Georgia Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 10.63M Georgia population, 4.47M had Other Groups ancestry (42.09%), 2.44M had Unclassified ancestry (23.01%), and 966.98K had American ancestry (9.10%).

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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NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.

Georgia Percentages of Ancestry of Population Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
American
English
Irish
German
Italian
Subsaharan African
European
Scottish
Georgia Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 4472394 42.09
Unclassified 2444504 23.01
American 966978 9.10
English 888659 8.36
Irish 733593 6.90
German 670010 6.31
Italian 237777 2.24
Subsaharan African 199921 1.88
European 175410 1.65
Scottish 173891 1.64
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 140261 1.32
French (except Basque) 133215 1.25
Scotch Irish 112308 1.06
Polish 108837 1.02
African 99559 0.94
Jamaican 71085 0.67
British 67288 0.63
Dutch 61036 0.57
Welsh 46387 0.44
Swedish 42279 0.40
Russian 42079 0.40
Norwegian 37303 0.35
Nigerian 32918 0.31
Haitian 30664 0.29
Greek 23826 0.22
French Canadian 22104 0.21
Ethiopian 21839 0.21
Eastern European 21381 0.20
Scandinavian 18342 0.17
Hungarian 17945 0.17
Brazilian 16360 0.15
Portuguese 15852 0.15
Czech 14479 0.14
West Indian 14452 0.14
Danish 14294 0.14
Ukrainian 13441 0.13
Canadian 12885 0.12
Romanian 12676 0.12
Swiss 12476 0.12
Austrian 11113 0.11
Guyanese 10913 0.10
Iranian 10424 0.10
Northern European 10391 0.10
Lebanese 9790 0.09
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 8854 0.08
Lithuanian 8116 0.08
Ghanaian 7744 0.07
Yugoslavian 6958 0.07
Slovak 6790 0.06
British West Indian 6169 0.06
Finnish 6067 0.06
Turkish 5747 0.05
Bahamian 5216 0.05
Croatian 4174 0.04
Czechoslovakian 4124 0.04
Liberian 3995 0.04
Kenyan 3989 0.04
Belgian 3738 0.04
Israeli 3737 0.04
Egyptian 3589 0.03
Armenian 3551 0.03
Somali 3538 0.03
South African 3386 0.03
Barbadian 3338 0.03
Moroccan 3320 0.03
Syrian 3249 0.03
Arab 3024 0.03
Iraqi 2861 0.03
Sudanese 2650 0.03
Bulgarian 2535 0.02
Cajun 2449 0.02
Australian 2308 0.02
Afghan 2243 0.02
Palestinian 2140 0.02
US Virgin Islander 2080 0.02
Slavic 1945 0.02
Slovene 1747 0.02
Ugandan 1582 0.02
Latvian 1573 0.02
Pennsylvania German 1490 0.01
Serbian 1483 0.01
Celtic 1479 0.01
Albania 1385 0.01
Belizean 1302 0.01
Cape Verdean 1282 0.01
Zimbabwean 1153 0.01
Jordanian 996 0.01
Senegalese 938 0.01
Sierra Leonean 902 0.01
Icelander 767 0.01
Dutch West Indian 615 0.01
Bermudan 599 0.01
Macedonian 432 0.00
German Russian 410 0.00
Luxembourger 390 0.00
Maltese 376 0.00
Basque 362 0.00
Estonian 300 0.00
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 198 0.00
Soviet Union 165 0.00
Cypriot 150 0.00
Alsatian 128 0.00
New Zealander 111 0.00
Carpatho Rusyn 58 0.00