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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 28.86M Texas population, 15.28M had Other Groups ancestry (52.93%), 5.50M had Unclassified ancestry (19.04%), and 2.42M had German ancestry (8.37%).

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.
Texas Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
English
Irish
American
Italian
French (except Basque)
Subsaharan African
European
Texas Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Other Groups 15277507 52.93
Unclassified 5496484 19.04
German 2415107 8.37
English 1880141 6.51
Irish 1735873 6.01
American 1499305 5.20
Italian 531937 1.84
French (except Basque) 489769 1.70
Subsaharan African 413850 1.43
European 410627 1.42
Scottish 375541 1.30
Polish 287928 1.00
Scotch Irish 234433 0.81
African 194241 0.67
Czech 189031 0.66
Dutch 170592 0.59
British 150809 0.52
Norwegian 141952 0.49
Swedish 138849 0.48
Welsh 107928 0.37
Nigerian 102544 0.36
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 86482 0.30
Russian 75211 0.26
French Canadian 65505 0.23
Scandinavian 53715 0.19
Greek 47519 0.17
Danish 47068 0.16
Iranian 41925 0.14
Portuguese 39539 0.14
Eastern European 36406 0.13
Hungarian 35550 0.12
Lebanese 35025 0.12
Canadian 34189 0.12
Swiss 32381 0.11
Jamaican 32098 0.11
Ethiopian 29501 0.10
Northern European 29188 0.10
Austrian 26756 0.09
Ukrainian 25087 0.09
Brazilian 21869 0.08
Czechoslovakian 21300 0.07
Iraqi 19840 0.07
Arab 19761 0.07
Cajun 18660 0.07
Romanian 18225 0.06
Egyptian 17828 0.06
Finnish 17606 0.06
Lithuanian 16617 0.06
Turkish 14947 0.05
Belgian 14015 0.05
Kenyan 14008 0.05
Palestinian 13493 0.05
Haitian 12607 0.04
Slovak 11870 0.04
Jordanian 11423 0.04
Croatian 11372 0.04
West Indian 11364 0.04
Syrian 10761 0.04
Afghan 10391 0.04
Ghanaian 9652 0.03
Yugoslavian 9313 0.03
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 9129 0.03
Serbian 7470 0.03
Albania 6860 0.02
South African 6795 0.02
Australian 6785 0.02
Armenian 6744 0.02
Dutch West Indian 6650 0.02
Slovene 6109 0.02
Sudanese 6047 0.02
Moroccan 5768 0.02
Belizean 5705 0.02
Israeli 5324 0.02
Pennsylvania German 5285 0.02
Slavic 5024 0.02
Liberian 4824 0.02
Somali 4551 0.02
Bulgarian 4471 0.02
British West Indian 4045 0.01
Celtic 3626 0.01
Basque 3347 0.01
Guyanese 2825 0.01
Bahamian 2661 0.01
Barbadian 2616 0.01
Icelander 2495 0.01
Alsatian 2374 0.01
Latvian 2275 0.01
Zimbabwean 2252 0.01
German Russian 2241 0.01
Sierra Leonean 2038 0.01
New Zealander 1563 0.01
Luxembourger 1194 0.004
Ugandan 1153 0.004
Maltese 1098 0.004
Macedonian 975 0.003
US Virgin Islander 925 0.003
Estonian 839 0.003
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 835 0.003
Senegalese 688 0.002
Cape Verdean 480 0.002
Carpatho Rusyn 293 0.001
Bermudan 279 0.001
Soviet Union 247 0.001
Cypriot 244 0.001