Greenville County, SC Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 519.18K Greenville County, SC population, 170.61K had Other Groups ancestry (32.86%), 122.79K had Unclassified ancestry (23.65%), and 61.01K had English ancestry (11.75%).
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 South Carolina counties, and for South Carolina.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Greenville County, SC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 170608 | 32.86 |
| Unclassified | 122788 | 23.65 |
| English | 61009 | 11.75 |
| German | 55307 | 10.65 |
| Irish | 50250 | 9.68 |
| American | 38161 | 7.35 |
| Italian | 17991 | 3.47 |
| Scotch Irish | 14806 | 2.85 |
| Scottish | 13971 | 2.69 |
| European | 9659 | 1.86 |
| French (except Basque) | 8606 | 1.66 |
| Polish | 8164 | 1.57 |
| British | 5244 | 1.01 |
| Dutch | 4429 | 0.85 |
| Welsh | 3989 | 0.77 |
| Swedish | 3594 | 0.69 |
| Subsaharan African | 3367 | 0.65 |
| Norwegian | 3224 | 0.62 |
| Russian | 2742 | 0.53 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 2622 | 0.51 |
| French Canadian | 2306 | 0.44 |
| African | 2239 | 0.43 |
| Greek | 2026 | 0.39 |
| Hungarian | 1727 | 0.33 |
| Northern European | 1655 | 0.32 |
| Scandinavian | 1265 | 0.24 |
| Czech | 1262 | 0.24 |
| Jamaican | 1211 | 0.23 |
| Portuguese | 1138 | 0.22 |
| Lebanese | 1081 | 0.21 |
| Haitian | 1029 | 0.20 |
| Canadian | 1006 | 0.19 |
| Swiss | 979 | 0.19 |
| Finnish | 968 | 0.19 |
| Danish | 905 | 0.17 |
| Eastern European | 877 | 0.17 |
| Austrian | 862 | 0.17 |
| Ukrainian | 787 | 0.15 |
| Slovak | 754 | 0.14 |
| Romanian | 517 | 0.10 |
| Nigerian | 497 | 0.10 |
| Croatian | 495 | 0.10 |
| Lithuanian | 489 | 0.09 |
| Brazilian | 437 | 0.08 |
| Iranian | 425 | 0.08 |
| Armenian | 381 | 0.07 |
| Belgian | 355 | 0.07 |
| Syrian | 333 | 0.06 |
| Bulgarian | 292 | 0.06 |
| Palestinian | 282 | 0.05 |
| Latvian | 265 | 0.05 |
| Pennsylvania German | 261 | 0.05 |
| South African | 242 | 0.05 |
| Egyptian | 238 | 0.05 |
| Israeli | 234 | 0.05 |
| Slavic | 232 | 0.05 |
| Serbian | 193 | 0.04 |
| Turkish | 193 | 0.04 |
| Arab | 185 | 0.04 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 173 | 0.03 |
| Czechoslovakian | 168 | 0.03 |
| Ethiopian | 145 | 0.03 |
| West Indian | 135 | 0.03 |
| Yugoslavian | 134 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 128 | 0.03 |
| Celtic | 111 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 103 | 0.02 |
| Liberian | 58 | 0.01 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 57 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 55 | 0.01 |
| Iraqi | 48 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 37 | 0.01 |
| Barbadian | 34 | 0.01 |
| Somali | 33 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 27 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 25 | 0.01 |
| Ghanaian | 23 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 22 | 0.00 |
| Jordanian | 20 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 20 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 19 | 0.00 |
| Maltese | 17 | 0.00 |
| Alsatian | 14 | 0.00 |
| Macedonian | 13 | 0.00 |
| Kenyan | 13 | 0.00 |
| Bahamian | 13 | 0.00 |
| Basque | 12 | 0.00 |
| Moroccan | 10 | 0.00 |
| Ugandan | 10 | 0.00 |
| Cypriot | 9 | 0.00 |
| US Virgin Islander | 6 | 0.00 |
| Icelander | 3 | 0.00 |