Roanoke city, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 8, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 99.58K Roanoke city, VA population, 34.72K had Other Groups ancestry (34.87%), 29.16K had Unclassified ancestry (29.29%), and 9.29K had English ancestry (9.32%).
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).
Roanoke city, VA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 34723 | 34.87 |
| Unclassified | 29162 | 29.29 |
| English | 9286 | 9.32 |
| German | 8056 | 8.09 |
| Irish | 7713 | 7.75 |
| American | 7153 | 7.18 |
| Subsaharan African | 2403 | 2.41 |
| Italian | 2272 | 2.28 |
| Scottish | 2205 | 2.21 |
| African | 2106 | 2.12 |
| European | 1762 | 1.77 |
| Scotch Irish | 1697 | 1.70 |
| Polish | 1196 | 1.20 |
| French (except Basque) | 1066 | 1.07 |
| Dutch | 964 | 0.97 |
| Welsh | 558 | 0.56 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 557 | 0.56 |
| British | 534 | 0.54 |
| Afghan | 504 | 0.51 |
| Russian | 418 | 0.42 |
| French Canadian | 283 | 0.28 |
| Lebanese | 282 | 0.28 |
| Swedish | 266 | 0.27 |
| Scandinavian | 265 | 0.27 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 253 | 0.25 |
| Norwegian | 226 | 0.23 |
| Greek | 187 | 0.19 |
| Eastern European | 174 | 0.18 |
| Danish | 165 | 0.17 |
| Haitian | 156 | 0.16 |
| Lithuanian | 143 | 0.14 |
| Jamaican | 121 | 0.12 |
| Canadian | 116 | 0.12 |
| Hungarian | 112 | 0.11 |
| Ghanaian | 104 | 0.10 |
| Northern European | 98 | 0.10 |
| Swiss | 92 | 0.09 |
| Czech | 91 | 0.09 |
| Romanian | 85 | 0.09 |
| Nigerian | 82 | 0.08 |
| Austrian | 79 | 0.08 |
| Slovak | 79 | 0.08 |
| Ukrainian | 78 | 0.08 |
| Arab | 68 | 0.07 |
| Celtic | 64 | 0.06 |
| Yugoslavian | 45 | 0.05 |
| Ethiopian | 44 | 0.04 |
| Syrian | 42 | 0.04 |
| Brazilian | 40 | 0.04 |
| Portuguese | 35 | 0.04 |