Rhode Island Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on April 15, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 1.09M Rhode Island population, 257.42K had Other Groups ancestry (23.57%), 185.95K had Irish ancestry (17.03%), and 181.60K had Unclassified ancestry (16.63%).
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.
Related Topics: Rhode Island ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Rhode Island Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Population (%) |
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| Other Groups | 257419 | 23.57 |
| Irish | 185945 | 17.03 |
| Unclassified | 181604 | 16.63 |
| Italian | 169515 | 15.52 |
| English | 115384 | 10.57 |
| French (except Basque) | 89632 | 8.21 |
| Portuguese | 83002 | 7.60 |
| German | 53504 | 4.90 |
| French Canadian | 49589 | 4.54 |
| American | 37260 | 3.41 |
| Polish | 36411 | 3.33 |
| Subsaharan African | 32785 | 3.00 |
| Cape Verdean | 17660 | 1.62 |
| Scottish | 17479 | 1.60 |
| Swedish | 14336 | 1.31 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 9683 | 0.89 |
| Russian | 9033 | 0.83 |
| European | 8473 | 0.78 |
| Greek | 7297 | 0.67 |
| Armenian | 5778 | 0.53 |
| African | 5373 | 0.49 |
| British | 5257 | 0.48 |
| Haitian | 5237 | 0.48 |
| Scotch Irish | 4895 | 0.45 |
| Dutch | 4836 | 0.44 |
| Nigerian | 4679 | 0.43 |
| Eastern European | 3874 | 0.36 |
| Lebanese | 3769 | 0.35 |
| Lithuanian | 3496 | 0.32 |
| Liberian | 3443 | 0.32 |
| Norwegian | 3397 | 0.31 |
| Canadian | 3373 | 0.31 |
| Ukrainian | 3283 | 0.30 |
| Welsh | 3038 | 0.28 |
| Jamaican | 2530 | 0.23 |
| Hungarian | 2297 | 0.21 |
| Brazilian | 2038 | 0.19 |
| Syrian | 1870 | 0.17 |
| Scandinavian | 1651 | 0.15 |
| Austrian | 1542 | 0.14 |
| Czech | 1498 | 0.14 |
| Finnish | 1281 | 0.12 |
| Romanian | 1272 | 0.12 |
| Danish | 1221 | 0.11 |
| Egyptian | 1147 | 0.11 |
| Swiss | 1139 | 0.10 |
| Belgian | 1021 | 0.09 |
| Albania | 909 | 0.08 |
| Arab | 800 | 0.07 |
| West Indian | 719 | 0.07 |
| Slovak | 704 | 0.06 |
| Northern European | 622 | 0.06 |
| Czechoslovakian | 524 | 0.05 |
| Turkish | 486 | 0.05 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 469 | 0.04 |
| Senegalese | 459 | 0.04 |
| Croatian | 444 | 0.04 |
| British West Indian | 398 | 0.04 |
| Guyanese | 370 | 0.03 |
| Moroccan | 355 | 0.03 |
| Latvian | 292 | 0.03 |
| Iranian | 285 | 0.03 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 265 | 0.02 |
| Icelander | 244 | 0.02 |
| Barbadian | 240 | 0.02 |
| Bulgarian | 233 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 229 | 0.02 |
| Jordanian | 219 | 0.02 |
| Israeli | 212 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 192 | 0.02 |
| Basque | 143 | 0.01 |
| Ghanaian | 132 | 0.01 |
| Sierra Leonean | 126 | 0.01 |
| Iraqi | 122 | 0.01 |
| Slavic | 118 | 0.01 |
| South African | 112 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 100 | 0.01 |
| Palestinian | 82 | 0.01 |
| Serbian | 79 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 78 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 73 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 72 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 62 | 0.01 |
| Cypriot | 61 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 59 | 0.01 |
| Yugoslavian | 57 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 56 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 53 | 0.01 |
| Slovene | 53 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 51 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 49 | 0.005 |
| Dutch West Indian | 43 | 0.004 |
| New Zealander | 40 | 0.004 |
| Alsatian | 28 | 0.003 |
| US Virgin Islander | 27 | 0.003 |
| Estonian | 24 | 0.002 |
| Somali | 10 | 0.001 |
| Soviet Union | 8 | 0.001 |
| Zimbabwean | 8 | 0.001 |
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