Grand Rapids city, MI Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 197.86K Grand Rapids city, MI population, 66.59K had Other Groups ancestry (33.66%), 40.22K had Unclassified ancestry (20.33%), and 28.00K had German ancestry (14.15%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
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NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Grand Rapids city, MI Population By Ancestry in 2021
Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 66,589 | 33.66 |
| Unclassified | 40,219 | 20.33 |
| German | 27,995 | 14.15 |
| Dutch | 25,694 | 12.99 |
| Irish | 15,825 | 8.00 |
| English | 12,590 | 6.36 |
| Polish | 12,534 | 6.34 |
| Italian | 5,953 | 3.01 |
| Subsaharan African | 5,092 | 2.57 |
| American | 5,004 | 2.53 |
| French (except Basque) | 3,665 | 1.85 |
| European | 3,470 | 1.75 |
| Scottish | 3,134 | 1.58 |
| Swedish | 3,001 | 1.52 |
| African | 1,826 | 0.92 |
| British | 1,575 | 0.80 |
| Norwegian | 1,329 | 0.67 |
| French Canadian | 1,259 | 0.64 |
| Scotch Irish | 1,075 | 0.54 |
| Danish | 857 | 0.43 |
| Welsh | 803 | 0.41 |
| Lithuanian | 782 | 0.40 |
| Finnish | 754 | 0.38 |
| Swiss | 713 | 0.36 |
| Russian | 709 | 0.36 |
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