Knox County, ME Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 40.52K Knox County, ME population, 10.08K had Unclassified ancestry (24.88%), 8.47K had English ancestry (20.90%), and 5.45K had Irish ancestry (13.46%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
You can see similar information for other Maine counties, and for Maine.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Knox County, ME Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 10081 | 24.88 |
| English | 8470 | 20.90 |
| Irish | 5453 | 13.46 |
| Other Groups | 4540 | 11.21 |
| German | 3558 | 8.78 |
| American | 3360 | 8.29 |
| French (except Basque) | 2420 | 5.97 |
| Italian | 2332 | 5.76 |
| Scottish | 2019 | 4.98 |
| French Canadian | 1395 | 3.44 |
| European | 1340 | 3.31 |
| Scotch Irish | 976 | 2.41 |
| Finnish | 849 | 2.10 |
| Swedish | 832 | 2.05 |
| Polish | 661 | 1.63 |
| Norwegian | 645 | 1.59 |
| British | 583 | 1.44 |
| Welsh | 529 | 1.31 |
| Dutch | 459 | 1.13 |
| Portuguese | 374 | 0.92 |
| Canadian | 365 | 0.90 |
| Russian | 238 | 0.59 |
| Northern European | 232 | 0.57 |
| Scandinavian | 184 | 0.45 |
| Eastern European | 157 | 0.39 |
| Danish | 138 | 0.34 |
| Austrian | 133 | 0.33 |
| Armenian | 121 | 0.30 |
| Slovak | 115 | 0.28 |
| Czech | 114 | 0.28 |
| Swiss | 88 | 0.22 |
| Lithuanian | 87 | 0.22 |
| Czechoslovakian | 84 | 0.21 |
| Greek | 82 | 0.20 |
| Belgian | 69 | 0.17 |
| Hungarian | 60 | 0.15 |
| Ukrainian | 57 | 0.14 |
| Romanian | 56 | 0.14 |
| Lebanese | 33 | 0.08 |
| Latvian | 32 | 0.08 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 30 | 0.07 |
| Australian | 28 | 0.07 |
| Albania | 24 | 0.06 |
| Israeli | 23 | 0.06 |
| Syrian | 18 | 0.04 |
| Subsaharan African | 18 | 0.04 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 17 | 0.04 |
| Jamaican | 14 | 0.04 |
| Iranian | 13 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 10 | 0.03 |
| Nigerian | 9 | 0.02 |
| West Indian | 9 | 0.02 |
| Slavic | 8 | 0.02 |
| US Virgin Islander | 7 | 0.02 |
| Iraqi | 6 | 0.02 |
| Ethiopian | 6 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 4 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 4 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 4 | 0.01 |
| South African | 3 | 0.01 |
| Egyptian | 2 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 2 | 0.01 |