Passaic County, NJ Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 521.07K Passaic County, NJ population, 266.27K had Other Groups ancestry (51.10%), 76.20K had Unclassified ancestry (14.62%), and 59.56K had Italian ancestry (11.43%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
You can see similar information for other New Jersey counties, and for New Jersey.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Passaic County, NJ Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 266274 | 51.10 |
| Unclassified | 76199 | 14.62 |
| Italian | 59559 | 11.43 |
| Irish | 32859 | 6.31 |
| German | 26373 | 5.06 |
| Polish | 19973 | 3.83 |
| English | 12261 | 2.35 |
| American | 10337 | 1.98 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 8726 | 1.68 |
| Subsaharan African | 8406 | 1.61 |
| African | 7221 | 1.39 |
| Dutch | 6985 | 1.34 |
| Jamaican | 6288 | 1.21 |
| Russian | 5803 | 1.11 |
| Turkish | 4553 | 0.87 |
| Hungarian | 3884 | 0.75 |
| European | 3325 | 0.64 |
| French (except Basque) | 3229 | 0.62 |
| Syrian | 3131 | 0.60 |
| Eastern European | 2978 | 0.57 |
| Egyptian | 2803 | 0.54 |
| Ukrainian | 2767 | 0.53 |
| Albania | 2433 | 0.47 |
| Scottish | 2181 | 0.42 |
| Palestinian | 2075 | 0.40 |
| Greek | 2029 | 0.39 |
| Arab | 1766 | 0.34 |
| Jordanian | 1672 | 0.32 |
| Austrian | 1655 | 0.32 |
| Portuguese | 1561 | 0.30 |
| Haitian | 1509 | 0.29 |
| Swedish | 1457 | 0.28 |
| Scotch Irish | 1318 | 0.25 |
| Slovak | 1230 | 0.24 |
| Brazilian | 1216 | 0.23 |
| Israeli | 1180 | 0.23 |
| Macedonian | 1151 | 0.22 |
| Czech | 1063 | 0.20 |
| French Canadian | 1030 | 0.20 |
| British | 1018 | 0.20 |
| Norwegian | 976 | 0.19 |
| Moroccan | 975 | 0.19 |
| Lebanese | 856 | 0.16 |
| Lithuanian | 831 | 0.16 |
| Welsh | 712 | 0.14 |
| Armenian | 677 | 0.13 |
| Guyanese | 622 | 0.12 |
| Romanian | 606 | 0.12 |
| Belgian | 585 | 0.11 |
| Swiss | 570 | 0.11 |
| Croatian | 515 | 0.10 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 507 | 0.10 |
| Serbian | 437 | 0.08 |
| Canadian | 411 | 0.08 |
| Danish | 388 | 0.07 |
| Nigerian | 385 | 0.07 |
| Sudanese | 348 | 0.07 |
| West Indian | 347 | 0.07 |
| Czechoslovakian | 329 | 0.06 |
| Northern European | 329 | 0.06 |
| Slavic | 315 | 0.06 |
| Iraqi | 264 | 0.05 |
| Afghan | 254 | 0.05 |
| Scandinavian | 210 | 0.04 |
| Finnish | 191 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 177 | 0.03 |
| British West Indian | 172 | 0.03 |
| Ghanaian | 166 | 0.03 |
| South African | 133 | 0.03 |
| Latvian | 120 | 0.02 |
| Iranian | 113 | 0.02 |
| Bulgarian | 89 | 0.02 |
| Kenyan | 80 | 0.02 |
| Slovene | 39 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 33 | 0.01 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 26 | 0.01 |
| Ugandan | 26 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 24 | 0.01 |
| Alsatian | 23 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 18 | 0.00 |
| Liberian | 18 | 0.00 |
| Australian | 17 | 0.00 |
| Celtic | 17 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 16 | 0.00 |
| US Virgin Islander | 15 | 0.00 |
| Senegalese | 13 | 0.00 |
| Dutch West Indian | 9 | 0.00 |