Wayne 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 1.79M Wayne County, MI population, 775.74K had Other Groups ancestry (43.34%), 301.40K had Unclassified ancestry (16.84%), and 164.41K had German ancestry (9.19%).
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).
Wayne County, MI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 775741 | 43.34 |
| Unclassified | 301400 | 16.84 |
| German | 164405 | 9.19 |
| Irish | 121725 | 6.80 |
| Polish | 120311 | 6.72 |
| English | 89586 | 5.01 |
| American | 77826 | 4.35 |
| Italian | 66305 | 3.71 |
| Lebanese | 41350 | 2.31 |
| French (except Basque) | 40539 | 2.27 |
| Subsaharan African | 30081 | 1.68 |
| European | 26117 | 1.46 |
| Scottish | 25544 | 1.43 |
| Arab | 25005 | 1.40 |
| African | 22569 | 1.26 |
| Hungarian | 19301 | 1.08 |
| French Canadian | 17555 | 0.98 |
| Dutch | 12911 | 0.72 |
| Iraqi | 10615 | 0.59 |
| Swedish | 8723 | 0.49 |
| Scotch Irish | 8604 | 0.48 |
| Greek | 7953 | 0.44 |
| Finnish | 7861 | 0.44 |
| Russian | 6328 | 0.35 |
| Norwegian | 6095 | 0.34 |
| British | 5712 | 0.32 |
| Maltese | 5671 | 0.32 |
| Canadian | 5649 | 0.32 |
| Ukrainian | 5612 | 0.31 |
| Romanian | 5396 | 0.30 |
| Welsh | 5233 | 0.29 |
| Lithuanian | 4975 | 0.28 |
| Albania | 4552 | 0.25 |
| Belgian | 4365 | 0.24 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 4175 | 0.23 |
| Nigerian | 4022 | 0.23 |
| Slovak | 3691 | 0.21 |
| Palestinian | 3284 | 0.18 |
| Eastern European | 3037 | 0.17 |
| Czech | 3009 | 0.17 |
| Armenian | 2758 | 0.15 |
| Macedonian | 2730 | 0.15 |
| Jordanian | 2631 | 0.15 |
| Syrian | 2548 | 0.14 |
| Austrian | 2414 | 0.14 |
| Jamaican | 2359 | 0.13 |
| Croatian | 2223 | 0.12 |
| Scandinavian | 2149 | 0.12 |
| Danish | 2020 | 0.11 |
| Yugoslavian | 1946 | 0.11 |
| Moroccan | 1577 | 0.09 |
| Czechoslovakian | 1500 | 0.08 |
| Serbian | 1363 | 0.08 |
| Swiss | 1233 | 0.07 |
| Egyptian | 996 | 0.06 |
| Portuguese | 979 | 0.06 |
| Northern European | 928 | 0.05 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 921 | 0.05 |
| Iranian | 829 | 0.05 |
| Haitian | 784 | 0.04 |
| Ethiopian | 751 | 0.04 |
| Slovene | 679 | 0.04 |
| Brazilian | 581 | 0.03 |
| Slavic | 557 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 441 | 0.03 |
| Sudanese | 434 | 0.02 |
| Bulgarian | 433 | 0.02 |
| Bahamian | 387 | 0.02 |
| Israeli | 359 | 0.02 |
| Ghanaian | 347 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 313 | 0.02 |
| Latvian | 267 | 0.02 |
| South African | 249 | 0.01 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 226 | 0.01 |
| West Indian | 221 | 0.01 |
| Liberian | 216 | 0.01 |
| Afghan | 160 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 160 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 155 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 153 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 146 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 142 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 131 | 0.01 |
| Somali | 98 | 0.01 |
| Guyanese | 76 | 0.00 |
| Belizean | 76 | 0.00 |
| Basque | 71 | 0.00 |
| Cape Verdean | 71 | 0.00 |
| British West Indian | 66 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 65 | 0.00 |
| Kenyan | 65 | 0.00 |
| Dutch West Indian | 63 | 0.00 |
| Estonian | 59 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leonean | 50 | 0.00 |
| Barbadian | 35 | 0.00 |
| Cypriot | 31 | 0.00 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 28 | 0.00 |
| US Virgin Islander | 25 | 0.00 |
| Bermudan | 24 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 23 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 14 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 14 | 0.00 |
| Soviet Union | 10 | 0.00 |