Greenwood County, SC Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 69.34K Greenwood County, SC population, 28.88K had Unclassified ancestry (41.65%), 16.79K had Other Groups ancestry (24.22%), and 6.50K had American ancestry (9.38%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
You can see similar information for other South Carolina counties, and for South Carolina.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Greenwood County, SC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 28879 | 41.65 |
| Other Groups | 16794 | 24.22 |
| American | 6504 | 9.38 |
| English | 4674 | 6.74 |
| Irish | 4263 | 6.15 |
| German | 3864 | 5.57 |
| Subsaharan African | 2195 | 3.17 |
| African | 2154 | 3.11 |
| Scotch Irish | 1668 | 2.41 |
| Scottish | 1258 | 1.81 |
| European | 1253 | 1.81 |
| Italian | 1159 | 1.67 |
| Polish | 734 | 1.06 |
| British | 732 | 1.06 |
| French (except Basque) | 728 | 1.05 |
| Dutch | 667 | 0.96 |
| Welsh | 409 | 0.59 |
| Swedish | 192 | 0.28 |
| Norwegian | 119 | 0.17 |
| Russian | 106 | 0.15 |
| Greek | 92 | 0.13 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 92 | 0.13 |
| Portuguese | 63 | 0.09 |
| French Canadian | 60 | 0.09 |
| Jamaican | 59 | 0.09 |
| Arab | 57 | 0.08 |
| Hungarian | 57 | 0.08 |
| Eastern European | 55 | 0.08 |
| Austrian | 49 | 0.07 |
| Croatian | 37 | 0.05 |
| Ukrainian | 33 | 0.05 |
| Czech | 32 | 0.05 |
| Nigerian | 31 | 0.05 |
| Scandinavian | 28 | 0.04 |
| Canadian | 27 | 0.04 |
| Celtic | 22 | 0.03 |
| Lithuanian | 21 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 21 | 0.03 |
| Belizean | 17 | 0.03 |
| West Indian | 16 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 15 | 0.02 |
| Danish | 14 | 0.02 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 12 | 0.02 |
| Slavic | 12 | 0.02 |
| Swiss | 12 | 0.02 |
| Brazilian | 11 | 0.02 |
| Zimbabwean | 10 | 0.01 |
| Northern European | 8 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 7 | 0.01 |
| Finnish | 5 | 0.01 |
| Czechoslovakian | 4 | 0.01 |
| Egyptian | 3 | 0.00 |
| Slovak | 3 | 0.00 |
| Lebanese | 1 | 0.00 |