Alexander County, NC Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 36.49K Alexander County, NC population, 11.67K had American ancestry (31.99%), 6.77K had Unclassified ancestry (18.56%), and 6.43K had Other Groups ancestry (17.61%).

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 North Carolina counties, and for North Carolina.

Alexander County, NC Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
American
Unclassified
Other Groups
German
Irish
English
Scottish
Scotch Irish
Italian
Dutch
Alexander County, NC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
American 11672 31.99
Unclassified 6771 18.56
Other Groups 6428 17.61
German 5325 14.59
Irish 3384 9.27
English 3038 8.32
Scottish 1026 2.81
Scotch Irish 694 1.90
Italian 666 1.83
Dutch 522 1.43
French (except Basque) 440 1.21
Polish 349 0.96
Scandinavian 287 0.79
European 164 0.45
British 145 0.40
Swiss 137 0.38
Norwegian 114 0.31
Portuguese 78 0.21
Welsh 76 0.21
Swedish 72 0.20
Austrian 48 0.13
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 48 0.13
Iranian 47 0.13
Jamaican 41 0.11
Czechoslovakian 35 0.10
Russian 35 0.10
French Canadian 31 0.09
Canadian 29 0.08
Latvian 26 0.07
Hungarian 25 0.07
Slovak 24 0.07
Greek 23 0.06
Croatian 14 0.04
Subsaharan African 14 0.04
African 14 0.04
Australian 12 0.03
Armenian 8 0.02
Slovene 8 0.02
West Indian 7 0.02
Arab 4 0.01
Eastern European 4 0.01