Queens 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 2.39M Queens County, NY population, 1.30M had Other Groups ancestry (54.17%), 402.45K had Unclassified ancestry (16.82%), and 154.13K had West Indian (except Hispanic groups) ancestry (6.44%).
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).
Queens County, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 1296331 | 54.17 |
| Unclassified | 402454 | 16.82 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 154132 | 6.44 |
| Italian | 125823 | 5.26 |
| Irish | 89987 | 3.76 |
| Guyanese | 71005 | 2.97 |
| Jamaican | 68239 | 2.85 |
| American | 67251 | 2.81 |
| German | 55626 | 2.32 |
| Polish | 54959 | 2.30 |
| Russian | 36507 | 1.53 |
| Haitian | 34078 | 1.42 |
| Greek | 31920 | 1.33 |
| Subsaharan African | 26698 | 1.12 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 23127 | 0.97 |
| English | 20455 | 0.86 |
| West Indian | 19463 | 0.81 |
| French (except Basque) | 10247 | 0.43 |
| Romanian | 10191 | 0.43 |
| European | 10110 | 0.42 |
| African | 10075 | 0.42 |
| Albania | 9495 | 0.40 |
| Egyptian | 7960 | 0.33 |
| Nigerian | 7853 | 0.33 |
| Eastern European | 7757 | 0.32 |
| Ukrainian | 7694 | 0.32 |
| Hungarian | 7139 | 0.30 |
| Scottish | 5968 | 0.25 |
| British West Indian | 5884 | 0.25 |
| Austrian | 5335 | 0.22 |
| Brazilian | 4870 | 0.20 |
| Croatian | 4816 | 0.20 |
| Portuguese | 4570 | 0.19 |
| Barbadian | 4025 | 0.17 |
| Turkish | 3974 | 0.17 |
| Moroccan | 3937 | 0.17 |
| Israeli | 3813 | 0.16 |
| Armenian | 3712 | 0.16 |
| Swedish | 3545 | 0.15 |
| British | 3503 | 0.15 |
| Dutch | 3454 | 0.14 |
| Lithuanian | 3380 | 0.14 |
| Norwegian | 3216 | 0.13 |
| Iranian | 3153 | 0.13 |
| Ghanaian | 2851 | 0.12 |
| Czech | 2826 | 0.12 |
| Macedonian | 2738 | 0.11 |
| Serbian | 2736 | 0.11 |
| Yugoslavian | 2630 | 0.11 |
| Afghan | 2399 | 0.10 |
| Lebanese | 2382 | 0.10 |
| Scotch Irish | 2178 | 0.09 |
| Arab | 2141 | 0.09 |
| Slovak | 1868 | 0.08 |
| Canadian | 1740 | 0.07 |
| Bulgarian | 1686 | 0.07 |
| French Canadian | 1655 | 0.07 |
| Welsh | 1343 | 0.06 |
| Swiss | 1236 | 0.05 |
| Belizean | 1135 | 0.05 |
| Cypriot | 976 | 0.04 |
| Slavic | 950 | 0.04 |
| Maltese | 913 | 0.04 |
| Liberian | 865 | 0.04 |
| Slovene | 855 | 0.04 |
| Latvian | 841 | 0.04 |
| Syrian | 811 | 0.03 |
| Scandinavian | 753 | 0.03 |
| Danish | 688 | 0.03 |
| Finnish | 608 | 0.03 |
| Belgian | 576 | 0.02 |
| US Virgin Islander | 540 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 514 | 0.02 |
| Jordanian | 502 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 489 | 0.02 |
| Czechoslovakian | 449 | 0.02 |
| Northern European | 415 | 0.02 |
| South African | 409 | 0.02 |
| Dutch West Indian | 390 | 0.02 |
| Bahamian | 327 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 262 | 0.01 |
| Sudanese | 243 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 218 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 218 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 205 | 0.01 |
| Iraqi | 194 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 191 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 152 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 147 | 0.01 |
| Zimbabwean | 117 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 109 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 106 | 0.00 |
| Celtic | 85 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 69 | 0.00 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 50 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 45 | 0.00 |
| Ugandan | 41 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leonean | 29 | 0.00 |
| Somali | 28 | 0.00 |
| Soviet Union | 24 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 20 | 0.00 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 19 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 16 | 0.00 |
| Icelander | 8 | 0.00 |