New York Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 20.11M New York population, 6.98M had Other Groups ancestry (34.69%), 3.85M had Unclassified ancestry (19.13%), and 2.33M had Italian ancestry (11.59%).
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, New York counties, congressional districts, and the United States.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Related Topics: New York ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
New York Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Number of Ancestry | Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 6978021 | 34.69 |
| Unclassified | 3848852 | 19.13 |
| Italian | 2330336 | 11.59 |
| Irish | 2187799 | 10.88 |
| German | 1807226 | 8.99 |
| English | 1036838 | 5.16 |
| American | 941042 | 4.68 |
| Polish | 866242 | 4.31 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 778918 | 3.87 |
| French (except Basque) | 363490 | 1.81 |
| Russian | 357721 | 1.78 |
| Jamaican | 315547 | 1.57 |
| Subsaharan African | 284798 | 1.42 |
| European | 219332 | 1.09 |
| Dutch | 195292 | 0.97 |
| Scottish | 194470 | 0.97 |
| Haitian | 182316 | 0.91 |
| Guyanese | 152444 | 0.76 |
| Eastern European | 150128 | 0.75 |
| Hungarian | 147280 | 0.73 |
| Greek | 146054 | 0.73 |
| African | 140422 | 0.70 |
| Ukrainian | 140278 | 0.70 |
| French Canadian | 115245 | 0.57 |
| Swedish | 107652 | 0.54 |
| West Indian | 107241 | 0.53 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 85432 | 0.43 |
| Norwegian | 80581 | 0.40 |
| British | 76246 | 0.38 |
| Welsh | 73512 | 0.37 |
| Scotch Irish | 66174 | 0.33 |
| Austrian | 62843 | 0.31 |
| British West Indian | 58056 | 0.29 |
| Albania | 57836 | 0.29 |
| Romanian | 55037 | 0.27 |
| Portuguese | 53102 | 0.26 |
| Nigerian | 45600 | 0.23 |
| Czech | 42964 | 0.21 |
| Lithuanian | 41573 | 0.21 |
| Canadian | 39460 | 0.20 |
| Egyptian | 36605 | 0.18 |
| Lebanese | 36136 | 0.18 |
| Swiss | 34733 | 0.17 |
| Turkish | 33686 | 0.17 |
| Israeli | 32071 | 0.16 |
| Danish | 31997 | 0.16 |
| Ghanaian | 31767 | 0.16 |
| Slovak | 29676 | 0.15 |
| Barbadian | 28357 | 0.14 |
| Brazilian | 27849 | 0.14 |
| Iranian | 27722 | 0.14 |
| Armenian | 25138 | 0.13 |
| Croatian | 24370 | 0.12 |
| Scandinavian | 23602 | 0.12 |
| Yugoslavian | 19314 | 0.10 |
| Arab | 18869 | 0.09 |
| Syrian | 18583 | 0.09 |
| Northern European | 18171 | 0.09 |
| Moroccan | 16628 | 0.08 |
| Czechoslovakian | 15713 | 0.08 |
| Finnish | 15421 | 0.08 |
| Belgian | 12863 | 0.06 |
| Macedonian | 12060 | 0.06 |
| Serbian | 10790 | 0.05 |
| Pennsylvania German | 10362 | 0.05 |
| Slavic | 9904 | 0.05 |
| Australian | 9346 | 0.05 |
| Afghan | 9154 | 0.05 |
| Belizean | 8619 | 0.04 |
| Latvian | 8515 | 0.04 |
| Ethiopian | 8237 | 0.04 |
| Palestinian | 7774 | 0.04 |
| Iraqi | 6928 | 0.03 |
| Jordanian | 6577 | 0.03 |
| Bulgarian | 6577 | 0.03 |
| Maltese | 6431 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 5486 | 0.03 |
| Somali | 5122 | 0.03 |
| Senegalese | 5092 | 0.03 |
| Liberian | 4538 | 0.02 |
| South African | 4253 | 0.02 |
| Sudanese | 3756 | 0.02 |
| US Virgin Islander | 3658 | 0.02 |
| Kenyan | 3003 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 2940 | 0.02 |
| Cypriot | 2723 | 0.01 |
| Bahamian | 2335 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 2066 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 1667 | 0.01 |
| Sierra Leonean | 1638 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 1366 | 0.01 |
| Ugandan | 1364 | 0.01 |
| Cape Verdean | 1237 | 0.01 |
| Dutch West Indian | 1215 | 0.01 |
| Alsatian | 1155 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 975 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 872 | 0.00 |
| Soviet Union | 824 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourger | 766 | 0.00 |
| Bermudan | 698 | 0.00 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 649 | 0.00 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 552 | 0.00 |
| German Russian | 482 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwean | 412 | 0.00 |