Cameron County, TX Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 420.55K Cameron County, TX population, 348.72K had Other Groups ancestry (82.92%), 44.34K had Unclassified ancestry (10.54%), and 8.10K had American ancestry (1.93%).

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 Texas counties, and for Texas.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Cameron County, TX Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
American
German
English
Irish
Italian
French (except Basque)
Scottish
European
Cameron County, TX Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Pop. (%)
Other Groups 348717 82.92
Unclassified 44336 10.54
American 8102 1.93
German 7861 1.87
English 7443 1.77
Irish 4823 1.15
Italian 2200 0.52
French (except Basque) 2163 0.51
Scottish 1203 0.29
European 1074 0.26
Polish 757 0.18
Swedish 753 0.18
Subsaharan African 747 0.18
Scotch Irish 702 0.17
African 634 0.15
Dutch 611 0.14
Norwegian 578 0.14
British 506 0.12
French Canadian 439 0.10
Czech 400 0.10
Welsh 350 0.08
Canadian 315 0.08
Russian 272 0.07
Portuguese 221 0.05
Eastern European 190 0.05
Northern European 190 0.05
Swiss 185 0.04
Scandinavian 156 0.04
Danish 109 0.03
Hungarian 100 0.02
Austrian 92 0.02
Slavic 91 0.02
Bulgarian 83 0.02
Czechoslovakian 83 0.02
Finnish 81 0.02
Romanian 78 0.02
Ukrainian 70 0.02
Sudanese 64 0.02
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 60 0.01
Albania 57 0.01
Israeli 49 0.01
Slovak 49 0.01
Lebanese 39 0.01
Armenian 39 0.01
Arab 35 0.01
Pennsylvania German 33 0.01
Lithuanian 28 0.01
Belizean 28 0.01
Syrian 27 0.01
Belgian 26 0.01
Nigerian 24 0.01
Greek 22 0.01
Croatian 21 0.01
Ghanaian 20 0.01
Jamaican 18 0.004
Iranian 16 0.004
Egyptian 15 0.004
West Indian 14 0.003
Slovene 13 0.003
Basque 11 0.003
Moroccan 10 0.002
Celtic 10 0.002
Serbian 10 0.002
Latvian 8 0.002
Brazilian 7 0.002
Icelander 5 0.001
South African 5 0.001
Yugoslavian 4 0.001
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 1 0.000