Ranking of Washington Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.49M people in Washington with Unclassified ancestry (19.58% of Washington population). Among all Washington cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Elk Plain CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (31.29%), followed by Ridgefield city (31.13%), and Graham CDP (30.12%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Washington.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Washington Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Elk Plain CDP
Ridgefield city
Graham CDP
Five Corners CDP
Fort Lewis CDP
Edgewood city
Moses Lake city
Spokane Valley city
Birch Bay CDP
Minnehaha CDP
Ranking of Washington Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Elk Plain CDP 31.29
2 Ridgefield city 31.13
3 Graham CDP 30.12
4 Five Corners CDP 29.01
5 Fort Lewis CDP 28.83
6 Edgewood city 28.22
7 Moses Lake city 27.37
8 Spokane Valley city 27.11
9 Birch Bay CDP 26.71
10 Minnehaha CDP 26.69
11 Aberdeen city 26.42
12 Port Angeles city 26.40
13 Ferndale city 26.37
14 Orchards CDP 26.18
15 Arlington city 26.17
16 Monroe city 25.83
17 Spanaway CDP 25.57
18 Lake Stevens city 25.47
19 Airway Heights city 25.43
20 Hazel Dell CDP 25.31
21 Frederickson CDP 25.14
22 Washougal city 24.90
23 Shelton city 24.84
24 Longview city 24.38
25 Cheney city 23.90
26 Lynden city 23.76
27 Spokane city 23.71
28 Battle Ground city 23.67
29 Fairwood CDP (Spokane County) 23.47
30 South Hill CDP 23.19
31 Lake Tapps CDP 23.09
32 Pasco city 23.00
33 Puyallup city 22.85
34 Yelm city 22.73
35 Ellensburg city 22.65
36 Centralia city 22.52
37 Prairie Ridge CDP 22.49
38 Snohomish city 22.28
39 Enumclaw city 22.25
40 Lakewood city 22.21
41 Kelso city 22.20
42 Bellingham city 21.96
43 Camano CDP 21.94
44 Anacortes city 21.83
45 Martha Lake CDP 21.80
46 Marysville city 21.70
47 Lake Morton-Berrydale CDP 21.69
48 Eastmont CDP 21.65
49 Tumwater city 21.51
50 White Center CDP 21.17
51 Sumner city 21.14
52 Camas city 21.11
53 Vancouver city 20.83
54 Parkland CDP 20.65
55 West Richland city 20.61
56 Fife city 20.54
57 Maple Valley city 20.51
57 Salmon Creek CDP 20.51
58 Tacoma city 20.45
59 East Renton Highlands CDP 20.24
60 Artondale CDP 20.03
61 Walla Walla city 19.97
62 Mill Creek East CDP 19.65
63 Sedro-Woolley city 19.60
64 Bremerton city 19.50
65 Bonney Lake city 19.28
66 Covington city 19.26
67 Mount Vernon city 19.22
68 Bothell city 18.90
69 Lacey city 18.85
70 University Place city 18.83
71 Olympia city 18.77
72 Maltby CDP 18.74
73 Everett city 18.65
74 Snoqualmie city 18.57
75 Yakima city 18.55
76 Fairwood CDP (King County) 18.32
77 Richland city 18.27
78 Silver Firs CDP 18.24
79 Silverdale CDP 18.10
80 Port Orchard city 17.68
81 Oak Harbor city 17.58
82 Auburn city 17.54
82 Newcastle city 17.54
83 Pullman city 17.50
84 Kennewick city 17.48
85 Edmonds city 17.41
86 Felida CDP 17.35
87 Bothell East CDP 17.32
88 Mountlake Terrace city 17.14
89 Lakeland South CDP 16.93
90 Bainbridge Island city 16.92
91 Sammamish city 16.83
92 Port Townsend city 16.59
93 Liberty Lake city 16.19
94 Federal Way city 16.13
95 Tukwila city 15.96
96 Bryn Mawr-Skyway CDP 15.94
97 Gig Harbor city 15.82
98 Lynnwood city 15.54
99 Lake Forest Park city 15.43
100 Issaquah city 15.42
101 Cottage Lake CDP 15.35
102 Mill Creek city 15.33
103 Bothell West CDP 15.26
104 Wenatchee city 15.00
105 Renton city 14.96
106 Des Moines city 14.86
107 Shoreline city 14.76
108 Kirkland city 14.71
109 Seattle city 14.65
110 Burien city 14.59
111 North Lynnwood CDP 14.57
112 Bellevue city 14.43
113 Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP 14.35
114 Redmond city 14.30
115 Poulsbo city 14.29
116 Kent city 14.12
117 SeaTac city 13.41
118 Lakeland North CDP 13.16
119 Mercer Island city 12.96
120 Lake Stickney CDP 12.73
121 Kenmore city 12.45
122 Woodinville city 12.43
123 Mukilteo city 12.37
124 Alderwood Manor CDP 12.34
125 East Wenatchee city 11.12
126 Vashon CDP 10.52
127 Sunnyside city 10.32
128 Grandview city 8.80