Buffalo County, WI Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 4, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 13.31K Buffalo County, WI population, 5.99K had German ancestry (44.99%), 2.76K had Norwegian ancestry (20.73%), and 2.47K had Unclassified ancestry (18.57%).

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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Buffalo County, WI Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Norwegian
Unclassified
Polish
Irish
Other Groups
English
American
Swiss
French (except Basque)
Buffalo County, WI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 5990 44.99
Norwegian 2760 20.73
Unclassified 2472 18.57
Polish 1722 12.93
Irish 921 6.92
Other Groups 799 6.00
English 788 5.92
American 566 4.25
Swiss 462 3.47
French (except Basque) 283 2.13
Austrian 276 2.07
Swedish 269 2.02
Dutch 177 1.33
Scottish 158 1.19
Czech 130 0.98
European 110 0.83
Italian 99 0.74
Scandinavian 99 0.74
Finnish 62 0.47
French Canadian 62 0.47
Danish 61 0.46
Welsh 44 0.33
Russian 39 0.29
Yugoslavian 36 0.27
Scotch Irish 35 0.26
Pennsylvania German 31 0.23
Luxembourger 28 0.21
British 27 0.20
Hungarian 25 0.19
Eastern European 24 0.18
Portuguese 16 0.12
Northern European 12 0.09
Belgian 11 0.08
Subsaharan African 7 0.05
Slovene 6 0.05
Canadian 5 0.04
Lithuanian 5 0.04
Serbian 5 0.04
Croatian 4 0.03
Czechoslovakian 4 0.03
Slovak 4 0.03
Ethiopian 4 0.03
Lebanese 3 0.02
Greek 3 0.02
African 3 0.02
Ukrainian 3 0.02
Slavic 2 0.02
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 2 0.02
Haitian 2 0.02
Cajun 1 0.01