Cecil County, MD Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 103.37K Cecil County, MD population, 25.20K had Unclassified ancestry (24.38%), 20.04K had Other Groups ancestry (19.39%), and 18.95K had German ancestry (18.33%).

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 Maryland counties, and for Maryland.

Cecil County, MD Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
German
Irish
English
Italian
American
Polish
European
Scottish
Cecil County, MD Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 25197 24.38
Other Groups 20038 19.39
German 18945 18.33
Irish 17954 17.37
English 14082 13.62
Italian 7058 6.83
American 6344 6.14
Polish 4467 4.32
European 2977 2.88
Scottish 2405 2.33
French (except Basque) 1410 1.36
Welsh 1385 1.34
Dutch 1291 1.25
Subsaharan African 1254 1.21
Swedish 1016 0.98
Scotch Irish 985 0.95
Ukrainian 693 0.67
Turkish 690 0.67
Greek 591 0.57
African 504 0.49
British 468 0.45
Russian 452 0.44
Nigerian 421 0.41
Norwegian 369 0.36
Finnish 360 0.35
Czech 359 0.35
Hungarian 325 0.31
Portuguese 251 0.24
Czechoslovakian 250 0.24
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 211 0.20
Scandinavian 208 0.20
Swiss 201 0.19
Pennsylvania German 196 0.19
French Canadian 192 0.19
Lithuanian 191 0.19
Slovak 155 0.15
Danish 147 0.14
Eastern European 132 0.13
Austrian 113 0.11
Haitian 104 0.10
Canadian 93 0.09
Yugoslavian 83 0.08
Northern European 74 0.07
Lebanese 72 0.07
Syrian 59 0.06
Iranian 45 0.04
Celtic 44 0.04
Kenyan 44 0.04
Ghanaian 43 0.04
Bulgarian 40 0.04
Croatian 39 0.04
Arab 36 0.04
South African 34 0.03
Brazilian 33 0.03
Slavic 32 0.03
US Virgin Islander 31 0.03
Jamaican 29 0.03
Basque 28 0.03
Estonian 28 0.03
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 26 0.03
Armenian 20 0.02
Romanian 16 0.02
British West Indian 16 0.02
Australian 14 0.01
Icelander 12 0.01
Latvian 11 0.01
Sierra Leonean 10 0.01
Belgian 9 0.01
West Indian 5 0.01