District of Columbia Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 683.15K District of Columbia population, 346.20K had Other Groups ancestry (50.68%), 110.55K had Unclassified ancestry (16.18%), and 51.13K had German ancestry (7.49%).
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 see similar information for other states, District of Columbia counties, congressional districts, and the United States.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Related Topics: District of Columbia ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
District of Columbia Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 346196 | 50.68 |
| Unclassified | 110545 | 16.18 |
| German | 51132 | 7.49 |
| Irish | 50171 | 7.34 |
| English | 41507 | 6.08 |
| Italian | 29071 | 4.26 |
| Subsaharan African | 24271 | 3.55 |
| American | 19131 | 2.80 |
| Polish | 15330 | 2.24 |
| European | 13555 | 1.98 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 11223 | 1.64 |
| French (except Basque) | 11166 | 1.63 |
| Russian | 10562 | 1.55 |
| Scottish | 9310 | 1.36 |
| African | 8280 | 1.21 |
| Eastern European | 7205 | 1.06 |
| Ethiopian | 6729 | 0.99 |
| British | 6221 | 0.91 |
| Swedish | 5918 | 0.87 |
| Jamaican | 5359 | 0.78 |
| Dutch | 4556 | 0.67 |
| Scotch Irish | 4361 | 0.64 |
| Norwegian | 4102 | 0.60 |
| Nigerian | 3893 | 0.57 |
| Ukrainian | 3364 | 0.49 |
| Welsh | 3083 | 0.45 |
| Greek | 3002 | 0.44 |
| Hungarian | 2719 | 0.40 |
| Iranian | 2554 | 0.37 |
| Austrian | 2460 | 0.36 |
| Lithuanian | 2340 | 0.34 |
| Czech | 2267 | 0.33 |
| French Canadian | 2232 | 0.33 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 2100 | 0.31 |
| Lebanese | 1924 | 0.28 |
| Danish | 1744 | 0.26 |
| Swiss | 1636 | 0.24 |
| Northern European | 1625 | 0.24 |
| Haitian | 1467 | 0.22 |
| Portuguese | 1464 | 0.21 |
| West Indian | 1428 | 0.21 |
| Romanian | 1390 | 0.20 |
| Slovak | 1254 | 0.18 |
| Canadian | 1234 | 0.18 |
| Brazilian | 1148 | 0.17 |
| Scandinavian | 1109 | 0.16 |
| Turkish | 995 | 0.15 |
| Finnish | 855 | 0.13 |
| Armenian | 820 | 0.12 |
| Belgian | 723 | 0.11 |
| Croatian | 700 | 0.10 |
| Israeli | 652 | 0.10 |
| Serbian | 647 | 0.10 |
| Bulgarian | 615 | 0.09 |
| Guyanese | 607 | 0.09 |
| Ghanaian | 598 | 0.09 |
| Egyptian | 584 | 0.09 |
| Albania | 575 | 0.08 |
| British West Indian | 552 | 0.08 |
| Iraqi | 543 | 0.08 |
| Moroccan | 535 | 0.08 |
| Latvian | 523 | 0.08 |
| Syrian | 516 | 0.08 |
| Sudanese | 463 | 0.07 |
| Arab | 448 | 0.07 |
| Kenyan | 419 | 0.06 |
| Cape Verdean | 376 | 0.06 |
| South African | 369 | 0.05 |
| Australian | 353 | 0.05 |
| Czechoslovakian | 329 | 0.05 |
| Senegalese | 326 | 0.05 |
| Palestinian | 319 | 0.05 |
| Icelander | 304 | 0.04 |
| Sierra Leonean | 263 | 0.04 |
| Barbadian | 253 | 0.04 |
| Slovene | 218 | 0.03 |
| Basque | 210 | 0.03 |
| Pennsylvania German | 179 | 0.03 |
| Yugoslavian | 172 | 0.03 |
| Macedonian | 166 | 0.02 |
| New Zealander | 158 | 0.02 |
| Cajun | 151 | 0.02 |
| Ugandan | 150 | 0.02 |
| Liberian | 145 | 0.02 |
| US Virgin Islander | 140 | 0.02 |
| Bermudan | 138 | 0.02 |
| Somali | 132 | 0.02 |
| Bahamian | 131 | 0.02 |
| Afghan | 121 | 0.02 |
| Maltese | 106 | 0.02 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 99 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 89 | 0.01 |
| Alsatian | 81 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 75 | 0.01 |
| Slavic | 75 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 74 | 0.01 |
| Estonian | 70 | 0.01 |
| Zimbabwean | 66 | 0.01 |
| Cypriot | 43 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 36 | 0.01 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 35 | 0.01 |
| Soviet Union | 27 | 0.00 |
| German Russian | 20 | 0.00 |