Jersey City city, NJ Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 7, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 287.15K Jersey City city, NJ population, 176.23K had Other Groups ancestry (61.37%), 40.56K had Unclassified ancestry (14.13%), and 13.15K had Irish ancestry (4.58%).
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).
Jersey City city, NJ Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 176233 | 61.37 |
| Unclassified | 40559 | 14.13 |
| Irish | 13148 | 4.58 |
| Italian | 13006 | 4.53 |
| German | 8636 | 3.01 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 7286 | 2.54 |
| American | 6741 | 2.35 |
| Subsaharan African | 6525 | 2.27 |
| Egyptian | 5598 | 1.95 |
| Polish | 5363 | 1.87 |
| English | 4214 | 1.47 |
| Guyanese | 3877 | 1.35 |
| Russian | 2779 | 0.97 |
| Jamaican | 2538 | 0.88 |
| Haitian | 2367 | 0.82 |
| Moroccan | 1852 | 0.65 |
| African | 1820 | 0.63 |
| French (except Basque) | 1716 | 0.60 |
| Nigerian | 1408 | 0.49 |
| Kenyan | 1387 | 0.48 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 1318 | 0.46 |
| Ukrainian | 1236 | 0.43 |
| Arab | 1188 | 0.41 |
| European | 1163 | 0.41 |
| Greek | 982 | 0.34 |
| Scottish | 869 | 0.30 |
| Brazilian | 794 | 0.28 |
| Hungarian | 769 | 0.27 |
| Portuguese | 730 | 0.25 |
| Eastern European | 718 | 0.25 |
| British | 713 | 0.25 |
| Romanian | 644 | 0.22 |
| Swedish | 615 | 0.21 |
| Lebanese | 597 | 0.21 |
| West Indian | 589 | 0.21 |
| Canadian | 558 | 0.19 |
| Dutch | 542 | 0.19 |
| British West Indian | 511 | 0.18 |
| Ghanaian | 509 | 0.18 |
| Scotch Irish | 447 | 0.16 |
| Norwegian | 438 | 0.15 |
| Austrian | 398 | 0.14 |
| Lithuanian | 390 | 0.14 |
| Danish | 369 | 0.13 |
| Turkish | 332 | 0.12 |
| Australian | 323 | 0.11 |
| Bulgarian | 307 | 0.11 |
| Welsh | 281 | 0.10 |
| French Canadian | 274 | 0.10 |
| Slovak | 238 | 0.08 |