Washington city, DC Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 8, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 683.15K Washington city, DC population, 346.20K had Other Groups ancestry (50.68%), 110.55K had Unclassified ancestry (16.18%), and 51.13K had German ancestry (7.49%).

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 District of Columbia cities and places, District of Columbia counties, and for District of Columbia.

Washington city, DC Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
Irish
English
Italian
Subsaharan African
American
Polish
European
Washington city, DC Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 346196 50.68
Unclassified 110545 16.18
German 51132 7.49
Irish 50171 7.34
English 41507 6.08
Italian 29071 4.26
Subsaharan African 24271 3.55
American 19131 2.80
Polish 15330 2.24
European 13555 1.98
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 11223 1.64
French (except Basque) 11166 1.63
Russian 10562 1.55
Scottish 9310 1.36
African 8280 1.21
Eastern European 7205 1.06
Ethiopian 6729 0.99
British 6221 0.91
Swedish 5918 0.87
Jamaican 5359 0.78
Dutch 4556 0.67
Scotch Irish 4361 0.64
Norwegian 4102 0.60
Nigerian 3893 0.57
Ukrainian 3364 0.49
Welsh 3083 0.45
Greek 3002 0.44
Hungarian 2719 0.40
Iranian 2554 0.37
Austrian 2460 0.36
Lithuanian 2340 0.34
Czech 2267 0.33
French Canadian 2232 0.33
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 2100 0.31
Lebanese 1924 0.28
Danish 1744 0.26
Swiss 1636 0.24
Northern European 1625 0.24
Haitian 1467 0.22
Portuguese 1464 0.21
West Indian 1428 0.21
Romanian 1390 0.20
Slovak 1254 0.18
Canadian 1234 0.18
Brazilian 1148 0.17
Scandinavian 1109 0.16
Turkish 995 0.15
Finnish 855 0.13
Armenian 820 0.12
Belgian 723 0.11