Chesapeake city, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 4, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 247.17K Chesapeake city, VA population, 89.38K had Other Groups ancestry (36.16%), 55.49K had Unclassified ancestry (22.45%), and 25.40K had English ancestry (10.28%).
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 Virginia counties, and for Virginia.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Chesapeake city, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 89380 | 36.16 |
| Unclassified | 55490 | 22.45 |
| English | 25403 | 10.28 |
| German | 24581 | 9.95 |
| Irish | 23626 | 9.56 |
| American | 22208 | 8.99 |
| Italian | 10100 | 4.09 |
| European | 5035 | 2.04 |
| Polish | 4918 | 1.99 |
| French (except Basque) | 4509 | 1.82 |
| Subsaharan African | 4356 | 1.76 |
| Scottish | 3989 | 1.61 |
| Scotch Irish | 2821 | 1.14 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 2541 | 1.03 |
| African | 2520 | 1.02 |
| Norwegian | 1850 | 0.75 |
| British | 1736 | 0.70 |
| Welsh | 1511 | 0.61 |
| Dutch | 1198 | 0.49 |
| Swedish | 1178 | 0.48 |
| French Canadian | 934 | 0.38 |
| Jamaican | 887 | 0.36 |
| Haitian | 885 | 0.36 |
| Greek | 869 | 0.35 |
| Russian | 759 | 0.31 |
| Scandinavian | 734 | 0.30 |
| Hungarian | 658 | 0.27 |
| Nigerian | 581 | 0.24 |
| Portuguese | 540 | 0.22 |
| Eastern European | 455 | 0.18 |
| Swiss | 447 | 0.18 |
| Czech | 411 | 0.17 |
| Canadian | 390 | 0.16 |
| West Indian | 377 | 0.15 |
| Lithuanian | 352 | 0.14 |
| Romanian | 330 | 0.13 |
| Danish | 314 | 0.13 |
| Brazilian | 306 | 0.12 |
| Finnish | 301 | 0.12 |
| Slovak | 287 | 0.12 |
| Ukrainian | 279 | 0.11 |
| Austrian | 258 | 0.10 |
| Barbadian | 249 | 0.10 |
| Ghanaian | 239 | 0.10 |
| Somali | 201 | 0.08 |
| Lebanese | 191 | 0.08 |
| Turkish | 188 | 0.08 |
| South African | 179 | 0.07 |
| Northern European | 178 | 0.07 |
| Ethiopian | 172 | 0.07 |
| Egyptian | 139 | 0.06 |
| Kenyan | 134 | 0.05 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 131 | 0.05 |
| Croatian | 105 | 0.04 |
| Belgian | 83 | 0.03 |
| British West Indian | 83 | 0.03 |
| Guyanese | 68 | 0.03 |
| Czechoslovakian | 64 | 0.03 |
| Iranian | 62 | 0.03 |
| Slavic | 62 | 0.03 |
| Sierra Leonean | 61 | 0.03 |
| Bermudan | 58 | 0.02 |
| Moroccan | 56 | 0.02 |
| Cajun | 46 | 0.02 |
| Slovene | 45 | 0.02 |
| Cape Verdean | 43 | 0.02 |
| Iraqi | 39 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 38 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 37 | 0.02 |
| US Virgin Islander | 34 | 0.01 |
| Syrian | 31 | 0.01 |
| Zimbabwean | 30 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 29 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 24 | 0.01 |
| Armenian | 23 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 21 | 0.01 |
| Pennsylvania German | 19 | 0.01 |
| Arab | 18 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 17 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 16 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 14 | 0.01 |
| Yugoslavian | 14 | 0.01 |
| Afghan | 13 | 0.01 |
| Bahamian | 10 | 0.00 |