Newark 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 306.25K Newark city, NJ population, 194.79K had Other Groups ancestry (63.61%), 43.13K had Unclassified ancestry (14.08%), and 19.23K had Subsaharan African ancestry (6.28%).
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).
Newark city, NJ Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 194789 | 63.61 |
| Unclassified | 43125 | 14.08 |
| Subsaharan African | 19228 | 6.28 |
| Brazilian | 13964 | 4.56 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 12176 | 3.98 |
| American | 10690 | 3.49 |
| Portuguese | 9451 | 3.09 |
| African | 7311 | 2.39 |
| Nigerian | 6677 | 2.18 |
| Haitian | 5158 | 1.68 |
| Jamaican | 4683 | 1.53 |
| Italian | 4231 | 1.38 |
| Guyanese | 2634 | 0.86 |
| Ghanaian | 2336 | 0.76 |
| Irish | 2077 | 0.68 |
| German | 1699 | 0.56 |
| European | 1228 | 0.40 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 1119 | 0.37 |
| Polish | 1011 | 0.33 |
| West Indian | 754 | 0.25 |
| Liberian | 714 | 0.23 |
| English | 674 | 0.22 |
| French (except Basque) | 329 | 0.11 |
| German Russian | 323 | 0.11 |
| British West Indian | 321 | 0.11 |
| Russian | 319 | 0.10 |
| Kenyan | 308 | 0.10 |
| Senegalese | 274 | 0.09 |
| Greek | 244 | 0.08 |
| Dutch | 178 | 0.06 |
| Arab | 168 | 0.06 |
| Egyptian | 161 | 0.05 |
| Ugandan | 154 | 0.05 |
| Ethiopian | 137 | 0.05 |
| Scottish | 136 | 0.04 |
| Moroccan | 132 | 0.04 |
| Turkish | 131 | 0.04 |
| Ukrainian | 127 | 0.04 |
| Swedish | 115 | 0.04 |
| Eastern European | 111 | 0.04 |
| Hungarian | 110 | 0.04 |
| British | 98 | 0.03 |
| Dutch West Indian | 95 | 0.03 |
| Armenian | 93 | 0.03 |
| Palestinian | 91 | 0.03 |
| Lebanese | 89 | 0.03 |
| French Canadian | 89 | 0.03 |
| Barbadian | 88 | 0.03 |
| Austrian | 79 | 0.03 |
| Danish | 78 | 0.03 |