Wayne County, OH Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 116.86K Wayne County, OH population, 36.09K had Unclassified ancestry (30.89%), 31.74K had German ancestry (27.16%), and 12.29K had Other Groups ancestry (10.52%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

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Wayne County, OH Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
German
Other Groups
Irish
English
American
Swiss
Italian
French (except Basque)
Polish
Wayne County, OH Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 36092 30.89
German 31735 27.16
Other Groups 12292 10.52
Irish 11718 10.03
English 11683 10.00
American 8368 7.16
Swiss 6727 5.76
Italian 5492 4.70
French (except Basque) 2863 2.45
Polish 2505 2.14
European 2286 1.96
Scottish 2279 1.95
Pennsylvania German 2211 1.89
Dutch 1781 1.52
Hungarian 1545 1.32
Scotch Irish 1204 1.03
Welsh 859 0.74
Slovak 747 0.64
Czech 718 0.61
British 690 0.59
French Canadian 667 0.57
Swedish 576 0.49
Serbian 502 0.43
Scandinavian 331 0.28
Austrian 318 0.27
Norwegian 273 0.23
Russian 247 0.21
Greek 237 0.20
Slovene 211 0.18
Subsaharan African 211 0.18
Croatian 208 0.18
Ukrainian 180 0.15
Macedonian 140 0.12
Danish 139 0.12
Lithuanian 134 0.12
Canadian 122 0.10
Eastern European 115 0.10
Australian 110 0.09
Romanian 110 0.09
African 101 0.09
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 100 0.09
Finnish 99 0.09
Czechoslovakian 94 0.08
Moroccan 91 0.08
Jamaican 87 0.07
Northern European 83 0.07
Belgian 78 0.07
Ethiopian 73 0.06
Lebanese 62 0.05
Palestinian 54 0.05
Yugoslavian 54 0.05
Syrian 39 0.03
Brazilian 38 0.03
Nigerian 27 0.02
Portuguese 26 0.02
Slavic 20 0.02
Iranian 19 0.02
Sudanese 17 0.02
Arab 15 0.01
Celtic 15 0.01
Belizean 13 0.01
Armenian 12 0.01
Cape Verdean 12 0.01
New Zealander 11 0.01
Kenyan 8 0.01
Afghan 7 0.01
Estonian 7 0.01
Albania 6 0.01
Carpatho Rusyn 6 0.01
Egyptian 3 0.00