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

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 12.97M Pennsylvania population, 2.90M had German ancestry (22.33%), 2.87M had Unclassified ancestry (22.09%), and 2.69M had Other Groups ancestry (20.75%).

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.

Pennsylvania Percentages of Ancestry of Population Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Other Groups
Irish
Italian
English
Polish
American
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Pennsylvania Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 2896873 22.33
Unclassified 2864635 22.09
Other Groups 2691095 20.75
Irish 1972515 15.21
Italian 1421113 10.96
English 971064 7.49
Polish 757627 5.84
American 574143 4.43
French (except Basque) 188124 1.45
Scottish 184010 1.42
Slovak 175373 1.35
Russian 161508 1.25
Dutch 152017 1.17
Welsh 147516 1.14
European 146998 1.13
Scotch Irish 132586 1.02
Pennsylvania German 132128 1.02
Subsaharan African 127434 0.98
Hungarian 114392 0.88
Ukrainian 104929 0.81
Swedish 92785 0.72
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 85209 0.66
African 71782 0.55
Swiss 68718 0.53
Lithuanian 65196 0.50
Eastern European 61098 0.47
Greek 59559 0.46
British 56461 0.44
Austrian 47028 0.36
Croatian 44578 0.34
Norwegian 43278 0.33
Czech 42801 0.33
Jamaican 36148 0.28
French Canadian 26051 0.20
Haitian 24581 0.19
Czechoslovakian 21836 0.17
Lebanese 21183 0.16
Portuguese 21127 0.16
Romanian 18581 0.14
Scandinavian 17301 0.13
Serbian 17049 0.13
Danish 15818 0.12
Syrian 15716 0.12
Slovene 14449 0.11
Canadian 14281 0.11
Nigerian 14036 0.11
Slavic 12983 0.10
Brazilian 12522 0.10
West Indian 11120 0.09
Egyptian 10477 0.08
Northern European 10439 0.08
Liberian 9988 0.08
Albania 9949 0.08
Yugoslavian 9798 0.08
Turkish 9752 0.08
Belgian 9243 0.07
Armenian 9223 0.07
Finnish 7601 0.06
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 7589 0.06
Iranian 6950 0.05
Ethiopian 5833 0.05
Moroccan 5821 0.05
Arab 5471 0.04
Ghanaian 4771 0.04
Israeli 4579 0.04
Guyanese 3880 0.03
Latvian 3384 0.03
Bulgarian 3375 0.03
Palestinian 3042 0.02
Iraqi 2840 0.02
Australian 2667 0.02
Sierra Leonean 2600 0.02
Carpatho Rusyn 2540 0.02
Barbadian 2467 0.02
Kenyan 2253 0.02
British West Indian 2216 0.02
South African 1995 0.02
Jordanian 1710 0.01
Celtic 1589 0.01
Afghan 1550 0.01
Macedonian 1390 0.01
Sudanese 933 0.01
Somali 882 0.01
Icelander 873 0.01
Maltese 836 0.01
Estonian 830 0.01
Belizean 729 0.01
Bahamian 722 0.01
German Russian 699 0.01
Senegalese 645 0.01
US Virgin Islander 622 0.01
Basque 596 0.01
Cajun 548 0.00
Cape Verdean 519 0.00
Luxembourger 504 0.00
Alsatian 503 0.00
New Zealander 488 0.00
Ugandan 485 0.00
Cypriot 426 0.00
Bermudan 400 0.00
Zimbabwean 305 0.00
Soviet Union 216 0.00
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 181 0.00
Dutch West Indian 157 0.00