Clayton 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 17.17K Clayton County, IA population, 7.66K had German ancestry (44.62%), 4.39K had Unclassified ancestry (25.56%), and 2.14K had Irish ancestry (12.49%).

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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Clayton County, IA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Irish
Norwegian
Other Groups
English
American
Pennsylvania German
French (except Basque)
Swedish
Clayton County, IA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 7663 44.62
Unclassified 4389 25.56
Irish 2144 12.49
Norwegian 1466 8.54
Other Groups 1195 6.96
English 1044 6.08
American 965 5.62
Pennsylvania German 359 2.09
French (except Basque) 243 1.42
Swedish 204 1.19
European 196 1.14
Czech 191 1.11
Swiss 173 1.01
Polish 170 0.99
Dutch 155 0.90
Scottish 144 0.84
Italian 108 0.63
Scotch Irish 89 0.52
Danish 78 0.45
British 59 0.34
Welsh 56 0.33
Israeli 51 0.30
Austrian 41 0.24
French Canadian 38 0.22
Greek 31 0.18
Scandinavian 30 0.18
Canadian 24 0.14
Subsaharan African 23 0.13
Czechoslovakian 20 0.12
Northern European 20 0.12
Ukrainian 20 0.12
African 17 0.10
Croatian 14 0.08
Hungarian 12 0.07
Lithuanian 12 0.07
Slovene 7 0.04
Eastern European 6 0.04
Russian 6 0.04
South African 6 0.04
Belgian 5 0.03
Luxembourger 5 0.03
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 5 0.03
Dutch West Indian 5 0.03
Lebanese 4 0.02
Bulgarian 4 0.02
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 2 0.01
Celtic 2 0.01
Yugoslavian 2 0.01
Albania 1 0.01
Portuguese 1 0.01