Howard 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 329.25K Howard County, MD population, 127.94K had Other Groups ancestry (38.86%), 53.54K had Unclassified ancestry (16.26%), and 41.59K had German ancestry (12.63%).
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.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Howard County, MD Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 127941 | 38.86 |
| Unclassified | 53544 | 16.26 |
| German | 41591 | 12.63 |
| Irish | 34961 | 10.62 |
| English | 28327 | 8.60 |
| Italian | 19667 | 5.97 |
| Subsaharan African | 12907 | 3.92 |
| American | 11529 | 3.50 |
| Polish | 10645 | 3.23 |
| European | 6650 | 2.02 |
| Scottish | 5943 | 1.81 |
| Russian | 5114 | 1.55 |
| French (except Basque) | 4844 | 1.47 |
| African | 4372 | 1.33 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 4117 | 1.25 |
| Nigerian | 4000 | 1.22 |
| British | 2910 | 0.88 |
| Eastern European | 2871 | 0.87 |
| Scotch Irish | 2724 | 0.83 |
| Greek | 2687 | 0.82 |
| Norwegian | 2500 | 0.76 |
| Jamaican | 2218 | 0.67 |
| Swedish | 2037 | 0.62 |
| Dutch | 1886 | 0.57 |
| Welsh | 1837 | 0.56 |
| Iranian | 1802 | 0.55 |
| French Canadian | 1570 | 0.48 |
| Ethiopian | 1551 | 0.47 |
| Ukrainian | 1365 | 0.42 |
| Hungarian | 1305 | 0.40 |
| Lithuanian | 1195 | 0.36 |
| Arab | 1158 | 0.35 |
| Czech | 1120 | 0.34 |
| Turkish | 1023 | 0.31 |
| Austrian | 1021 | 0.31 |
| Slovak | 984 | 0.30 |
| Scandinavian | 956 | 0.29 |
| Portuguese | 900 | 0.27 |
| Ghanaian | 774 | 0.24 |
| Danish | 752 | 0.23 |
| Swiss | 700 | 0.21 |
| Brazilian | 684 | 0.21 |
| Romanian | 655 | 0.20 |
| Guyanese | 630 | 0.19 |
| Egyptian | 551 | 0.17 |
| Haitian | 546 | 0.17 |
| Lebanese | 538 | 0.16 |
| Israeli | 507 | 0.15 |
| West Indian | 471 | 0.14 |
| Canadian | 468 | 0.14 |
| British West Indian | 451 | 0.14 |
| Serbian | 443 | 0.14 |
| Northern European | 404 | 0.12 |
| Palestinian | 403 | 0.12 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 373 | 0.11 |
| Syrian | 359 | 0.11 |
| Croatian | 349 | 0.11 |
| Finnish | 345 | 0.11 |
| Cape Verdean | 299 | 0.09 |
| Czechoslovakian | 292 | 0.09 |
| Latvian | 256 | 0.08 |
| Sierra Leonean | 244 | 0.07 |
| Slavic | 198 | 0.06 |
| Kenyan | 197 | 0.06 |
| Liberian | 192 | 0.06 |
| Afghan | 178 | 0.05 |
| Australian | 167 | 0.05 |
| Pennsylvania German | 154 | 0.05 |
| Bahamian | 148 | 0.05 |
| German Russian | 140 | 0.04 |
| Jordanian | 133 | 0.04 |
| Belgian | 131 | 0.04 |
| Armenian | 90 | 0.03 |
| South African | 86 | 0.03 |
| Albania | 85 | 0.03 |
| Barbadian | 84 | 0.03 |
| Somali | 80 | 0.02 |
| Sudanese | 67 | 0.02 |
| Moroccan | 58 | 0.02 |
| Cypriot | 56 | 0.02 |
| Yugoslavian | 54 | 0.02 |
| Iraqi | 47 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 47 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 46 | 0.01 |
| Ugandan | 43 | 0.01 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 42 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 40 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 39 | 0.01 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 31 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 31 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 29 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 20 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 19 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 19 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 17 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 3 | 0.00 |