Providence 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 656.67K Providence County, RI population, 201.91K had Other Groups ancestry (30.75%), 108.21K had Unclassified ancestry (16.48%), and 91.83K had Italian ancestry (13.98%).
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).
Providence County, RI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 201906 | 30.75 |
| Unclassified | 108214 | 16.48 |
| Italian | 91829 | 13.98 |
| Irish | 84991 | 12.94 |
| French (except Basque) | 51631 | 7.86 |
| English | 47063 | 7.17 |
| Portuguese | 43773 | 6.67 |
| French Canadian | 30941 | 4.71 |
| Subsaharan African | 29518 | 4.50 |
| German | 23456 | 3.57 |
| American | 20037 | 3.05 |
| Polish | 18566 | 2.83 |
| Cape Verdean | 15798 | 2.41 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 7721 | 1.18 |
| Scottish | 7666 | 1.17 |
| Swedish | 6372 | 0.97 |
| Russian | 5192 | 0.79 |
| Haitian | 4636 | 0.71 |
| Nigerian | 4504 | 0.69 |
| African | 4417 | 0.67 |
| Greek | 3766 | 0.57 |
| Armenian | 3656 | 0.56 |
| European | 3394 | 0.52 |
| Liberian | 3358 | 0.51 |
| Lebanese | 2610 | 0.40 |
| British | 2113 | 0.32 |
| Canadian | 2014 | 0.31 |
| Dutch | 1959 | 0.30 |
| Scotch Irish | 1952 | 0.30 |
| Ukrainian | 1714 | 0.26 |
| Jamaican | 1633 | 0.25 |
| Lithuanian | 1631 | 0.25 |
| Norwegian | 1619 | 0.25 |
| Eastern European | 1541 | 0.24 |
| Syrian | 1502 | 0.23 |
| Brazilian | 1308 | 0.20 |
| Welsh | 1173 | 0.18 |
| Hungarian | 977 | 0.15 |
| Egyptian | 930 | 0.14 |
| Scandinavian | 761 | 0.12 |
| Austrian | 648 | 0.10 |
| Czech | 641 | 0.10 |
| Belgian | 634 | 0.10 |
| Romanian | 631 | 0.10 |
| West Indian | 601 | 0.09 |
| Arab | 538 | 0.08 |
| Albania | 515 | 0.08 |
| Danish | 491 | 0.08 |
| Swiss | 471 | 0.07 |
| Senegalese | 409 | 0.06 |
| Guyanese | 370 | 0.06 |
| Finnish | 343 | 0.05 |
| British West Indian | 338 | 0.05 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 321 | 0.05 |
| Slovak | 303 | 0.05 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 244 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakian | 240 | 0.04 |
| Icelander | 240 | 0.04 |
| Northern European | 228 | 0.04 |
| Iranian | 220 | 0.03 |
| Barbadian | 218 | 0.03 |
| Moroccan | 207 | 0.03 |
| Jordanian | 204 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 191 | 0.03 |
| Croatian | 126 | 0.02 |
| Sierra Leonean | 126 | 0.02 |
| Iraqi | 112 | 0.02 |
| Ghanaian | 112 | 0.02 |
| Latvian | 111 | 0.02 |
| South African | 111 | 0.02 |
| Macedonian | 100 | 0.02 |
| Israeli | 84 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 81 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 76 | 0.01 |
| Slavic | 76 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 66 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 56 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 53 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 52 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 49 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 48 | 0.01 |
| Palestinian | 47 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 47 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 38 | 0.01 |
| Yugoslavian | 37 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 29 | 0.00 |
| Cypriot | 27 | 0.00 |
| US Virgin Islander | 27 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 26 | 0.00 |
| Slovene | 20 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 13 | 0.00 |
| Somali | 10 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 8 | 0.00 |
| Soviet Union | 8 | 0.00 |
| Bermudan | 6 | 0.00 |