Oakland County, MI Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 1.27M Oakland County, MI population, 346.08K had Other Groups ancestry (27.21%), 219.17K had Unclassified ancestry (17.23%), and 206.60K had German ancestry (16.24%).
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 Michigan counties, and for Michigan.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Oakland County, MI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 346084 | 27.21 |
| Unclassified | 219165 | 17.23 |
| German | 206599 | 16.24 |
| Irish | 137097 | 10.78 |
| English | 123349 | 9.70 |
| Polish | 114250 | 8.98 |
| Italian | 78122 | 6.14 |
| American | 47426 | 3.73 |
| French (except Basque) | 40428 | 3.18 |
| Scottish | 32537 | 2.56 |
| European | 20475 | 1.61 |
| Russian | 19726 | 1.55 |
| French Canadian | 17489 | 1.38 |
| Dutch | 15364 | 1.21 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 15295 | 1.20 |
| Hungarian | 12562 | 0.99 |
| Swedish | 12385 | 0.97 |
| Iraqi | 11896 | 0.94 |
| Ukrainian | 10049 | 0.79 |
| Scotch Irish | 9997 | 0.79 |
| Finnish | 9626 | 0.76 |
| Subsaharan African | 9026 | 0.71 |
| Norwegian | 8742 | 0.69 |
| Eastern European | 8315 | 0.65 |
| Greek | 8273 | 0.65 |
| Canadian | 8163 | 0.64 |
| Lebanese | 7616 | 0.60 |
| Romanian | 7499 | 0.59 |
| British | 7399 | 0.58 |
| Welsh | 6278 | 0.49 |
| Albania | 5725 | 0.45 |
| Belgian | 5071 | 0.40 |
| African | 4937 | 0.39 |
| Czech | 4530 | 0.36 |
| Armenian | 4458 | 0.35 |
| Lithuanian | 4305 | 0.34 |
| Arab | 4263 | 0.34 |
| Austrian | 4029 | 0.32 |
| Danish | 3753 | 0.30 |
| Slovak | 3352 | 0.26 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 3334 | 0.26 |
| Scandinavian | 3289 | 0.26 |
| Maltese | 2985 | 0.24 |
| Syrian | 2822 | 0.22 |
| Croatian | 2737 | 0.22 |
| Swiss | 2529 | 0.20 |
| Jamaican | 2210 | 0.17 |
| Nigerian | 1992 | 0.16 |
| Egyptian | 1965 | 0.15 |
| Macedonian | 1939 | 0.15 |
| Brazilian | 1917 | 0.15 |
| Czechoslovakian | 1859 | 0.15 |
| Yugoslavian | 1819 | 0.14 |
| Northern European | 1790 | 0.14 |
| Serbian | 1452 | 0.11 |
| Iranian | 1290 | 0.10 |
| Portuguese | 1164 | 0.09 |
| Slavic | 1011 | 0.08 |
| Israeli | 985 | 0.08 |
| Slovene | 940 | 0.07 |
| South African | 763 | 0.06 |
| Palestinian | 733 | 0.06 |
| Bulgarian | 727 | 0.06 |
| Latvian | 681 | 0.05 |
| Australian | 643 | 0.05 |
| Jordanian | 572 | 0.05 |
| Turkish | 504 | 0.04 |
| Moroccan | 495 | 0.04 |
| Cypriot | 403 | 0.03 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 333 | 0.03 |
| Liberian | 327 | 0.03 |
| Haitian | 299 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 287 | 0.02 |
| New Zealander | 190 | 0.02 |
| Soviet Union | 186 | 0.02 |
| West Indian | 182 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 177 | 0.01 |
| Ghanaian | 154 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 150 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 146 | 0.01 |
| Barbadian | 140 | 0.01 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 128 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 115 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 112 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 110 | 0.01 |
| Guyanese | 108 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 99 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 61 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 60 | 0.01 |
| Dutch West Indian | 55 | 0.00 |
| Bahamian | 53 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leonean | 44 | 0.00 |
| Ugandan | 41 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 25 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 25 | 0.00 |
| Afghan | 13 | 0.00 |
| Basque | 8 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 8 | 0.00 |
| US Virgin Islander | 6 | 0.00 |