Centre County, PA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 158.88K Centre County, PA population, 47.78K had Unclassified ancestry (30.07%), 36.56K had German ancestry (23.01%), and 21.55K had Other Groups ancestry (13.57%).
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 Pennsylvania counties, and for Pennsylvania.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Centre County, PA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 47777 | 30.07 |
| German | 36556 | 23.01 |
| Other Groups | 21554 | 13.57 |
| Irish | 19885 | 12.52 |
| English | 15564 | 9.80 |
| Italian | 12419 | 7.82 |
| American | 7817 | 4.92 |
| Polish | 7136 | 4.49 |
| Pennsylvania German | 2888 | 1.82 |
| French (except Basque) | 2759 | 1.74 |
| Scottish | 2719 | 1.71 |
| European | 2649 | 1.67 |
| Scotch Irish | 2046 | 1.29 |
| Slovak | 1966 | 1.24 |
| Swedish | 1939 | 1.22 |
| Welsh | 1753 | 1.10 |
| Dutch | 1668 | 1.05 |
| Russian | 1655 | 1.04 |
| British | 1184 | 0.75 |
| Hungarian | 1117 | 0.70 |
| Eastern European | 1048 | 0.66 |
| Swiss | 1021 | 0.64 |
| Subsaharan African | 727 | 0.46 |
| Austrian | 718 | 0.45 |
| Ukrainian | 718 | 0.45 |
| Greek | 660 | 0.42 |
| Iranian | 610 | 0.38 |
| Danish | 562 | 0.35 |
| Czechoslovakian | 552 | 0.35 |
| Norwegian | 483 | 0.30 |
| Turkish | 459 | 0.29 |
| Czech | 444 | 0.28 |
| French Canadian | 394 | 0.25 |
| Lithuanian | 368 | 0.23 |
| Croatian | 353 | 0.22 |
| Scandinavian | 329 | 0.21 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 325 | 0.21 |
| Nigerian | 306 | 0.19 |
| Slovene | 298 | 0.19 |
| Brazilian | 252 | 0.16 |
| Slavic | 218 | 0.14 |
| Canadian | 212 | 0.13 |
| Finnish | 193 | 0.12 |
| Jamaican | 184 | 0.12 |
| Portuguese | 176 | 0.11 |
| Belgian | 155 | 0.10 |
| African | 151 | 0.10 |
| Yugoslavian | 141 | 0.09 |
| Egyptian | 131 | 0.08 |
| Syrian | 123 | 0.08 |
| Bulgarian | 107 | 0.07 |
| Lebanese | 102 | 0.06 |
| Northern European | 64 | 0.04 |
| Latvian | 58 | 0.04 |
| Armenian | 54 | 0.03 |
| Romanian | 52 | 0.03 |
| Palestinian | 51 | 0.03 |
| West Indian | 50 | 0.03 |
| Arab | 47 | 0.03 |
| Liberian | 45 | 0.03 |
| Macedonian | 42 | 0.03 |
| Celtic | 33 | 0.02 |
| Haitian | 33 | 0.02 |
| Ethiopian | 31 | 0.02 |
| Sudanese | 30 | 0.02 |
| Iraqi | 28 | 0.02 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 27 | 0.02 |
| Kenyan | 25 | 0.02 |
| South African | 22 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 22 | 0.01 |
| Israeli | 21 | 0.01 |
| Guyanese | 19 | 0.01 |
| Bahamian | 18 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 15 | 0.01 |
| Serbian | 11 | 0.01 |
| Zimbabwean | 10 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 8 | 0.01 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 8 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 7 | 0.00 |
| Australian | 6 | 0.00 |