Lackawanna 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 215.53K Lackawanna County, PA population, 53.88K had Irish ancestry (25.00%), 44.35K had Italian ancestry (20.58%), and 36.11K had Unclassified ancestry (16.76%).
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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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Lackawanna County, PA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Irish | 53884 | 25.00 |
| Italian | 44352 | 20.58 |
| Unclassified | 36111 | 16.76 |
| German | 33923 | 15.74 |
| Polish | 32136 | 14.91 |
| Other Groups | 30128 | 13.98 |
| English | 14861 | 6.90 |
| Welsh | 9358 | 4.34 |
| Russian | 7832 | 3.63 |
| American | 7804 | 3.62 |
| Slovak | 3910 | 1.81 |
| Lithuanian | 3169 | 1.47 |
| Ukrainian | 2746 | 1.27 |
| French (except Basque) | 2560 | 1.19 |
| Scottish | 2146 | 1.00 |
| Dutch | 1704 | 0.79 |
| Hungarian | 1423 | 0.66 |
| European | 1205 | 0.56 |
| Greek | 909 | 0.42 |
| Austrian | 880 | 0.41 |
| Eastern European | 836 | 0.39 |
| Swedish | 748 | 0.35 |
| Lebanese | 662 | 0.31 |
| Subsaharan African | 654 | 0.30 |
| Pennsylvania German | 599 | 0.28 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 599 | 0.28 |
| Scotch Irish | 565 | 0.26 |
| Czech | 526 | 0.24 |
| Swiss | 479 | 0.22 |
| Portuguese | 455 | 0.21 |
| Norwegian | 424 | 0.20 |
| British | 407 | 0.19 |
| Czechoslovakian | 353 | 0.16 |
| West Indian | 320 | 0.15 |
| Brazilian | 304 | 0.14 |
| Ghanaian | 281 | 0.13 |
| Syrian | 265 | 0.12 |
| Iranian | 259 | 0.12 |
| French Canadian | 247 | 0.12 |
| Turkish | 201 | 0.09 |
| Slavic | 199 | 0.09 |
| Scandinavian | 176 | 0.08 |
| Northern European | 169 | 0.08 |
| Romanian | 165 | 0.08 |
| Slovene | 158 | 0.07 |
| Canadian | 137 | 0.06 |
| African | 129 | 0.06 |
| Jamaican | 129 | 0.06 |
| Danish | 115 | 0.05 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 114 | 0.05 |
| Latvian | 107 | 0.05 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 103 | 0.05 |
| Armenian | 101 | 0.05 |
| Australian | 99 | 0.05 |
| Israeli | 97 | 0.05 |
| Guyanese | 93 | 0.04 |
| Croatian | 86 | 0.04 |
| Albania | 80 | 0.04 |
| Bulgarian | 78 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 72 | 0.03 |
| Finnish | 58 | 0.03 |
| Kenyan | 46 | 0.02 |
| Serbian | 43 | 0.02 |
| Egyptian | 39 | 0.02 |
| Bermudan | 39 | 0.02 |
| Nigerian | 34 | 0.02 |
| Barbadian | 34 | 0.02 |
| Belgian | 30 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 29 | 0.01 |
| Haitian | 26 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 21 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 21 | 0.01 |
| Moroccan | 19 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 19 | 0.01 |
| Afghan | 13 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 13 | 0.01 |
| Arab | 10 | 0.01 |
| Sierra Leonean | 8 | 0.00 |
| Jordanian | 6 | 0.00 |
| South African | 5 | 0.00 |
| German Russian | 4 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 3 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 2 | 0.00 |