San Francisco city, CA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 7, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 865.93K San Francisco city, CA population, 454.44K had Other Groups ancestry (52.48%), 149.40K had Unclassified ancestry (17.25%), and 65.76K had Irish ancestry (7.59%).

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 also see similar information for other California cities and places, California counties, and for California.

San Francisco city, CA Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
Irish
German
English
Italian
American
European
French (except Basque)
Russian
San Francisco city, CA Population By Ancestry in 2021
Items per page:
0 of 0
Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 454442 52.48
Unclassified 149397 17.25
Irish 65759 7.59
German 59698 6.89
English 47389 5.47
Italian 39710 4.59
American 21307 2.46
European 19083 2.20
French (except Basque) 18472 2.13
Russian 16407 1.90
Polish 15886 1.84
Scottish 10855 1.25
Swedish 8821 1.02
British 7769 0.90
Norwegian 7175 0.83
Eastern European 6980 0.81
Dutch 5788 0.67
Subsaharan African 5777 0.67
Ukrainian 5708 0.66
Greek 4788 0.55
Iranian 3805 0.44
Portuguese 3749 0.43
Scotch Irish 3631 0.42
Welsh 3430 0.40
Hungarian 3359 0.39
Northern European 3067 0.35
Swiss 2853 0.33
French Canadian 2755 0.32
Czech 2731 0.32
Danish 2693 0.31
Armenian 2465 0.28
Austrian 2377 0.28
Lithuanian 2360 0.27
Canadian 2121 0.25
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 2117 0.24
Brazilian 2073 0.24
Lebanese 2014 0.23
Scandinavian 2009 0.23
African 1964 0.23
Turkish 1701 0.20
Croatian 1653 0.19
Romanian 1563 0.18
Finnish 1380 0.16
Ethiopian 1280 0.15
Australian 1239 0.14
Jamaican 1105 0.13
Belgian 1039 0.12
Arab 858 0.10
Slovak 832 0.10
Egyptian 799 0.09