Wayne 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 117.69K Wayne County, NC population, 65.22K had Other Groups ancestry (55.41%), 25.73K had American ancestry (21.86%), and 18.56K had Unclassified ancestry (15.77%).
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).
Wayne County, NC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 65218 | 55.41 |
| American | 25730 | 21.86 |
| Unclassified | 18556 | 15.77 |
| English | 11295 | 9.60 |
| Irish | 7858 | 6.68 |
| German | 7018 | 5.96 |
| European | 2239 | 1.90 |
| Italian | 1881 | 1.60 |
| French (except Basque) | 1515 | 1.29 |
| Scottish | 1469 | 1.25 |
| Scotch Irish | 1295 | 1.10 |
| Subsaharan African | 886 | 0.75 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 744 | 0.63 |
| African | 740 | 0.63 |
| British | 680 | 0.58 |
| Polish | 567 | 0.48 |
| Dutch | 542 | 0.46 |
| Haitian | 470 | 0.40 |
| Welsh | 409 | 0.35 |
| Swedish | 365 | 0.31 |
| French Canadian | 353 | 0.30 |
| Norwegian | 239 | 0.20 |
| Portuguese | 205 | 0.17 |
| Jamaican | 195 | 0.17 |
| Scandinavian | 170 | 0.14 |
| Hungarian | 168 | 0.14 |
| Ukrainian | 166 | 0.14 |
| Lebanese | 162 | 0.14 |
| Greek | 156 | 0.13 |
| Arab | 106 | 0.09 |
| Russian | 80 | 0.07 |
| Eastern European | 71 | 0.06 |
| Danish | 70 | 0.06 |
| Brazilian | 69 | 0.06 |
| Slovak | 66 | 0.06 |
| West Indian | 66 | 0.06 |
| Canadian | 61 | 0.05 |
| Kenyan | 60 | 0.05 |
| Swiss | 53 | 0.05 |
| Czech | 46 | 0.04 |
| Austrian | 39 | 0.03 |
| Ghanaian | 39 | 0.03 |
| Egyptian | 37 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 34 | 0.03 |
| South African | 32 | 0.03 |
| Guyanese | 24 | 0.02 |
| Armenian | 22 | 0.02 |
| Northern European | 18 | 0.02 |
| Yugoslavian | 18 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 17 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 17 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 15 | 0.01 |
| Belgian | 14 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 13 | 0.01 |
| Romanian | 13 | 0.01 |
| Barbadian | 12 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 11 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 10 | 0.01 |
| Slavic | 10 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 9 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 7 | 0.01 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 6 | 0.01 |
| Moroccan | 5 | 0.00 |
| Croatian | 4 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 3 | 0.00 |
| Syrian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Dutch West Indian | 1 | 0.00 |