Dorchester 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 32.49K Dorchester County, MD population, 10.99K had Other Groups ancestry (33.83%), 7.38K had Unclassified ancestry (22.70%), and 4.84K had American ancestry (14.89%).

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.

Dorchester County, MD Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
American
English
German
Irish
Italian
Polish
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Dorchester County, MD Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 10989 33.83
Unclassified 7375 22.70
American 4837 14.89
English 3399 10.46
German 3318 10.21
Irish 2716 8.36
Italian 1118 3.44
Polish 749 2.31
French (except Basque) 609 1.88
Scottish 513 1.58
Scotch Irish 291 0.90
European 271 0.83
British 248 0.76
Dutch 210 0.65
Welsh 190 0.59
Subsaharan African 178 0.55
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 144 0.44
Czech 127 0.39
African 125 0.39
Lithuanian 108 0.33
Eastern European 100 0.31
Swedish 85 0.26
French Canadian 71 0.22
Czechoslovakian 68 0.21
Jamaican 52 0.16
Norwegian 51 0.16
Scandinavian 46 0.14
Ukrainian 43 0.13
Slavic 42 0.13
West Indian 40 0.12
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 36 0.11
Haitian 35 0.11
Austrian 33 0.10
Danish 33 0.10
Hungarian 32 0.10
Slovak 31 0.10
South African 31 0.10
Russian 30 0.09
Canadian 29 0.09
Pennsylvania German 15 0.05
Portuguese 15 0.05
Nigerian 15 0.05
Turkish 14 0.04
Greek 12 0.04
Armenian 11 0.03
Celtic 10 0.03
Finnish 10 0.03
Northern European 10 0.03
Syrian 9 0.03
Bulgarian 9 0.03
Lebanese 8 0.03
Belgian 8 0.03
Brazilian 8 0.03
Croatian 8 0.03
Romanian 8 0.03
Ghanaian 7 0.02
Barbadian 4 0.01
Australian 2 0.01
Swiss 2 0.01