Albany County, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 314.68K Albany County, NY population, 72.67K had Other Groups ancestry (23.09%), 65.42K had Unclassified ancestry (20.79%), and 64.10K had Irish ancestry (20.37%).
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 York counties, and for New York.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Albany County, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 72666 | 23.09 |
| Unclassified | 65417 | 20.79 |
| Irish | 64098 | 20.37 |
| Italian | 47193 | 15.00 |
| German | 41845 | 13.30 |
| English | 26731 | 8.49 |
| Polish | 17012 | 5.41 |
| French (except Basque) | 11745 | 3.73 |
| American | 8993 | 2.86 |
| Dutch | 7063 | 2.25 |
| French Canadian | 5360 | 1.70 |
| Russian | 5202 | 1.65 |
| Scottish | 4659 | 1.48 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 4495 | 1.43 |
| Subsaharan African | 4127 | 1.31 |
| European | 4023 | 1.28 |
| Jamaican | 2855 | 0.91 |
| Ukrainian | 2816 | 0.90 |
| Swedish | 1907 | 0.61 |
| Scotch Irish | 1751 | 0.56 |
| Welsh | 1680 | 0.53 |
| Greek | 1577 | 0.50 |
| Hungarian | 1566 | 0.50 |
| British | 1532 | 0.49 |
| African | 1422 | 0.45 |
| Eastern European | 1360 | 0.43 |
| Afghan | 1349 | 0.43 |
| Norwegian | 1272 | 0.40 |
| Armenian | 1161 | 0.37 |
| Albania | 1060 | 0.34 |
| Austrian | 1022 | 0.33 |
| Danish | 854 | 0.27 |
| Guyanese | 846 | 0.27 |
| Lithuanian | 816 | 0.26 |
| Portuguese | 794 | 0.25 |
| Nigerian | 677 | 0.22 |
| Haitian | 654 | 0.21 |
| Slovak | 619 | 0.20 |
| Canadian | 598 | 0.19 |
| Czech | 589 | 0.19 |
| Lebanese | 572 | 0.18 |
| Swiss | 567 | 0.18 |
| Yugoslavian | 534 | 0.17 |
| Scandinavian | 528 | 0.17 |
| Egyptian | 481 | 0.15 |
| Iranian | 479 | 0.15 |
| West Indian | 471 | 0.15 |
| Latvian | 425 | 0.14 |
| Czechoslovakian | 378 | 0.12 |
| Ghanaian | 370 | 0.12 |
| Romanian | 368 | 0.12 |
| Finnish | 341 | 0.11 |
| Turkish | 341 | 0.11 |
| Sudanese | 326 | 0.10 |
| Northern European | 320 | 0.10 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 320 | 0.10 |
| Iraqi | 293 | 0.09 |
| Senegalese | 264 | 0.08 |
| Croatian | 256 | 0.08 |
| Arab | 253 | 0.08 |
| Syrian | 249 | 0.08 |
| Brazilian | 249 | 0.08 |
| Slavic | 240 | 0.08 |
| South African | 221 | 0.07 |
| Ugandan | 176 | 0.06 |
| Celtic | 153 | 0.05 |
| British West Indian | 133 | 0.04 |
| Moroccan | 123 | 0.04 |
| Belgian | 122 | 0.04 |
| Barbadian | 113 | 0.04 |
| Ethiopian | 110 | 0.04 |
| Serbian | 89 | 0.03 |
| Israeli | 83 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 82 | 0.03 |
| Kenyan | 78 | 0.03 |
| Macedonian | 57 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 52 | 0.02 |
| German Russian | 52 | 0.02 |
| Basque | 48 | 0.02 |
| Jordanian | 47 | 0.02 |
| Luxembourger | 36 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 25 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 22 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 19 | 0.01 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 15 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 15 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 14 | 0.00 |
| Bulgarian | 13 | 0.00 |
| US Virgin Islander | 13 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 9 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 8 | 0.00 |
| Liberian | 8 | 0.00 |
| Cypriot | 7 | 0.00 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 5 | 0.00 |
| Bahamian | 5 | 0.00 |
| Australian | 3 | 0.00 |