Lynchburg 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 78.97K Lynchburg city, VA population, 22.40K had Other Groups ancestry (28.36%), 18.13K had Unclassified ancestry (22.95%), and 14.73K had American ancestry (18.65%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

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Lynchburg city, VA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
American
English
German
Irish
Italian
European
Scottish
Subsaharan African
Lynchburg city, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 22397 28.36
Unclassified 18127 22.95
American 14728 18.65
English 8371 10.60
German 7217 9.14
Irish 4615 5.84
Italian 2297 2.91
European 1711 2.17
Scottish 1707 2.16
Subsaharan African 1461 1.85
Scotch Irish 1250 1.58
French (except Basque) 1185 1.50
African 774 0.98
Polish 773 0.98
Dutch 583 0.74
Welsh 577 0.73
British 567 0.72
Norwegian 550 0.70
Lebanese 499 0.63
Portuguese 491 0.62
Swedish 472 0.60
Nigerian 301 0.38
French Canadian 247 0.31
Greek 247 0.31
Russian 220 0.28
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 205 0.26
Eastern European 189 0.24
Canadian 181 0.23
Brazilian 177 0.22
Czech 156 0.20
Swiss 146 0.19
Northern European 135 0.17
Hungarian 128 0.16
Kenyan 106 0.13
Danish 98 0.12
Ukrainian 97 0.12
Jamaican 94 0.12
Romanian 86 0.11
Scandinavian 85 0.11
Austrian 84 0.11
Slovak 84 0.11
Cajun 67 0.09
Cypriot 57 0.07
Haitian 57 0.07
Israeli 47 0.06
Lithuanian 38 0.05
Yugoslavian 37 0.05
Liberian 29 0.04
Arab 28 0.04
Iranian 28 0.04
Belgian 27 0.03
Ghanaian 24 0.03
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 23 0.03
Croatian 22 0.03
Czechoslovakian 22 0.03
Pennsylvania German 22 0.03
Egyptian 21 0.03
Bulgarian 21 0.03
Bahamian 20 0.03
Guyanese 19 0.02
Syrian 18 0.02
Latvian 18 0.02
Maltese 17 0.02
Armenian 14 0.02
Sudanese 13 0.02
Palestinian 11 0.01
West Indian 11 0.01
Finnish 8 0.01
Ethiopian 8 0.01
Senegalese 8 0.01
Serbian 6 0.01
Zimbabwean 6 0.01
Albania 5 0.01
Afghan 4 0.01