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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 11.77M Ohio population, 2.83M had Unclassified ancestry (24.00%), 2.71M had German ancestry (22.98%), and 2.63M had Other Groups ancestry (22.37%).

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.
Ohio Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Unclassified
24.00%
German
22.98%
Other Groups
22.37%
Irish
12.62%
English
9.23%
American
6.24%
Italian
6.03%
Polish
3.52%
French (except Basque)
1.86%
Scottish
1.76%
Ohio Population By Ancestry in 2021
Ancestry
Population
Percent of Population (%)
Unclassified 2,825,220 24.00
German 2,704,923 22.98
Other Groups 2,632,802 22.37
Irish 1,485,000 12.62
English 1,085,882 9.23
American 734,330 6.24
Italian 709,661 6.03
Polish 414,587 3.52
French (except Basque) 218,707 1.86
Scottish 207,528 1.76
European 181,592 1.54
Hungarian 172,974 1.47
Subsaharan African 154,346 1.31
Dutch 129,813 1.10
Welsh 115,253 0.98
Slovak 107,450 0.91
Scotch Irish 104,678 0.89
African 79,350 0.67
Swiss 66,605 0.57
British 66,268 0.56
Swedish 65,045 0.55
Russian 63,112 0.54
Czech 55,158 0.47
Greek 51,783 0.44
Slovene 49,461 0.42
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