Wood County, WV Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 4, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 84.68K Wood County, WV population, 31.56K had Unclassified ancestry (37.27%), 13.22K had German ancestry (15.61%), and 10.74K had Other Groups ancestry (12.68%).

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 West Virginia counties, and for West Virginia.

Wood County, WV Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
German
Other Groups
American
English
Irish
Italian
Scotch Irish
Scottish
European
Wood County, WV Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 31562 37.27
German 13222 15.61
Other Groups 10737 12.68
American 10730 12.67
English 10447 12.34
Irish 10115 11.95
Italian 2274 2.69
Scotch Irish 1696 2.00
Scottish 1563 1.85
European 1369 1.62
Polish 996 1.18
French (except Basque) 941 1.11
Dutch 868 1.02
Welsh 693 0.82
British 614 0.73
Swedish 346 0.41
Norwegian 329 0.39
Subsaharan African 263 0.31
African 238 0.28
Eastern European 223 0.26
Swiss 219 0.26
Hungarian 215 0.25
Greek 175 0.21
Scandinavian 121 0.14
Danish 109 0.13
French Canadian 108 0.13
Croatian 102 0.12
Belgian 98 0.12
Northern European 81 0.10
Portuguese 78 0.09
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 75 0.09
Austrian 70 0.08
Ukrainian 60 0.07
Russian 59 0.07
Slavic 54 0.06
Jamaican 54 0.06
Czechoslovakian 52 0.06
Slovak 51 0.06
Czech 42 0.05
Lebanese 39 0.05
Romanian 31 0.04
Syrian 30 0.04
Serbian 28 0.03
Nigerian 21 0.03
Moroccan 19 0.02
Dutch West Indian 17 0.02
Arab 16 0.02
Slovene 16 0.02
Yugoslavian 9 0.01
Canadian 6 0.01
Finnish 6 0.01
Lithuanian 6 0.01
Turkish 6 0.01
Haitian 4 0.01
Brazilian 1 0.00