Newport 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 85.53K Newport County, RI population, 20.04K had Irish ancestry (23.43%), 15.15K had Unclassified ancestry (17.72%), and 13.31K had English ancestry (15.56%).
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).
Newport County, RI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Irish | 20037 | 23.43 |
| Unclassified | 15153 | 17.72 |
| English | 13307 | 15.56 |
| Other Groups | 12329 | 14.42 |
| Portuguese | 10945 | 12.80 |
| Italian | 10216 | 11.95 |
| German | 6960 | 8.14 |
| French (except Basque) | 5335 | 6.24 |
| Polish | 3138 | 3.67 |
| American | 2867 | 3.35 |
| French Canadian | 2394 | 2.80 |
| Scottish | 1855 | 2.17 |
| Swedish | 1573 | 1.84 |
| European | 1241 | 1.45 |
| Greek | 1012 | 1.18 |
| Scotch Irish | 1004 | 1.17 |
| Welsh | 731 | 0.86 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 729 | 0.85 |
| Subsaharan African | 677 | 0.79 |
| Dutch | 627 | 0.73 |
| Russian | 613 | 0.72 |
| British | 589 | 0.69 |
| Norwegian | 539 | 0.63 |
| Lebanese | 474 | 0.55 |
| Ukrainian | 453 | 0.53 |
| Lithuanian | 440 | 0.51 |
| Eastern European | 406 | 0.48 |
| African | 358 | 0.42 |
| Brazilian | 346 | 0.41 |
| Jamaican | 327 | 0.38 |
| Armenian | 266 | 0.31 |
| Cape Verdean | 244 | 0.28 |
| Canadian | 214 | 0.25 |
| Hungarian | 207 | 0.24 |
| Haitian | 194 | 0.23 |
| Scandinavian | 187 | 0.22 |
| Arab | 178 | 0.21 |
| Finnish | 167 | 0.20 |
| Romanian | 154 | 0.18 |
| Czechoslovakian | 149 | 0.17 |
| Danish | 142 | 0.17 |
| Turkish | 127 | 0.15 |
| Slovak | 110 | 0.13 |
| Czech | 90 | 0.11 |
| Basque | 87 | 0.10 |
| Belgian | 87 | 0.10 |
| Croatian | 87 | 0.10 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 61 | 0.07 |
| Swiss | 55 | 0.06 |
| Bulgarian | 51 | 0.06 |
| British West Indian | 51 | 0.06 |
| Serbian | 49 | 0.06 |
| Nigerian | 46 | 0.05 |
| Australian | 44 | 0.05 |
| Austrian | 39 | 0.05 |
| Northern European | 39 | 0.05 |
| Dutch West Indian | 34 | 0.04 |
| Bermudan | 32 | 0.04 |
| Slavic | 30 | 0.04 |
| Pennsylvania German | 27 | 0.03 |
| Syrian | 26 | 0.03 |
| Barbadian | 22 | 0.03 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 21 | 0.03 |
| Alsatian | 20 | 0.02 |
| Ghanaian | 20 | 0.02 |
| Maltese | 18 | 0.02 |
| West Indian | 17 | 0.02 |
| Luxembourger | 16 | 0.02 |
| Egyptian | 14 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 14 | 0.02 |
| Latvian | 14 | 0.02 |
| Iranian | 11 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 10 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 9 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 8 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 6 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 3 | 0.00 |