Essex County, NJ Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 852.72K Essex County, NJ population, 411.13K had Other Groups ancestry (48.21%), 134.12K had Unclassified ancestry (15.73%), and 69.42K had Italian ancestry (8.14%).
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 New Jersey counties, and for New Jersey.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Essex County, NJ Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 411134 | 48.21 |
| Unclassified | 134117 | 15.73 |
| Italian | 69421 | 8.14 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 57884 | 6.79 |
| Irish | 44375 | 5.20 |
| Subsaharan African | 38048 | 4.46 |
| American | 31236 | 3.66 |
| German | 29820 | 3.50 |
| Haitian | 29482 | 3.46 |
| Polish | 19280 | 2.26 |
| English | 19179 | 2.25 |
| Jamaican | 18128 | 2.13 |
| Brazilian | 15578 | 1.83 |
| Nigerian | 14150 | 1.66 |
| African | 12574 | 1.48 |
| Portuguese | 11733 | 1.38 |
| Russian | 11383 | 1.34 |
| Guyanese | 9074 | 1.06 |
| European | 6282 | 0.74 |
| Eastern European | 5909 | 0.69 |
| Scottish | 4800 | 0.56 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 4441 | 0.52 |
| French (except Basque) | 4330 | 0.51 |
| Ghanaian | 4315 | 0.51 |
| Hungarian | 3636 | 0.43 |
| Greek | 3614 | 0.42 |
| Ukrainian | 2876 | 0.34 |
| West Indian | 2696 | 0.32 |
| Austrian | 2276 | 0.27 |
| Dutch | 2210 | 0.26 |
| Swedish | 2067 | 0.24 |
| British | 2000 | 0.24 |
| British West Indian | 1816 | 0.21 |
| Egyptian | 1542 | 0.18 |
| Scotch Irish | 1443 | 0.17 |
| Lithuanian | 1348 | 0.16 |
| Ethiopian | 1295 | 0.15 |
| Norwegian | 1286 | 0.15 |
| Turkish | 1266 | 0.15 |
| Romanian | 1194 | 0.14 |
| Czech | 1146 | 0.13 |
| Croatian | 1087 | 0.13 |
| French Canadian | 1079 | 0.13 |
| Welsh | 999 | 0.12 |
| Canadian | 974 | 0.11 |
| Liberian | 944 | 0.11 |
| Iranian | 919 | 0.11 |
| Barbadian | 898 | 0.11 |
| Moroccan | 797 | 0.09 |
| Albania | 758 | 0.09 |
| Kenyan | 717 | 0.08 |
| Slovak | 686 | 0.08 |
| Israeli | 678 | 0.08 |
| Danish | 644 | 0.08 |
| Armenian | 549 | 0.06 |
| Syrian | 537 | 0.06 |
| Lebanese | 529 | 0.06 |
| Arab | 472 | 0.06 |
| Swiss | 467 | 0.06 |
| Senegalese | 399 | 0.05 |
| Belgian | 381 | 0.05 |
| German Russian | 377 | 0.04 |
| Northern European | 360 | 0.04 |
| Estonian | 351 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakian | 344 | 0.04 |
| Latvian | 340 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 308 | 0.04 |
| Bulgarian | 278 | 0.03 |
| Maltese | 277 | 0.03 |
| Scandinavian | 271 | 0.03 |
| Bermudan | 271 | 0.03 |
| Palestinian | 256 | 0.03 |
| Serbian | 234 | 0.03 |
| Bahamian | 230 | 0.03 |
| South African | 229 | 0.03 |
| Finnish | 212 | 0.03 |
| US Virgin Islander | 211 | 0.03 |
| Cypriot | 193 | 0.02 |
| Sudanese | 192 | 0.02 |
| Ugandan | 169 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 153 | 0.02 |
| Belizean | 152 | 0.02 |
| Jordanian | 130 | 0.02 |
| Sierra Leonean | 124 | 0.02 |
| Slavic | 122 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 118 | 0.01 |
| Dutch West Indian | 108 | 0.01 |
| Iraqi | 103 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 103 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 98 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 79 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 69 | 0.01 |
| Afghan | 67 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 59 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 53 | 0.01 |
| Soviet Union | 41 | 0.01 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 33 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 26 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 25 | 0.00 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 19 | 0.00 |
| Basque | 18 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 11 | 0.00 |
| Somali | 11 | 0.00 |