Bay County, FL Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 181.38K Bay County, FL population, 48.57K had Unclassified ancestry (26.78%), 45.86K had Other Groups ancestry (25.28%), and 21.50K had Irish ancestry (11.85%).

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 Florida counties, and for Florida.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Bay County, FL Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
Irish
English
German
American
Italian
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Polish
Bay County, FL Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Pop. (%)
Unclassified 48573 26.78
Other Groups 45855 25.28
Irish 21498 11.85
English 20836 11.49
German 19636 10.83
American 18715 10.32
Italian 6377 3.52
French (except Basque) 5506 3.04
Scottish 4206 2.32
Polish 3454 1.90
European 2984 1.65
Scotch Irish 2647 1.46
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 2046 1.13
Dutch 1880 1.04
British 1751 0.97
Jamaican 1584 0.87
Norwegian 1331 0.73
Welsh 1011 0.56
Greek 968 0.53
French Canadian 916 0.51
Swedish 905 0.50
Russian 753 0.42
Hungarian 749 0.41
Portuguese 745 0.41
Subsaharan African 743 0.41
African 635 0.35
Scandinavian 575 0.32
Canadian 496 0.27
Czech 421 0.23
Ukrainian 406 0.22
Eastern European 401 0.22
Danish 360 0.20
Lithuanian 319 0.18
Syrian 311 0.17
Northern European 298 0.16
Swiss 266 0.15
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 218 0.12
Austrian 198 0.11
Brazilian 182 0.10
Slovak 143 0.08
Romanian 141 0.08
British West Indian 128 0.07
Belgian 118 0.07
Estonian 118 0.07
Egyptian 108 0.06
Arab 107 0.06
Czechoslovakian 99 0.06
Finnish 87 0.05
Lebanese 77 0.04
Latvian 75 0.04
Celtic 68 0.04
Croatian 68 0.04
Slavic 67 0.04
Luxembourger 58 0.03
Pennsylvania German 56 0.03
Palestinian 53 0.03
Haitian 53 0.03
Moroccan 52 0.03
Nigerian 46 0.03
Yugoslavian 46 0.03
Icelander 42 0.02
Armenian 41 0.02
Australian 41 0.02
Turkish 41 0.02
West Indian 40 0.02
Cajun 39 0.02
Iranian 24 0.01
Basque 22 0.01
Kenyan 21 0.01
Bahamian 19 0.01
Bulgarian 16 0.01
Israeli 16 0.01
Barbadian 15 0.01
Guyanese 9 0.01
Slovene 8 0.004