Ranking of Pennsylvania 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 2.87M people in Pennsylvania with Unclassified ancestry (22.09% of Pennsylvania population). Among all Pennsylvania counties, Forest County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (38.63%), followed by Bedford County (37.08%), and Clearfield County (35.46%).

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 Pennsylvania.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Forest County
Bedford County
Clearfield County
Huntingdon County
Jefferson County
Union County
Greene County
Bradford County
Clinton County
Fulton County
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Forest County 38.63
2 Bedford County 37.08
3 Clearfield County 35.46
4 Huntingdon County 35.17
5 Jefferson County 34.83
6 Union County 34.37
7 Greene County 33.92
8 Bradford County 32.74
9 Clinton County 31.97
10 Fulton County 31.76
11 Indiana County 30.51
12 Centre County 30.07
13 McKean County 30.05
14 Venango County 29.89
15 Potter County 29.68
16 Cameron County 29.57
16 Lycoming County 29.57
17 Clarion County 29.40
18 Crawford County 28.40
19 Armstrong County 28.33
20 Somerset County 28.18
21 Lebanon County 27.77
22 Fayette County 27.73
23 Blair County 27.17
24 Susquehanna County 26.85
24 Warren County 26.85
25 Dauphin County 26.68
26 Wyoming County 26.67
27 Mercer County 26.65
28 Berks County 26.62
29 Lancaster County 26.43
30 Washington County 26.00
31 Sullivan County 25.97
32 Columbia County 24.99
33 Perry County 24.98
34 Erie County 24.73
35 Cumberland County 24.43
36 York County 24.36
37 Northumberland County 24.00
38 Schuylkill County 23.85
39 Franklin County 23.61
40 Adams County 23.24
41 Montour County 23.01
42 Mifflin County 22.83
43 Wayne County 22.73
44 Snyder County 22.21
45 Beaver County 21.76
46 Elk County 21.33
47 Tioga County 21.04
48 Philadelphia County 20.93
49 Allegheny County 20.72
50 Lawrence County 20.58
51 Monroe County 20.22
52 Westmoreland County 20.10
53 Butler County 19.57
54 Cambria County 19.43
55 Pike County 19.27
56 Carbon County 19.21
57 Delaware County 19.00
58 Luzerne County 18.74
59 Bucks County 18.35
60 Chester County 17.58
61 Juniata County 17.33
62 Northampton County 17.13
63 Lackawanna County 16.76
64 Montgomery County 16.70
65 Lehigh County 14.85