Philadelphia 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 1.60M Philadelphia County, PA population, 777.82K had Other Groups ancestry (48.71%), 334.26K had Unclassified ancestry (20.93%), and 158.21K had Irish ancestry (9.91%).
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).
Philadelphia County, PA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 777824 | 48.71 |
| Unclassified | 334260 | 20.93 |
| Irish | 158209 | 9.91 |
| Italian | 110159 | 6.90 |
| German | 107145 | 6.71 |
| Polish | 48792 | 3.06 |
| English | 45423 | 2.85 |
| Subsaharan African | 40461 | 2.53 |
| American | 39375 | 2.47 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 34215 | 2.14 |
| African | 22705 | 1.42 |
| Russian | 21212 | 1.33 |
| Ukrainian | 13332 | 0.84 |
| Jamaican | 13040 | 0.82 |
| French (except Basque) | 12110 | 0.76 |
| Haitian | 11874 | 0.74 |
| European | 10018 | 0.63 |
| Scottish | 9596 | 0.60 |
| Eastern European | 7423 | 0.47 |
| Brazilian | 5475 | 0.34 |
| Hungarian | 5447 | 0.34 |
| Welsh | 5311 | 0.33 |
| Albania | 5187 | 0.33 |
| Nigerian | 5060 | 0.32 |
| West Indian | 4772 | 0.30 |
| Dutch | 4750 | 0.30 |
| Greek | 4527 | 0.28 |
| Liberian | 4306 | 0.27 |
| Swedish | 4286 | 0.27 |
| Lithuanian | 4118 | 0.26 |
| Norwegian | 3899 | 0.24 |
| Scotch Irish | 3741 | 0.23 |
| British | 3596 | 0.23 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 3060 | 0.19 |
| Portuguese | 2923 | 0.18 |
| Austrian | 2896 | 0.18 |
| Slovak | 2414 | 0.15 |
| Czech | 2334 | 0.15 |
| Swiss | 2125 | 0.13 |
| Egyptian | 2120 | 0.13 |
| Romanian | 2110 | 0.13 |
| Ethiopian | 1920 | 0.12 |
| Pennsylvania German | 1903 | 0.12 |
| Moroccan | 1888 | 0.12 |
| Arab | 1750 | 0.11 |
| Ghanaian | 1701 | 0.11 |
| Palestinian | 1660 | 0.10 |
| French Canadian | 1625 | 0.10 |
| Turkish | 1578 | 0.10 |
| Danish | 1564 | 0.10 |
| Iranian | 1197 | 0.08 |
| Armenian | 1194 | 0.08 |
| Lebanese | 1159 | 0.07 |
| Canadian | 1053 | 0.07 |
| Scandinavian | 1023 | 0.06 |
| Israeli | 986 | 0.06 |
| Croatian | 983 | 0.06 |
| Sierra Leonean | 979 | 0.06 |
| British West Indian | 803 | 0.05 |
| Barbadian | 785 | 0.05 |
| Syrian | 768 | 0.05 |
| Northern European | 721 | 0.05 |
| Afghan | 613 | 0.04 |
| Guyanese | 597 | 0.04 |
| Iraqi | 541 | 0.03 |
| Finnish | 530 | 0.03 |
| Czechoslovakian | 508 | 0.03 |
| Slavic | 464 | 0.03 |
| Jordanian | 454 | 0.03 |
| Serbian | 404 | 0.03 |
| Latvian | 389 | 0.02 |
| Belgian | 314 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 301 | 0.02 |
| Kenyan | 290 | 0.02 |
| Celtic | 241 | 0.02 |
| Sudanese | 241 | 0.02 |
| Yugoslavian | 239 | 0.02 |
| Bulgarian | 237 | 0.02 |
| Bahamian | 200 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 198 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 177 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 156 | 0.01 |
| South African | 155 | 0.01 |
| US Virgin Islander | 132 | 0.01 |
| Somali | 118 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 118 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 108 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 104 | 0.01 |
| Cypriot | 78 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 75 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 64 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 58 | 0.00 |
| Ugandan | 49 | 0.00 |
| Macedonian | 43 | 0.00 |
| Belizean | 43 | 0.00 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 41 | 0.00 |
| Cape Verdean | 36 | 0.00 |
| Soviet Union | 16 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 16 | 0.00 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 9 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 6 | 0.00 |