Richland 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 414.72K Richland County, SC population, 185.36K had Other Groups ancestry (44.70%), 103.92K had Unclassified ancestry (25.06%), and 31.54K had German ancestry (7.61%).
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).
Richland County, SC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 185364 | 44.70 |
| Unclassified | 103923 | 25.06 |
| German | 31543 | 7.61 |
| English | 29580 | 7.13 |
| Irish | 22285 | 5.37 |
| American | 21083 | 5.08 |
| Subsaharan African | 11115 | 2.68 |
| Italian | 9520 | 2.30 |
| African | 9418 | 2.27 |
| Scottish | 6992 | 1.69 |
| Scotch Irish | 6982 | 1.68 |
| European | 6581 | 1.59 |
| French (except Basque) | 5628 | 1.36 |
| Polish | 4595 | 1.11 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 4097 | 0.99 |
| British | 2209 | 0.53 |
| Jamaican | 2073 | 0.50 |
| Dutch | 1825 | 0.44 |
| Russian | 1550 | 0.37 |
| Welsh | 1376 | 0.33 |
| Swedish | 1299 | 0.31 |
| Norwegian | 1018 | 0.25 |
| West Indian | 943 | 0.23 |
| Greek | 938 | 0.23 |
| Czech | 840 | 0.20 |
| French Canadian | 822 | 0.20 |
| Eastern European | 804 | 0.19 |
| Swiss | 766 | 0.19 |
| Hungarian | 598 | 0.14 |
| Ukrainian | 581 | 0.14 |
| Canadian | 571 | 0.14 |
| Lebanese | 555 | 0.13 |
| Nigerian | 529 | 0.13 |
| Northern European | 527 | 0.13 |
| Danish | 521 | 0.13 |
| Scandinavian | 501 | 0.12 |
| Portuguese | 497 | 0.12 |
| Haitian | 491 | 0.12 |
| Iranian | 384 | 0.09 |
| Finnish | 332 | 0.08 |
| Moroccan | 331 | 0.08 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 305 | 0.07 |
| Senegalese | 299 | 0.07 |
| Lithuanian | 284 | 0.07 |
| British West Indian | 281 | 0.07 |
| Croatian | 249 | 0.06 |
| Arab | 245 | 0.06 |
| Armenian | 245 | 0.06 |
| Austrian | 236 | 0.06 |
| Romanian | 219 | 0.05 |
| Syrian | 174 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 171 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakian | 164 | 0.04 |
| Iraqi | 157 | 0.04 |
| Bahamian | 155 | 0.04 |
| Belgian | 149 | 0.04 |
| Egyptian | 131 | 0.03 |
| Ghanaian | 128 | 0.03 |
| Kenyan | 120 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 116 | 0.03 |
| Slovak | 114 | 0.03 |
| South African | 111 | 0.03 |
| Turkish | 111 | 0.03 |
| Guyanese | 108 | 0.03 |
| Palestinian | 105 | 0.03 |
| Brazilian | 101 | 0.02 |
| Slavic | 90 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 78 | 0.02 |
| Serbian | 70 | 0.02 |
| Ugandan | 57 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 55 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 45 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 40 | 0.01 |
| Israeli | 39 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 37 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 27 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 26 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 23 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 23 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 23 | 0.01 |
| Barbadian | 22 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 16 | 0.00 |
| Cajun | 13 | 0.00 |
| Maltese | 11 | 0.00 |
| Dutch West Indian | 10 | 0.00 |
| Liberian | 8 | 0.00 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 1 | 0.00 |