Shelby 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 24.25K Shelby County, TX population, 10.84K had Other Groups ancestry (44.71%), 4.47K had Unclassified ancestry (18.45%), and 3.90K had American ancestry (16.08%).

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.

Shelby County, TX Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021

Other Groups

Unclassified

American

English

Irish

German

Italian

French (except Basque)

Scottish

Scotch Irish

Shelby County, TX Population By Ancestry in 2021

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Ancestry	Population	Percent of Pop. (%)
Other Groups	10844	44.71
Unclassified	4475	18.45
American	3901	16.08
English	2006	8.27
Irish	1897	7.82
German	1720	7.09
Italian	464	1.91
French (except Basque)	415	1.71
Scottish	264	1.09
Scotch Irish	184	0.76
European	176	0.73
Subsaharan African	158	0.65
African	158	0.65
Dutch	133	0.55
Cajun	125	0.52
British	120	0.50
Scandinavian	94	0.39
Norwegian	68	0.28
Eastern European	54	0.22
French Canadian	51	0.21
Swedish	50	0.21
Czech	49	0.20
Polish	40	0.17
Armenian	35	0.14
Welsh	34	0.14
Hungarian	23	0.10
Czechoslovakian	18	0.07
Russian	12	0.05
Israeli	9	0.04
Slovene	9	0.04
Danish	6	0.03
Slovak	6	0.03
Lithuanian	2	0.01
Northern European	2	0.01
Austrian	1	0.004