Grand Forks County, ND Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 73.10K Grand Forks County, ND population, 20.55K had German ancestry (28.11%), 19.67K had Norwegian ancestry (26.90%), and 14.57K had Unclassified ancestry (19.92%).

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 Dakota counties, and for North Dakota.

Grand Forks County, ND Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Norwegian
Unclassified
Other Groups
Irish
English
Swedish
French (except Basque)
Polish
Czech
Grand Forks County, ND Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 20549 28.11
Norwegian 19667 26.90
Unclassified 14565 19.92
Other Groups 11509 15.74
Irish 6368 8.71
English 3764 5.15
Swedish 3006 4.11
French (except Basque) 2754 3.77
Polish 2427 3.32
Czech 1450 1.98
American 1387 1.90
Italian 1300 1.78
Scottish 1081 1.48
Subsaharan African 973 1.33
European 831 1.14
French Canadian 831 1.14
Danish 783 1.07
Scandinavian 749 1.02
Dutch 641 0.88
Russian 526 0.72
Icelander 489 0.67
Finnish 421 0.58
Scotch Irish 399 0.55
Somali 385 0.53
Welsh 342 0.47
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 296 0.41
Ukrainian 264 0.36
British 244 0.33
Czechoslovakian 238 0.33
African 210 0.29
Nigerian 201 0.28
Jamaican 200 0.27
Iranian 156 0.21
Canadian 126 0.17
Arab 122 0.17
Portuguese 104 0.14
Yugoslavian 104 0.14
Lebanese 98 0.13
Greek 98 0.13
Swiss 96 0.13
Slovak 94 0.13
Egyptian 93 0.13
British West Indian 89 0.12
Northern European 84 0.12
Eastern European 83 0.11
Hungarian 65 0.09
Austrian 64 0.09
German Russian 62 0.09
Serbian 57 0.08
Celtic 51 0.07
Lithuanian 44 0.06
Albania 41 0.06
Belgian 37 0.05
Slavic 37 0.05
Turkish 26 0.04
Ethiopian 23 0.03
Romanian 21 0.03
Croatian 20 0.03
Belizean 17 0.02
Kenyan 14 0.02
Estonian 12 0.02
Ghanaian 12 0.02
Liberian 11 0.02
Armenian 10 0.01
Brazilian 10 0.01
Syrian 9 0.01
Luxembourger 9 0.01
Slovene 9 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 7 0.01
Jordanian 5 0.01
Australian 4 0.01