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

Updated on March 3, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 133.79K Brunswick County, NC population, 34.92K had Unclassified ancestry (26.10%), 25.82K had Other Groups ancestry (19.30%), and 19.15K had German ancestry (14.31%).

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 North Carolina counties, and for North Carolina.

NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Brunswick County, NC Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
German
English
Irish
American
Italian
Scottish
French (except Basque)
Scotch Irish
Brunswick County, NC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified 34921 26.10
Other Groups 25822 19.30
German 19145 14.31
English 18692 13.97
Irish 17931 13.40
American 10944 8.18
Italian 8556 6.40
Scottish 3854 2.88
French (except Basque) 3332 2.49
Scotch Irish 3271 2.44
Polish 3245 2.42
European 2377 1.78
Dutch 1350 1.01
Welsh 1346 1.01
French Canadian 1079 0.81
British 1051 0.79
Norwegian 1037 0.78
Swedish 971 0.73
Hungarian 830 0.62
Eastern European 641 0.48
Russian 631 0.47
Lithuanian 491 0.37
Austrian 482 0.36
Subsaharan African 440 0.33
Czech 407 0.30
Canadian 400 0.30
Ukrainian 346 0.26
Greek 317 0.24
Danish 315 0.24
African 313 0.23
Slovak 275 0.21
Scandinavian 261 0.20
Swiss 258 0.19
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 170 0.13
Portuguese 142 0.11
Czechoslovakian 134 0.10
Turkish 122 0.09
Egyptian 113 0.08
Serbian 111 0.08
Finnish 106 0.08
Lebanese 100 0.08
Palestinian 97 0.07
Jamaican 96 0.07
Slovene 91 0.07
Guyanese 88 0.07
Northern European 78 0.06
Bulgarian 70 0.05
Armenian 67 0.05
Romanian 66 0.05
Pennsylvania German 64 0.05
Syrian 48 0.04
Latvian 47 0.04
Belgian 46 0.03
Celtic 41 0.03
West Indian 37 0.03
Yugoslavian 33 0.03
Croatian 31 0.02
South African 27 0.02
Haitian 25 0.02
Macedonian 23 0.02
Slavic 20 0.02
Cape Verdean 17 0.01
Albania 16 0.01
Australian 14 0.01
Carpatho Rusyn 11 0.01
Israeli 11 0.01
Alsatian 10 0.01
Cypriot 10 0.01
Luxembourger 10 0.01
Brazilian 7 0.01
British West Indian 7 0.01
Dutch West Indian 5 0.00
Arab 1 0.00