Dauphin 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 284.20K Dauphin County, PA population, 75.83K had Unclassified ancestry (26.68%), 75.10K had Other Groups ancestry (26.42%), and 59.60K had German ancestry (20.97%).

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.

Dauphin County, PA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
German
Irish
Italian
American
English
Polish
European
Dutch
Dauphin County, PA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 75828 26.68
Other Groups 75098 26.42
German 59599 20.97
Irish 28277 9.95
Italian 19246 6.77
American 17009 5.99
English 16057 5.65
Polish 7107 2.50
European 4704 1.66
Dutch 3634 1.28
French (except Basque) 3570 1.26
Subsaharan African 3305 1.16
Pennsylvania German 3154 1.11
Scottish 2877 1.01
Welsh 2854 1.00
Scotch Irish 2449 0.86
Swedish 2235 0.79
African 1891 0.67
Russian 1866 0.66
Hungarian 1804 0.64
Slovak 1772 0.62
Swiss 1521 0.54
Eastern European 1462 0.51
Croatian 1443 0.51
British 1274 0.45
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 1234 0.43
Ukrainian 1003 0.35
Greek 967 0.34
Lithuanian 827 0.29
Norwegian 823 0.29
Serbian 582 0.21
Jamaican 532 0.19
Austrian 517 0.18
Nigerian 434 0.15
Northern European 432 0.15
Scandinavian 428 0.15
Czech 377 0.13
Slovene 344 0.12
Czechoslovakian 334 0.12
Haitian 331 0.12
Albania 322 0.11
French Canadian 315 0.11
Slavic 315 0.11
Yugoslavian 312 0.11
Romanian 310 0.11
Egyptian 308 0.11
Lebanese 291 0.10
Israeli 266 0.09
Danish 264 0.09
Macedonian 249 0.09
Syrian 215 0.08
Portuguese 212 0.08
Canadian 204 0.07
Palestinian 203 0.07
South African 199 0.07
Brazilian 156 0.06
Armenian 150 0.05
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 150 0.05
Arab 149 0.05
Finnish 127 0.05
Ethiopian 126 0.04
Celtic 106 0.04
West Indian 104 0.04
Bermudan 100 0.04
Moroccan 83 0.03
Australian 68 0.02
Belgian 67 0.02
Bulgarian 64 0.02
Carpatho Rusyn 62 0.02
US Virgin Islander 57 0.02
Iranian 56 0.02
Kenyan 35 0.01
Latvian 34 0.01
Ghanaian 32 0.01
New Zealander 31 0.01
Guyanese 29 0.01
Iraqi 24 0.01
Jordanian 18 0.01
British West Indian 16 0.01
Icelander 15 0.01
Cape Verdean 13 0.01
Liberian 12 0.00
Ugandan 12 0.00
German Russian 11 0.00
Afghan 8 0.00