Nueces 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 353.59K Nueces County, TX population, 233.95K had Other Groups ancestry (66.16%), 46.66K had Unclassified ancestry (13.20%), and 26.05K had German ancestry (7.37%).

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 Texas counties, and for Texas.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Nueces County, TX Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
Irish
English
American
Scottish
Italian
Subsaharan African
African
Nueces County, TX Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Pop. (%)
Other Groups 233951 66.16
Unclassified 46663 13.20
German 26049 7.37
Irish 16022 4.53
English 14628 4.14
American 9368 2.65
Scottish 3892 1.10
Italian 3801 1.08
Subsaharan African 3462 0.98
African 3295 0.93
French (except Basque) 3238 0.92
Polish 2582 0.73
European 1964 0.56
Czech 1954 0.55
Scotch Irish 1945 0.55
Dutch 1771 0.50
Norwegian 1476 0.42
Swedish 1392 0.39
Welsh 974 0.28
British 939 0.27
Russian 763 0.22
French Canadian 474 0.13
Canadian 472 0.13
Greek 468 0.13
Eastern European 396 0.11
Hungarian 386 0.11
Scandinavian 329 0.09
Portuguese 296 0.08
Swiss 292 0.08
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 292 0.08
Danish 290 0.08
Lebanese 287 0.08
Czechoslovakian 287 0.08
Ukrainian 213 0.06
Austrian 178 0.05
Iranian 163 0.05
Palestinian 141 0.04
Cajun 137 0.04
Lithuanian 109 0.03
Romanian 99 0.03
Syrian 95 0.03
Belgian 93 0.03
Pennsylvania German 91 0.03
Jamaican 88 0.03
Finnish 85 0.02
West Indian 85 0.02
Slovak 73 0.02
Armenian 72 0.02
Turkish 71 0.02
Nigerian 69 0.02
Brazilian 67 0.02
Northern European 65 0.02
British West Indian 63 0.02
Ugandan 60 0.02
Barbadian 52 0.02
Croatian 47 0.01
Moroccan 43 0.01
Arab 30 0.01
Australian 27 0.01
Bulgarian 26 0.01
Egyptian 23 0.01
Slavic 23 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 23 0.01
South African 20 0.01
Slovene 17 0.01
Celtic 14 0.004
Yugoslavian 14 0.004
Macedonian 13 0.004
Belizean 10 0.003
Iraqi 9 0.003
Soviet Union 9 0.003
Serbian 5 0.001
Latvian 4 0.001