Kent County, RI Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 169.35K Kent County, RI population, 38.53K had Irish ancestry (22.75%), 32.84K had Italian ancestry (19.39%), and 28.76K had Unclassified ancestry (16.99%).
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 Rhode Island counties, and for Rhode Island.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Kent County, RI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Irish | 38530 | 22.75 |
| Italian | 32836 | 19.39 |
| Unclassified | 28764 | 16.99 |
| English | 24312 | 14.36 |
| Other Groups | 23312 | 13.77 |
| French (except Basque) | 18505 | 10.93 |
| Portuguese | 14461 | 8.54 |
| German | 9409 | 5.56 |
| French Canadian | 8988 | 5.31 |
| Polish | 7122 | 4.21 |
| American | 6188 | 3.65 |
| Swedish | 3618 | 2.14 |
| Scottish | 3010 | 1.78 |
| Subsaharan African | 1537 | 0.91 |
| European | 1401 | 0.83 |
| Russian | 1299 | 0.77 |
| British | 1166 | 0.69 |
| Armenian | 1131 | 0.67 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 998 | 0.59 |
| Greek | 983 | 0.58 |
| Dutch | 955 | 0.56 |
| Cape Verdean | 833 | 0.49 |
| Lithuanian | 685 | 0.40 |
| Eastern European | 647 | 0.38 |
| Ukrainian | 641 | 0.38 |
| Scotch Irish | 622 | 0.37 |
| Jamaican | 513 | 0.30 |
| Welsh | 479 | 0.28 |
| African | 449 | 0.27 |
| Canadian | 421 | 0.25 |
| Austrian | 400 | 0.24 |
| Haitian | 360 | 0.21 |
| Norwegian | 330 | 0.20 |
| Scandinavian | 272 | 0.16 |
| Romanian | 261 | 0.15 |
| Hungarian | 251 | 0.15 |
| Brazilian | 214 | 0.13 |
| Swiss | 197 | 0.12 |
| Lebanese | 155 | 0.09 |
| Moroccan | 148 | 0.09 |
| Belgian | 133 | 0.08 |
| Finnish | 115 | 0.07 |
| Czech | 110 | 0.07 |
| Danish | 109 | 0.06 |
| Slovak | 108 | 0.06 |
| Northern European | 105 | 0.06 |
| Australian | 90 | 0.05 |
| Bulgarian | 89 | 0.05 |
| Syrian | 88 | 0.05 |
| Liberian | 85 | 0.05 |
| Arab | 84 | 0.05 |
| Albania | 82 | 0.05 |
| West Indian | 76 | 0.05 |
| Nigerian | 70 | 0.04 |
| Croatian | 59 | 0.04 |
| Egyptian | 52 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 41 | 0.02 |
| Bermudan | 40 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 35 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 30 | 0.02 |
| Cypriot | 23 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 20 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 18 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 17 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 16 | 0.01 |
| Iranian | 14 | 0.01 |
| Israeli | 13 | 0.01 |
| Slavic | 12 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 11 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 9 | 0.01 |
| Czechoslovakian | 9 | 0.01 |
| Dutch West Indian | 9 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 4 | 0.00 |
| Ethiopian | 2 | 0.00 |
| South African | 1 | 0.00 |