Clay County, MO Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 250.13K Clay County, MO population, 65.01K had Unclassified ancestry (25.99%), 56.85K had Other Groups ancestry (22.73%), and 53.41K had German ancestry (21.35%).

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 Missouri counties, and for Missouri.

Clay County, MO Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
German
Irish
English
American
Italian
European
French (except Basque)
Swedish
Clay County, MO Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 65008 25.99
Other Groups 56854 22.73
German 53407 21.35
Irish 33468 13.38
English 30406 12.16
American 16252 6.50
Italian 12479 4.99
European 7837 3.13
French (except Basque) 5807 2.32
Swedish 4103 1.64
Scottish 4096 1.64
Polish 3656 1.46
Scotch Irish 3211 1.28
Subsaharan African 2853 1.14
Dutch 2802 1.12
Welsh 2252 0.90
Norwegian 2188 0.88
African 2106 0.84
British 1389 0.56
Czech 1071 0.43
Danish 965 0.39
Russian 963 0.39
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 960 0.38
Scandinavian 915 0.37
French Canadian 694 0.28
Swiss 638 0.26
Croatian 554 0.22
Haitian 513 0.21
Arab 488 0.20
Greek 472 0.19
Belgian 471 0.19
Iraqi 447 0.18
Northern European 443 0.18
Eastern European 437 0.18
Finnish 393 0.16
Austrian 371 0.15
Portuguese 349 0.14
Hungarian 331 0.13
Nigerian 307 0.12
Canadian 306 0.12
Slovak 244 0.10
Yugoslavian 241 0.10
Turkish 235 0.09
Dutch West Indian 175 0.07
Czechoslovakian 174 0.07
Afghan 162 0.07
Ukrainian 157 0.06
Jamaican 149 0.06
Lithuanian 138 0.06
Egyptian 127 0.05
Ghanaian 123 0.05
Slavic 115 0.05
Lebanese 108 0.04
West Indian 90 0.04
Pennsylvania German 87 0.04
Bulgarian 82 0.03
Serbian 79 0.03
Romanian 78 0.03
South African 78 0.03
Icelander 72 0.03
Iranian 62 0.03
Brazilian 57 0.02
Ethiopian 51 0.02
Luxembourger 41 0.02
Jordanian 40 0.02
Sudanese 34 0.01
German Russian 32 0.01
Albania 30 0.01
Somali 30 0.01
Syrian 27 0.01
Bahamian 21 0.01
Palestinian 20 0.01
Cajun 20 0.01
Latvian 16 0.01
Armenian 14 0.01
New Zealander 14 0.01
Guyanese 12 0.01
Israeli 12 0.01
Belizean 12 0.01
Celtic 9 0.00
Ugandan 9 0.00
Australian 8 0.00
Kenyan 4 0.00
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 3 0.00