Indianapolis city (balance), IN Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 7, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 880.10K Indianapolis city (balance), IN population, 327.42K had Other Groups ancestry (37.20%), 234.03K had Unclassified ancestry (26.59%), and 112.69K had German ancestry (12.81%).

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 Indiana cities and places, Indiana counties, and for Indiana.

Indianapolis city (balance), IN Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
Irish
English
American
Subsaharan African
African
Italian
French (except Basque)
Indianapolis city (balance), IN Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 327422 37.20
Unclassified 234031 26.59
German 112693 12.81
Irish 72064 8.19
English 61893 7.03
American 43531 4.95
Subsaharan African 35978 4.09
African 23050 2.62
Italian 17504 1.99
French (except Basque) 13808 1.57
Polish 13328 1.51
Scottish 12786 1.45
European 12258 1.39
Dutch 7981 0.91
Nigerian 6947 0.79
Scotch Irish 5825 0.66
British 4606 0.52
Swedish 4143 0.47
Welsh 4062 0.46
Norwegian 4025 0.46
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 3762 0.43
Swiss 2434 0.28
Russian 2191 0.25
Hungarian 2047 0.23
Haitian 2045 0.23
Greek 2018 0.23
Scandinavian 1872 0.21
French Canadian 1563 0.18
Danish 1385 0.16
Slovak 1340 0.15
Austrian 1331 0.15
Eastern European 1208 0.14
Ukrainian 1175 0.13
Belgian 1119 0.13
Ethiopian 1116 0.13
Czech 1088 0.12
Romanian 1071 0.12
Lithuanian 968 0.11
Northern European 909 0.10
Finnish 791 0.09
Jamaican 760 0.09
Croatian 707 0.08
Serbian 681 0.08
Slovene 680 0.08
Lebanese 651 0.07
Ghanaian 602 0.07
Iranian 597 0.07
Kenyan 524 0.06
Arab 467 0.05
Slavic 465 0.05