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.
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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
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 |