North Dakota Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 773.34K North Dakota population, 279.25K had German ancestry (36.11%), 175.98K had Norwegian ancestry (22.76%), and 155.74K had Unclassified ancestry (20.14%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.

You can see similar information for other states.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
North Dakota Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
German
Norwegian
Unclassified
Other Groups
Irish
English
Swedish
French (except Basque)
American
Russian
North Dakota Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
German 279248 36.11
Norwegian 175975 22.76
Unclassified 155739 20.14
Other Groups 109649 14.18
Irish 57526 7.44
English 34962 4.52
Swedish 28830 3.73
French (except Basque) 21611 2.79
American 21187 2.74
Russian 19205 2.48
Polish 16032 2.07
Subsaharan African 12515 1.62
Scandinavian 12246 1.58
Czech 11487 1.49
Italian 8968 1.16
Scottish 8504 1.10
Dutch 8345 1.08
European 7172 0.93
Danish 6597 0.85
French Canadian 6128 0.79
Finnish 5326 0.69
Ukrainian 4365 0.56
Scotch Irish 4050 0.52
African 3130 0.41
German Russian 2942 0.38
Icelander 2839 0.37
Liberian 2759 0.36
Welsh 2434 0.32
Somali 2320 0.30
British 2315 0.30
Hungarian 1977 0.26
Swiss 1853 0.24
Czechoslovakian 1380 0.18
Northern European 1032 0.13
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 1032 0.13
Austrian 992 0.13
Nigerian 991 0.13
Canadian 958 0.12
Lebanese 880 0.11
Belgian 828 0.11
Eastern European 747 0.10
Greek 735 0.10
Romanian 705 0.09
Portuguese 660 0.09
Yugoslavian 619 0.08
Kenyan 611 0.08
Jamaican 582 0.08
Syrian 568 0.07
Sudanese 467 0.06
Afghan 455 0.06
Luxembourger 440 0.06
Slovak 439 0.06
South African 409 0.05
Arab 407 0.05
Croatian 397 0.05
Bulgarian 325 0.04
Pennsylvania German 317 0.04
Iranian 316 0.04
Slovene 302 0.04
Haitian 251 0.03
Lithuanian 231 0.03
Serbian 189 0.02
Egyptian 165 0.02
Albania 155 0.02
Palestinian 139 0.02
Ethiopian 112 0.01
Basque 106 0.01
Ghanaian 101 0.01
Turkish 91 0.01
Celtic 90 0.01
British West Indian 89 0.01
Slavic 75 0.01
Iraqi 71 0.01
Armenian 70 0.01
West Indian 70 0.01
Zimbabwean 69 0.01
Senegalese 65 0.01
Latvian 61 0.01
Brazilian 60 0.01
Australian 47 0.01
Cajun 33 0.004
Estonian 30 0.004
Bahamian 21 0.003
Belizean 20 0.003
Cape Verdean 19 0.003
Moroccan 15 0.002
Macedonian 15 0.002
Bermudan 12 0.002
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 11 0.001
Maltese 11 0.001
Israeli 8 0.001
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 7 0.001
Jordanian 5 0.001
Sierra Leonean 4 0.001
Dutch West Indian 4 0.001
New Zealander 3 0.000
Barbadian 3 0.000
Carpatho Rusyn 2 0.000