Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 81.97K people in Alabama with European ancestry (1.64% of Alabama population). Among all Alabama counties, Cleburne County had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (4.49%), followed by St. Clair County (3.18%), and Madison County (2.54%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
Cleburne County
St. Clair County
Madison County
Shelby County
Lee County
Limestone County
Blount County
Morgan County
Jefferson County
Baldwin County
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Cleburne County 4.49
2 St. Clair County 3.18
3 Madison County 2.54
4 Shelby County 2.32
5 Lee County 2.25
6 Limestone County 2.04
7 Blount County 2.01
8 Morgan County 1.96
9 Jefferson County 1.92
10 Baldwin County 1.85
11 Calhoun County 1.80
12 Tuscaloosa County 1.78
13 Coffee County 1.75
14 DeKalb County 1.73
14 Elmore County 1.73
15 Clay County 1.71
15 Tallapoosa County 1.71
16 Chilton County 1.69
17 Houston County 1.61
18 Dale County 1.58
19 Sumter County 1.57
20 Henry County 1.56
20 Randolph County 1.56
21 Pike County 1.54
22 Mobile County 1.53
23 Wilcox County 1.44
24 Lamar County 1.38
25 Lauderdale County 1.33
26 Colbert County 1.31
27 Marshall County 1.25
27 Washington County 1.25
28 Geneva County 1.24
29 Marion County 1.23
30 Autauga County 1.16
31 Cullman County 1.13
32 Jackson County 1.11
33 Butler County 1.10
33 Cherokee County 1.10
33 Montgomery County 1.10
34 Barbour County 1.02
35 Chambers County 1.01
36 Covington County 1.00
37 Conecuh County 0.96
38 Talladega County 0.95
39 Etowah County 0.90
40 Escambia County 0.81
41 Walker County 0.80
42 Winston County 0.79
43 Russell County 0.74
44 Pickens County 0.71
45 Crenshaw County 0.69
46 Coosa County 0.67
47 Franklin County 0.66
48 Bibb County 0.60
49 Lawrence County 0.56
49 Lowndes County 0.56
50 Fayette County 0.54
51 Marengo County 0.49
52 Choctaw County 0.47
53 Hale County 0.46
54 Macon County 0.34
55 Clarke County 0.30
56 Dallas County 0.27
57 Monroe County 0.22
58 Bullock County 0.03