Jackson 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 42.98K Jackson County, NC population, 10.66K had Unclassified ancestry (24.79%), 9.02K had Other Groups ancestry (20.99%), and 8.44K had American ancestry (19.64%).

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.

Jackson County, NC Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
American
English
German
Irish
Scotch Irish
Italian
Scottish
French (except Basque)
Jackson County, NC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 10655 24.79
Other Groups 9022 20.99
American 8440 19.64
English 5711 13.29
German 4191 9.75
Irish 3439 8.00
Scotch Irish 2277 5.30
Italian 1189 2.77
Scottish 1075 2.50
French (except Basque) 774 1.80
European 456 1.06
British 428 1.00
Polish 418 0.97
Dutch 297 0.69
Norwegian 288 0.67
Welsh 191 0.44
Scandinavian 169 0.39
Swedish 168 0.39
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 141 0.33
Haitian 141 0.33
Swiss 99 0.23
Subsaharan African 85 0.20
Ukrainian 81 0.19
French Canadian 80 0.19
Portuguese 76 0.18
Eastern European 62 0.14
Canadian 55 0.13
South African 47 0.11
Albania 41 0.10
Turkish 39 0.09
African 38 0.09
Lithuanian 35 0.08
Czech 32 0.07
Arab 25 0.06
Northern European 25 0.06
Slovak 23 0.05
Austrian 21 0.05
Finnish 19 0.04
Belgian 17 0.04
Greek 16 0.04
Danish 15 0.04
Iranian 15 0.04
Czechoslovakian 12 0.03
Croatian 8 0.02
Russian 7 0.02
Latvian 6 0.01
Luxembourger 6 0.01