Dane 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 555.47K Dane County, WI population, 189.82K had German ancestry (34.17%), 107.94K had Other Groups ancestry (19.43%), and 89.13K had Unclassified ancestry (16.05%).
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 Wisconsin counties, and for Wisconsin.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Dane County, WI Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| German | 189815 | 34.17 |
| Other Groups | 107944 | 19.43 |
| Unclassified | 89127 | 16.05 |
| Irish | 71613 | 12.89 |
| Norwegian | 51844 | 9.33 |
| English | 50520 | 9.10 |
| Polish | 29582 | 5.33 |
| Italian | 21574 | 3.88 |
| French (except Basque) | 13916 | 2.51 |
| American | 13644 | 2.46 |
| Swedish | 12314 | 2.22 |
| European | 11780 | 2.12 |
| Swiss | 10466 | 1.88 |
| Dutch | 9272 | 1.67 |
| Subsaharan African | 9261 | 1.67 |
| Scottish | 9152 | 1.65 |
| African | 6743 | 1.21 |
| Czech | 6713 | 1.21 |
| Danish | 5233 | 0.94 |
| Russian | 4624 | 0.83 |
| Welsh | 4204 | 0.76 |
| British | 3639 | 0.66 |
| Scotch Irish | 3571 | 0.64 |
| Scandinavian | 3042 | 0.55 |
| French Canadian | 2579 | 0.46 |
| Finnish | 2253 | 0.41 |
| Northern European | 2098 | 0.38 |
| Hungarian | 1995 | 0.36 |
| Austrian | 1970 | 0.36 |
| Eastern European | 1860 | 0.34 |
| Greek | 1846 | 0.33 |
| Belgian | 1691 | 0.30 |
| Lithuanian | 1591 | 0.29 |
| Ukrainian | 1536 | 0.28 |
| Slovak | 1153 | 0.21 |
| Croatian | 1020 | 0.18 |
| Czechoslovakian | 827 | 0.15 |
| Canadian | 800 | 0.14 |
| Romanian | 777 | 0.14 |
| Portuguese | 751 | 0.14 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 710 | 0.13 |
| Brazilian | 701 | 0.13 |
| Egyptian | 658 | 0.12 |
| Iranian | 618 | 0.11 |
| Nigerian | 574 | 0.10 |
| Luxembourger | 547 | 0.10 |
| Lebanese | 517 | 0.09 |
| Turkish | 509 | 0.09 |
| Slovene | 507 | 0.09 |
| Albania | 503 | 0.09 |
| Slavic | 460 | 0.08 |
| Serbian | 381 | 0.07 |
| Jamaican | 372 | 0.07 |
| Iraqi | 288 | 0.05 |
| Armenian | 271 | 0.05 |
| Liberian | 229 | 0.04 |
| Icelander | 216 | 0.04 |
| Latvian | 204 | 0.04 |
| Bulgarian | 191 | 0.03 |
| Ghanaian | 190 | 0.03 |
| Ethiopian | 182 | 0.03 |
| Senegalese | 180 | 0.03 |
| West Indian | 179 | 0.03 |
| Australian | 172 | 0.03 |
| Arab | 163 | 0.03 |
| Guyanese | 159 | 0.03 |
| Pennsylvania German | 137 | 0.03 |
| Syrian | 130 | 0.02 |
| Haitian | 129 | 0.02 |
| Kenyan | 123 | 0.02 |
| Yugoslavian | 111 | 0.02 |
| South African | 91 | 0.02 |
| Jordanian | 87 | 0.02 |
| Moroccan | 87 | 0.02 |
| German Russian | 79 | 0.01 |
| Israeli | 79 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 67 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 51 | 0.01 |
| Sudanese | 51 | 0.01 |
| Afghan | 50 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 49 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 44 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 39 | 0.01 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 35 | 0.01 |
| Palestinian | 28 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 28 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 28 | 0.01 |
| Somali | 27 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 22 | 0.00 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 21 | 0.00 |
| Ugandan | 18 | 0.00 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 8 | 0.00 |
| Cape Verdean | 8 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 7 | 0.00 |
| Cypriot | 5 | 0.00 |