Roanoke County, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 96.30K Roanoke County, VA population, 29.73K had Unclassified ancestry (30.87%), 20.08K had Other Groups ancestry (20.85%), and 14.40K had English ancestry (14.95%).
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 Virginia counties, and for Virginia.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Roanoke County, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 29727 | 30.87 |
| Other Groups | 20080 | 20.85 |
| English | 14400 | 14.95 |
| German | 12144 | 12.61 |
| American | 10056 | 10.44 |
| Irish | 9098 | 9.45 |
| Italian | 2613 | 2.71 |
| Scottish | 2291 | 2.38 |
| European | 2284 | 2.37 |
| Scotch Irish | 2170 | 2.25 |
| French (except Basque) | 1499 | 1.56 |
| Polish | 1376 | 1.43 |
| British | 778 | 0.81 |
| Dutch | 584 | 0.61 |
| Welsh | 569 | 0.59 |
| Norwegian | 504 | 0.52 |
| Subsaharan African | 448 | 0.47 |
| Hungarian | 404 | 0.42 |
| Greek | 379 | 0.39 |
| Scandinavian | 365 | 0.38 |
| Swedish | 359 | 0.37 |
| African | 325 | 0.34 |
| Ukrainian | 291 | 0.30 |
| Canadian | 288 | 0.30 |
| Danish | 270 | 0.28 |
| Yugoslavian | 224 | 0.23 |
| Slovak | 223 | 0.23 |
| French Canadian | 205 | 0.21 |
| Lebanese | 201 | 0.21 |
| Swiss | 196 | 0.20 |
| Lithuanian | 192 | 0.20 |
| Czech | 189 | 0.20 |
| Northern European | 183 | 0.19 |
| Russian | 153 | 0.16 |
| Eastern European | 142 | 0.15 |
| Austrian | 140 | 0.14 |
| Czechoslovakian | 122 | 0.13 |
| Armenian | 103 | 0.11 |
| Brazilian | 91 | 0.09 |
| Turkish | 78 | 0.08 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 76 | 0.08 |
| Romanian | 66 | 0.07 |
| Nigerian | 59 | 0.06 |
| Finnish | 57 | 0.06 |
| Iranian | 42 | 0.04 |
| Belgian | 40 | 0.04 |
| Maltese | 35 | 0.04 |
| Egyptian | 31 | 0.03 |
| Serbian | 31 | 0.03 |
| Jamaican | 30 | 0.03 |
| Portuguese | 28 | 0.03 |
| Ghanaian | 27 | 0.03 |
| Kenyan | 27 | 0.03 |
| Haitian | 24 | 0.03 |
| Albania | 22 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 22 | 0.02 |
| Barbadian | 22 | 0.02 |
| Jordanian | 19 | 0.02 |
| Slavic | 17 | 0.02 |
| Israeli | 16 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 16 | 0.02 |
| Zimbabwean | 15 | 0.02 |
| Sierra Leonean | 14 | 0.02 |
| Croatian | 13 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 13 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 11 | 0.01 |
| Arab | 7 | 0.01 |
| Syrian | 5 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 5 | 0.01 |