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

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 1.45M Hawaii population, 997.88K had Other Groups ancestry (68.65%), 224.69K had Unclassified ancestry (15.46%), and 83.36K had German ancestry (5.74%).

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, Hawaii counties, congressional districts, and the United States.

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

Hawaii Percentages of Ancestry of Population Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
Irish
English
Portuguese
Italian
French (except Basque)
American
European
Hawaii Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 997882 68.65
Unclassified 224687 15.46
German 83362 5.74
Irish 63327 4.36
English 62389 4.29
Portuguese 49481 3.40
Italian 30272 2.08
French (except Basque) 19310 1.33
American 18598 1.28
European 14332 0.99
Scottish 13857 0.95
Polish 12894 0.89
Norwegian 10233 0.70
Swedish 9575 0.66
Dutch 6752 0.47
Russian 6442 0.44
Scotch Irish 5837 0.40
British 4337 0.30
Welsh 4297 0.30
Subsaharan African 4195 0.29
Danish 3054 0.21
French Canadian 2808 0.19
Scandinavian 2803 0.19
Greek 2739 0.19
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 2667 0.18
Hungarian 2554 0.18
Swiss 2522 0.17
African 2278 0.16
Czech 1934 0.13
Ukrainian 1825 0.13
Northern European 1760 0.12
Austrian 1724 0.12
Finnish 1673 0.12
Eastern European 1538 0.11
Canadian 1478 0.10
Jamaican 1008 0.07
Lithuanian 931 0.06
Brazilian 899 0.06
Iranian 872 0.06
Romanian 867 0.06
Haitian 790 0.05
Lebanese 772 0.05
Croatian 757 0.05
Australian 685 0.05
Belgian 638 0.04
Slovak 632 0.04
Bulgarian 607 0.04
Serbian 500 0.03
Czechoslovakian 434 0.03
West Indian 434 0.03
South African 392 0.03
Slavic 368 0.03
Arab 361 0.03
Yugoslavian 353 0.02
Basque 349 0.02
Nigerian 346 0.02
Slovene 335 0.02
Ghanaian 335 0.02
Egyptian 327 0.02
Armenian 293 0.02
Turkish 255 0.02
Syrian 235 0.02
Pennsylvania German 226 0.02
Israeli 215 0.02
Moroccan 210 0.01
New Zealander 204 0.01
Latvian 199 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 195 0.01
Icelander 185 0.01
Belizean 174 0.01
Guyanese 161 0.01
Estonian 157 0.01
Zimbabwean 147 0.01
Palestinian 125 0.01
Kenyan 94 0.01
Celtic 90 0.01
Cajun 83 0.01
Ethiopian 83 0.01
German Russian 81 0.01
Afghan 79 0.01
Luxembourger 77 0.01
British West Indian 68 0.01
Macedonian 64 0.00
Albania 62 0.00
Cape Verdean 56 0.00
Bermudan 56 0.00
Alsatian 55 0.00
Somali 49 0.00
Barbadian 46 0.00
Maltese 44 0.00
Liberian 37 0.00
Sudanese 34 0.00
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 28 0.00
Jordanian 19 0.00
Soviet Union 19 0.00
Iraqi 16 0.00
US Virgin Islander 4 0.00