Washington 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 129.74K Washington County, RI population, 32.78K had Irish ancestry (25.27%), 25.84K had Italian ancestry (19.91%), and 24.67K had English ancestry (19.02%).
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).
Washington County, RI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Irish | 32782 | 25.27 |
| Italian | 25836 | 19.91 |
| English | 24669 | 19.02 |
| Unclassified | 21070 | 16.24 |
| Other Groups | 13846 | 10.67 |
| German | 10655 | 8.21 |
| French (except Basque) | 10508 | 8.10 |
| Polish | 5492 | 4.23 |
| French Canadian | 5404 | 4.17 |
| American | 5356 | 4.13 |
| Portuguese | 4924 | 3.80 |
| Scottish | 3902 | 3.01 |
| Swedish | 2090 | 1.61 |
| European | 1999 | 1.54 |
| Russian | 1273 | 0.98 |
| Greek | 1090 | 0.84 |
| British | 1023 | 0.79 |
| Scotch Irish | 933 | 0.72 |
| Dutch | 889 | 0.69 |
| Subsaharan African | 839 | 0.65 |
| Norwegian | 776 | 0.60 |
| Hungarian | 658 | 0.51 |
| Eastern European | 656 | 0.51 |
| Cape Verdean | 610 | 0.47 |
| Czech | 600 | 0.46 |
| Lithuanian | 573 | 0.44 |
| Armenian | 519 | 0.40 |
| Welsh | 468 | 0.36 |
| Finnish | 443 | 0.34 |
| Lebanese | 427 | 0.33 |
| Canadian | 381 | 0.29 |
| Austrian | 370 | 0.28 |
| Ukrainian | 369 | 0.28 |
| Danish | 341 | 0.26 |
| Albania | 302 | 0.23 |
| Swiss | 281 | 0.22 |
| Scandinavian | 266 | 0.21 |
| Syrian | 254 | 0.20 |
| Northern European | 192 | 0.15 |
| Romanian | 189 | 0.15 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 171 | 0.13 |
| Slovak | 161 | 0.12 |
| Latvian | 149 | 0.12 |
| African | 149 | 0.12 |
| Belgian | 113 | 0.09 |
| Egyptian | 107 | 0.08 |
| Czechoslovakian | 102 | 0.08 |
| Israeli | 81 | 0.06 |
| Brazilian | 75 | 0.06 |
| Croatian | 75 | 0.06 |
| Pennsylvania German | 73 | 0.06 |
| Jamaican | 57 | 0.04 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 51 | 0.04 |
| Haitian | 47 | 0.04 |
| Turkish | 38 | 0.03 |
| Nigerian | 37 | 0.03 |
| Yugoslavian | 20 | 0.02 |
| Senegalese | 19 | 0.02 |
| Iranian | 17 | 0.01 |
| Serbian | 16 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 14 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 12 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 10 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 9 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 8 | 0.01 |
| Zimbabwean | 8 | 0.01 |
| West Indian | 6 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 4 | 0.00 |