 2088 12.72
Irish 1749 10.66
Norwegian 1576 9.60
English 994 6.06
American 941 5.73
Danish 841 5.13
Swedish 610 3.72
Dutch 571 3.48
French (except Basque) 347 2.12
Italian 215 1.31
Scottish 202 1.23
Polish 200 1.22
Scotch Irish 125 0.76
European 115 0.70
French Canadian 85 0.52
Czechoslovakian 84 0.51
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 72 0.44
Haitian 72 0.44
Swiss 64 0.39
Welsh 62 0.38
Scandinavian 58 0.35
Czech 55 0.34
British 48 0.29
Pennsylvania German 43 0.26
Russian 35 0.21
Northern European 24 0.15
Serbian 24 0.15
Ukrainian 20 0.12
Canadian 18 0.11
Luxembourger 17 0.10
German Russian 11 0.07
Portuguese 10 0.06
Cajun 9 0.06
Austrian 8 0.05
Brazilian 7 0.04
Greek 6 0.04
Subsaharan African 3 0.02
African 3 0.02
Australian 2 0.01
Belgian 2 0.01
Eastern European 1 0.01