St. James Parish, LA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 20.39K St. James Parish, LA population, 10.13K had Other Groups ancestry (49.66%), 3.23K had American ancestry (15.85%), and 3.13K had Unclassified ancestry (15.36%).

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 Louisiana counties, and for Louisiana.

St. James Parish, LA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
American
Unclassified
French (except Basque)
German
English
Italian
French Canadian
Irish
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)
St. James Parish, LA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 10125 49.66
American 3232 15.85
Unclassified 3131 15.36
French (except Basque) 2498 12.25
German 1317 6.46
English 578 2.84
Italian 435 2.13
French Canadian 361 1.77
Irish 300 1.47
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 201 0.99
Cajun 175 0.86
West Indian 150 0.74
Swiss 86 0.42
European 70 0.34
Subsaharan African 69 0.34
African 56 0.28
Polish 40 0.20
Canadian 29 0.14
Bahamian 22 0.11
Greek 18 0.09
Jamaican 17 0.08
Scottish 15 0.07
Czech 12 0.06
Belizean 12 0.06
Scotch Irish 9 0.04
Hungarian 7 0.03
Dutch 5 0.03
Sierra Leonean 5 0.03
Welsh 4 0.02