Forsyth 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 380.58K Forsyth County, NC population, 154.71K had Other Groups ancestry (40.65%), 85.79K had Unclassified ancestry (22.54%), and 41.20K had English ancestry (10.82%).
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.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Forsyth County, NC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 154714 | 40.65 |
| Unclassified | 85793 | 22.54 |
| English | 41196 | 10.82 |
| German | 38516 | 10.12 |
| Irish | 28936 | 7.60 |
| American | 24697 | 6.49 |
| Italian | 10082 | 2.65 |
| Scottish | 7927 | 2.08 |
| European | 7271 | 1.91 |
| Scotch Irish | 6921 | 1.82 |
| French (except Basque) | 4959 | 1.30 |
| Polish | 4410 | 1.16 |
| Subsaharan African | 2999 | 0.79 |
| Dutch | 2975 | 0.78 |
| Welsh | 2721 | 0.72 |
| British | 2374 | 0.62 |
| Swedish | 1934 | 0.51 |
| Norwegian | 1870 | 0.49 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 1810 | 0.48 |
| African | 1797 | 0.47 |
| Greek | 1604 | 0.42 |
| Scandinavian | 1097 | 0.29 |
| French Canadian | 1053 | 0.28 |
| Russian | 1024 | 0.27 |
| Jamaican | 989 | 0.26 |
| Swiss | 790 | 0.21 |
| Egyptian | 785 | 0.21 |
| Hungarian | 635 | 0.17 |
| Finnish | 619 | 0.16 |
| Danish | 590 | 0.16 |
| Eastern European | 580 | 0.15 |
| Portuguese | 540 | 0.14 |
| Ukrainian | 489 | 0.13 |
| Slavic | 473 | 0.12 |
| Canadian | 442 | 0.12 |
| Austrian | 437 | 0.12 |
| Northern European | 431 | 0.11 |
| Slovak | 390 | 0.10 |
| Czech | 371 | 0.10 |
| West Indian | 366 | 0.10 |
| Lithuanian | 341 | 0.09 |
| Nigerian | 305 | 0.08 |
| Senegalese | 274 | 0.07 |
| Iranian | 244 | 0.06 |
| Turkish | 242 | 0.06 |
| Romanian | 211 | 0.06 |
| Brazilian | 193 | 0.05 |
| Belgian | 188 | 0.05 |
| Lebanese | 186 | 0.05 |
| Czechoslovakian | 176 | 0.05 |
| Arab | 169 | 0.04 |
| Guyanese | 149 | 0.04 |
| Croatian | 146 | 0.04 |
| Sudanese | 141 | 0.04 |
| Haitian | 138 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 124 | 0.03 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 115 | 0.03 |
| Serbian | 112 | 0.03 |
| Ugandan | 100 | 0.03 |
| British West Indian | 100 | 0.03 |
| Armenian | 93 | 0.02 |
| Israeli | 88 | 0.02 |
| Zimbabwean | 88 | 0.02 |
| Syrian | 86 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 84 | 0.02 |
| Slovene | 78 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 73 | 0.02 |
| Ghanaian | 72 | 0.02 |
| Belizean | 69 | 0.02 |
| Liberian | 68 | 0.02 |
| Barbadian | 67 | 0.02 |
| Celtic | 44 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 44 | 0.01 |
| Moroccan | 42 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 40 | 0.01 |
| Palestinian | 37 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 35 | 0.01 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 32 | 0.01 |
| US Virgin Islander | 29 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 28 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 26 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 24 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 21 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 20 | 0.01 |
| South African | 18 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 15 | 0.00 |
| Iraqi | 12 | 0.00 |
| Basque | 12 | 0.00 |
| German Russian | 12 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 9 | 0.00 |
| Kenyan | 9 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 8 | 0.00 |
| Bahamian | 4 | 0.00 |