Palo Alto 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 9.00K Palo Alto County, IA population, 3.81K had German ancestry (42.33%), 1.86K had Unclassified ancestry (20.69%), and 1.71K had Irish ancestry (18.99%).

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.

Palo Alto County, IA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Irish
Norwegian
Other Groups
English
American
Swedish
Danish
French (except Basque)
Palo Alto County, IA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 3808 42.33
Unclassified 1861 20.69
Irish 1708 18.99
Norwegian 906 10.07
Other Groups 778 8.65
English 634 7.05
American 442 4.91
Swedish 331 3.68
Danish 253 2.81
French (except Basque) 215 2.39
Dutch 212 2.36
Scottish 120 1.33
European 97 1.08
Swiss 95 1.06
Polish 79 0.88
Scotch Irish 65 0.72
Subsaharan African 60 0.67
Ghanaian 60 0.67
Welsh 48 0.53
Scandinavian 42 0.47
Italian 40 0.45
Belgian 34 0.38
Pennsylvania German 34 0.38
Czech 30 0.33
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 26 0.29
Jamaican 26 0.29
Czechoslovakian 23 0.26
French Canadian 18 0.20
Portuguese 12 0.13
Lebanese 11 0.12
Greek 8 0.09
Luxembourger 7 0.08
British 5 0.06
Russian 5 0.06
Austrian 3 0.03
Finnish 2 0.02