Virginia Beach city, 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 457.66K Virginia Beach city, VA population, 154.71K had Other Groups ancestry (33.81%), 99.45K had Unclassified ancestry (21.73%), and 51.62K had German ancestry (11.28%).
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.
Virginia Beach city, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 154712 | 33.81 |
| Unclassified | 99451 | 21.73 |
| German | 51618 | 11.28 |
| Irish | 49165 | 10.74 |
| English | 46314 | 10.12 |
| American | 35762 | 7.81 |
| Italian | 25715 | 5.62 |
| French (except Basque) | 10170 | 2.22 |
| Scottish | 9920 | 2.17 |
| Polish | 9577 | 2.09 |
| European | 8537 | 1.87 |
| Subsaharan African | 6480 | 1.42 |
| Scotch Irish | 5039 | 1.10 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 4884 | 1.07 |
| African | 4343 | 0.95 |
| Norwegian | 3936 | 0.86 |
| Dutch | 3838 | 0.84 |
| Swedish | 3763 | 0.82 |
| British | 3387 | 0.74 |
| Welsh | 3190 | 0.70 |
| Russian | 2541 | 0.56 |
| French Canadian | 2388 | 0.52 |
| Greek | 2227 | 0.49 |
| Eastern European | 1780 | 0.39 |
| Ukrainian | 1540 | 0.34 |
| Portuguese | 1521 | 0.33 |
| Jamaican | 1359 | 0.30 |
| Czech | 1328 | 0.29 |
| West Indian | 1265 | 0.28 |
| Hungarian | 1219 | 0.27 |
| Nigerian | 1206 | 0.26 |
| Scandinavian | 1048 | 0.23 |
| Northern European | 939 | 0.21 |
| Canadian | 934 | 0.20 |
| Swiss | 892 | 0.20 |
| Haitian | 861 | 0.19 |
| Slovak | 860 | 0.19 |
| Austrian | 849 | 0.19 |
| Lithuanian | 847 | 0.19 |
| Danish | 801 | 0.18 |
| Belgian | 631 | 0.14 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 628 | 0.14 |
| Turkish | 616 | 0.14 |
| Czechoslovakian | 615 | 0.13 |
| Lebanese | 503 | 0.11 |
| US Virgin Islander | 474 | 0.10 |
| Finnish | 463 | 0.10 |
| Egyptian | 414 | 0.09 |
| Brazilian | 383 | 0.08 |
| British West Indian | 322 | 0.07 |
| Romanian | 291 | 0.06 |
| Croatian | 252 | 0.06 |
| Ghanaian | 241 | 0.05 |
| Bulgarian | 233 | 0.05 |
| Albania | 227 | 0.05 |
| Icelander | 225 | 0.05 |
| Armenian | 217 | 0.05 |
| Israeli | 214 | 0.05 |
| Barbadian | 213 | 0.05 |
| Iranian | 206 | 0.05 |
| Slavic | 195 | 0.04 |
| Pennsylvania German | 191 | 0.04 |
| South African | 166 | 0.04 |
| Moroccan | 153 | 0.03 |
| Liberian | 144 | 0.03 |
| Guyanese | 134 | 0.03 |
| Ethiopian | 131 | 0.03 |
| Cypriot | 124 | 0.03 |
| Yugoslavian | 110 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 107 | 0.02 |
| Belizean | 101 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 98 | 0.02 |
| Bahamian | 95 | 0.02 |
| Serbian | 89 | 0.02 |
| Slovene | 88 | 0.02 |
| Celtic | 84 | 0.02 |
| Syrian | 82 | 0.02 |
| Dutch West Indian | 72 | 0.02 |
| Afghan | 71 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 70 | 0.02 |
| Senegalese | 39 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 37 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 34 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 32 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 30 | 0.01 |
| Arab | 24 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 15 | 0.00 |
| Iraqi | 12 | 0.00 |
| Basque | 8 | 0.00 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 7 | 0.00 |
| Maltese | 7 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leonean | 5 | 0.00 |