Washington 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 153.96K Washington County, MD population, 47.95K had Unclassified ancestry (31.15%), 37.24K had German ancestry (24.19%), and 33.53K had Other Groups ancestry (21.78%).

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.

Washington County, MD Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
German
Other Groups
Irish
English
American
Italian
Polish
Scottish
French (except Basque)
Washington County, MD Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 47954 31.15
German 37237 24.19
Other Groups 33535 21.78
Irish 17221 11.19
English 14828 9.63
American 9065 5.89
Italian 6306 4.10
Polish 3356 2.18
Scottish 2958 1.92
French (except Basque) 2712 1.76
European 2249 1.46
Subsaharan African 1895 1.23
Dutch 1422 0.92
Scotch Irish 1335 0.87
African 1184 0.77
Welsh 990 0.64
Swiss 880 0.57
Swedish 773 0.50
British 680 0.44
Norwegian 657 0.43
Russian 622 0.40
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 596 0.39
Portuguese 521 0.34
Greek 514 0.33
French Canadian 426 0.28
Eastern European 413 0.27
Hungarian 391 0.25
Scandinavian 348 0.23
Austrian 339 0.22
Ghanaian 331 0.22
Northern European 307 0.20
Czech 301 0.20
Jamaican 299 0.19
Egyptian 209 0.14
Slovak 208 0.14
Moroccan 178 0.12
Croatian 165 0.11
Ukrainian 158 0.10
Danish 154 0.10
Czechoslovakian 139 0.09
Pennsylvania German 132 0.09
Finnish 130 0.08
Lithuanian 120 0.08
Serbian 116 0.08
Bermudan 111 0.07
Lebanese 88 0.06
Romanian 86 0.06
Ethiopian 82 0.05
West Indian 76 0.05
Slovene 72 0.05
Brazilian 70 0.05
Belgian 69 0.05
Nigerian 62 0.04
Sierra Leonean 59 0.04
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 57 0.04
Canadian 56 0.04
Celtic 55 0.04
Iranian 55 0.04
Haitian 52 0.03
Afghan 32 0.02
Armenian 24 0.02
Cape Verdean 21 0.01
Turkish 21 0.01
Yugoslavian 21 0.01
Australian 16 0.01
Guyanese 15 0.01
Ugandan 11 0.01
Cajun 10 0.01
Slavic 9 0.01
Albania 8 0.01
Latvian 8 0.01
Dutch West Indian 7 0.01
Kenyan 4 0.00
Senegalese 3 0.00