Ulster 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 181.86K Ulster County, NY population, 36.94K had Unclassified ancestry (20.31%), 36.45K had Irish ancestry (20.05%), and 34.96K had Other Groups ancestry (19.22%).

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.

Ulster County, NY Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Irish
Other Groups
Italian
German
English
Polish
American
Dutch
French (except Basque)
Ulster County, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 36942 20.31
Irish 36454 20.05
Other Groups 34957 19.22
Italian 30896 16.99
German 28559 15.70
English 14472 7.96
Polish 9443 5.19
American 8066 4.43
Dutch 6057 3.33
French (except Basque) 4820 2.65
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 3490 1.92
Scottish 3177 1.75
Russian 3105 1.71
European 2723 1.50
Jamaican 2025 1.11
Hungarian 1883 1.03
Greek 1603 0.88
Norwegian 1557 0.86
Ukrainian 1511 0.83
Eastern European 1496 0.82
Swedish 1494 0.82
British 1308 0.72
Welsh 1167 0.64
French Canadian 1149 0.63
Scotch Irish 1098 0.60
West Indian 819 0.45
Portuguese 763 0.42
Austrian 729 0.40
Subsaharan African 697 0.38
Romanian 599 0.33
Czech 565 0.31
Scandinavian 551 0.30
Danish 539 0.30
African 533 0.29
Northern European 452 0.25
Haitian 443 0.24
Slovak 437 0.24
Armenian 430 0.24
Canadian 393 0.22
Belgian 365 0.20
Croatian 353 0.19
Finnish 353 0.19
Yugoslavian 327 0.18
Lithuanian 310 0.17
Swiss 279 0.15
Brazilian 274 0.15
Turkish 226 0.12
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 218 0.12
Czechoslovakian 215 0.12
Lebanese 209 0.12
Iranian 181 0.10
Cajun 160 0.09
Albania 150 0.08
Australian 133 0.07
Jordanian 123 0.07
Syrian 110 0.06
Palestinian 109 0.06
Cypriot 94 0.05
Egyptian 89 0.05
British West Indian 81 0.05
Arab 75 0.04
Serbian 64 0.04
Guyanese 57 0.03
Nigerian 55 0.03
Estonian 44 0.02
Israeli 40 0.02
Slavic 40 0.02
Celtic 39 0.02
Latvian 35 0.02
South African 32 0.02
Maltese 31 0.02
Carpatho Rusyn 27 0.02
Macedonian 26 0.01
Iraqi 22 0.01
Ghanaian 19 0.01
Barbadian 18 0.01
Pennsylvania German 16 0.01
Moroccan 12 0.01
Icelander 12 0.01
Bahamian 12 0.01
Kenyan 11 0.01
Basque 10 0.01
Alsatian 9 0.01
New Zealander 7 0.00
Cape Verdean 7 0.00