Ranking of Alabama Counties 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 1.30M people in Alabama with Unclassified ancestry (25.98% of Alabama population). Among all Alabama counties, Lamar County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (42.93%), followed by Marion County (40.45%), and Geneva County (40.12%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Lamar County
Marion County
Geneva County
Chilton County
St. Clair County
Winston County
DeKalb County
Fayette County
Blount County
Calhoun County
Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Lamar County 42.93
2 Marion County 40.45
3 Geneva County 40.12
4 Chilton County 38.56
5 St. Clair County 36.66
6 Winston County 36.00
7 DeKalb County 34.81
8 Fayette County 34.68
9 Blount County 34.49
10 Calhoun County 34.16
11 Lauderdale County 32.78
12 Etowah County 32.60
13 Randolph County 31.85
14 Elmore County 31.37
15 Pickens County 30.87
16 Hale County 30.25
17 Cleburne County 30.13
18 Autauga County 30.01
19 Shelby County 29.98
20 Coffee County 29.27
21 Morgan County 28.98
22 Tuscaloosa County 28.85
23 Bibb County 28.79
24 Limestone County 28.46
25 Tallapoosa County 28.18
26 Cherokee County 27.91
26 Coosa County 27.91
27 Crenshaw County 26.89
28 Walker County 26.81
29 Jackson County 26.62
30 Lawrence County 26.57
31 Talladega County 25.91
32 Russell County 25.84
33 Washington County 25.30
34 Clarke County 25.25
35 Mobile County 25.08
36 Baldwin County 24.79
37 Houston County 24.57
38 Marengo County 24.33
39 Choctaw County 24.21
40 Jefferson County 24.09
41 Greene County 23.96
42 Colbert County 23.79
43 Dale County 23.62
44 Covington County 23.22
45 Lee County 23.16
46 Henry County 23.09
47 Butler County 22.91
48 Pike County 22.74
49 Bullock County 22.37
49 Madison County 22.37
50 Marshall County 21.50
51 Clay County 21.09
52 Cullman County 20.38
53 Barbour County 19.77
54 Conecuh County 19.16
55 Franklin County 18.91
56 Chambers County 18.65
57 Escambia County 17.99
58 Montgomery County 17.09
59 Dallas County 15.48
60 Monroe County 14.92
61 Lowndes County 14.68
62 Sumter County 14.30
63 Macon County 14.17
64 Wilcox County 12.72
65 Perry County 10.96