U.S. Ancestry Demographic Data
The Census Bureau defines ancestry as a person's ethnic origin, racial heritage, descent, or "roots," which may reflect their place of birth, place of birth of parents or ancestors, and ethnic identities that have evolved within the United States.
On this page, we have links to some of the most commonly reported ancestries on the latest U.S. Census Bureau study.
On those pages we will also provide data on the percentage of population for each ancestry for every state, so you can see at a glance the breakdown of ethnicity at state level.
List of United States Ancestries and Ethnic Origin
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries from 2015 up to the latest figures from the Census Bureau for , ordered from A to Z. To view them in a different order, select one of the links before the table.
All ancestry labels below are the grouping terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau and are not labels that Name Census has provided.
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2015 |
2020 |
Change, 2015 to 2020 |
Ancestry |
Population |
Population |
Change |
Percent |
Total Population |
316,515,021 |
326,569,308 |
10,054,287 |
3.13% |
Afghan |
83,381 |
117,915 |
34,534 |
34.31% |
African |
1,401,684 |
1,488,618 |
86,934 |
6.02% |
African American |
39,908,095 |
41,227,384 |
1,319,289 |
3.25% |
Alaska Native tribes |
108,204 |
110,832 |
2,628 |
2.40% |
Albanian |
156,531 |
164,461 |
7,930 |
4.94% |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
1,228,371 |
1,942,951 |
714,580 |
45.07% |
Alsatian |
3,623 |
2,732 |
-891 |
-28.04% |
American |
19,562,123 |
16,260,197 |
-3,301,926 |
-18.44% |
American Indian |
1,956,914 |
2,056,108 |
99,194 |
4.94% |
Arab |
220,921 |
182,477 |
-38,444 |
-19.06% |
Argentinean |
262,841 |
289,171 |
26,330 |
9.54% |
Armenian |
322,420 |
299,818 |
-22,602 |
-7.26% |
Asian |
16,235,305 |
18,421,637 |
2,186,332 |
12.62% |
Asian Indian |
3,303,512 |
4,143,134 |
839,622 |
22.55% |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
80,856 |
73,935 |
-6,921 |
-8.94% |
Australian |
41,712 |
40,844 |
-868 |
-2.10% |
Austrian |
162,033 |
131,992 |
-30,041 |
-20.43% |
Bahamian |
28,454 |
31,267 |
2,813 |
9.42% |
Bangladeshi |
153,234 |
185,177 |
31,943 |
18.88% |
Barbadian |
43,842 |
44,432 |
590 |
1.34% |
Basque |
24,802 |
23,825 |
-977 |
-4.02% |
Belgian |
108,690 |
93,545 |
-15,145 |
-14.98% |
Belizean |
37,824 |
37,978 |
154 |
0.41% |
Bermudan |
3,009 |
3,114 |
105 |
3.43% |
Bhutanese |
21,441 |
26,534 |
5,093 |
21.23% |
Bolivian |
112,953 |
119,159 |
6,206 |
5.35% |
Brazilian |
263,648 |
319,700 |
56,052 |
19.22% |
British |
660,351 |
817,724 |
157,373 |
21.29% |
British West Indian |
75,737 |
81,956 |
6,219 |
7.89% |
Bulgarian |
71,319 |
74,298 |
2,979 |
4.09% |
Burmese |
126,590 |
169,915 |
43,325 |
29.22% |
Cajun |
70,027 |
66,300 |
-3,727 |
-5.47% |
Cambodian |
263,396 |
259,307 |
-4,089 |
-1.56% |
Canadian |
337,967 |
288,774 |
-49,193 |
-15.70% |
Cape Verdean |
75,356 |
78,328 |
2,972 |
3.87% |
Carpatho Rusyn |
3,568 |
3,035 |
-533 |
-16.14% |
Celtic |
22,661 |
20,720 |
-1,941 |
-8.95% |
Chilean |
149,472 |
164,388 |
14,916 |
9.50% |
Chinese |
3,693,977 |
4,151,009 |
457,032 |
11.65% |
Colombian |
1,060,519 |
1,241,915 |
181,396 |
15.76% |
Costa Rican |
144,258 |
159,541 |
15,283 |
10.06% |
Croatian |
153,011 |
129,190 |
-23,821 |
-16.88% |
Cuban |
2,014,010 |
2,332,584 |
318,574 |
14.66% |
Cypriot |
4,817 |
6,544 |
1,727 |
30.40% |
Czech |
421,316 |
350,435 |
-70,881 |
-18.37% |
Czechoslovakian |
125,056 |
101,917 |
-23,139 |
-20.39% |
Danish |
339,322 |
279,135 |
-60,187 |
-19.46% |
Dominican |
1,719,678 |
2,042,360 |
322,682 |
17.15% |
Dutch |
1,136,889 |
941,879 |
-195,010 |
-18.76% |
Dutch West Indian |
11,872 |
7,422 |
-4,450 |
-46.13% |
Eastern European |
329,123 |
580,257 |
251,134 |
55.23% |
Ecuadorian |
677,183 |
728,325 |
51,142 |
7.28% |
Egyptian |
185,873 |
216,368 |
30,495 |
15.16% |
English |
8,992,416 |
8,253,942 |
-738,474 |
-8.56% |
Estonian |
12,848 |
11,898 |
-950 |
-7.68% |
Ethiopian |
214,670 |
292,599 |
77,929 |
30.72% |
European |
2,840,470 |
4,219,978 |
1,379,508 |
39.08% |
Filipino |
2,717,844 |
2,884,210 |
166,366 |
5.94% |
Finnish |
212,702 |
185,001 |
-27,701 |
-13.93% |
French |
1,836,991 |
1,445,075 |
-391,916 |
-23.88% |
French Canadian |
932,239 |
824,405 |
-107,834 |
-12.28% |
German |
15,816,883 |
13,082,328 |
-2,734,555 |
-18.92% |
German Russian |
12,753 |
12,866 |
113 |
0.88% |
Ghanaian |
100,416 |
124,236 |
23,820 |
21.21% |
Greek |
582,315 |
512,886 |
-69,429 |
-12.68% |
Guatemalan |
1,296,634 |
1,484,005 |
187,371 |
13.48% |
Guyanese |
190,986 |
194,440 |
3,454 |
1.79% |
Haitian |
816,017 |
851,273 |
35,256 |
4.23% |
Hispanic or Latino |
54,232,205 |
59,361,020 |
5,128,815 |
9.03% |
Hmong |
267,009 |
305,525 |
38,516 |
13.45% |
Honduran |
785,332 |
949,671 |
164,339 |
18.94% |
Hungarian |
450,119 |
383,265 |
-66,854 |
-16.04% |
Icelander |
16,901 |
14,389 |
-2,512 |
-16.06% |
Indonesian |
71,451 |
76,873 |
5,422 |
7.31% |
Iranian |
362,193 |
363,090 |
897 |
0.25% |
Iraqi |
100,727 |
126,892 |
26,165 |
22.99% |
Irish |
9,438,313 |
8,084,724 |
-1,353,589 |
-15.45% |
Israeli |
88,952 |
79,867 |
-9,085 |
-10.76% |
Italian |
6,652,806 |
5,724,762 |
-928,044 |
-15.00% |
Jamaican |
823,626 |
861,801 |
38,175 |
4.53% |
Japanese |
779,637 |
768,985 |
-10,652 |
-1.38% |
Jordanian |
56,908 |
72,070 |
15,162 |
23.51% |
Kenyan |
51,090 |
73,760 |
22,670 |
36.32% |
Korean |
1,460,214 |
1,477,325 |
17,111 |
1.16% |
Laotian |
207,999 |
192,929 |
-15,070 |
-7.52% |
Latvian |
37,090 |
32,633 |
-4,457 |
-12.78% |
Lebanese |
236,422 |
230,846 |
-5,576 |
-2.39% |
Liberian |
49,839 |
69,062 |
19,223 |
32.33% |
Lithuanian |
204,815 |
172,960 |
-31,855 |
-16.86% |
Luxembourger |
11,743 |
9,774 |
-1,969 |
-18.30% |
Macedonian |
39,186 |
38,972 |
-214 |
-0.55% |
Malaysian |
18,803 |
20,758 |
1,955 |
9.88% |
Maltese |
16,582 |
13,768 |
-2,814 |
-18.54% |
Mexican |
34,640,287 |
36,537,028 |
1,896,741 |
5.33% |
Mongolian |
15,919 |
21,199 |
5,280 |
28.45% |
Moroccan |
69,413 |
86,936 |
17,523 |
22.42% |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
546,255 |
611,404 |
65,149 |
11.26% |
Nepalese |
103,526 |
162,993 |
59,467 |
44.62% |
New Zealander |
9,665 |
9,306 |
-359 |
-3.78% |
Nicaraguan |
407,288 |
417,171 |
9,883 |
2.40% |
Nigerian |
265,973 |
382,820 |
116,847 |
36.02% |
Northern European |
219,171 |
326,658 |
107,487 |
39.38% |
Norwegian |
1,474,745 |
1,260,933 |
-213,812 |
-15.63% |
Okinawan |
3,039 |
3,526 |
487 |
14.84% |
Other Arab |
215,227 |
279,410 |
64,183 |
25.95% |
Other Asian, not specified |
131,130 |
174,137 |
43,007 |
28.18% |
Other Asian, specified |
4,364 |
62,753 |
58,389 |
173.99% |
Other Central American |
40,174 |
37,428 |
-2,746 |
-7.08% |
Other South American |
32,362 |
24,603 |
-7,759 |
-27.24% |
Other Subsaharan African |
137,511 |
224,194 |
86,683 |
47.93% |
Other West Indian |
3,788 |
3,521 |
-267 |
-7.31% |
Pakistani |
414,880 |
500,159 |
85,279 |
18.64% |
Palestinian |
79,880 |
97,744 |
17,864 |
20.11% |
Panamanian |
190,557 |
204,843 |
14,286 |
7.23% |
Paraguayan |
22,767 |
26,810 |
4,043 |
16.31% |
Pennsylvania German |
192,001 |
185,376 |
-6,625 |
-3.51% |
Peruvian |
620,074 |
675,247 |
55,173 |
8.52% |
Polish |
3,192,151 |
2,755,630 |
-436,521 |
-14.68% |
Portuguese |
625,188 |
558,081 |
-67,107 |
-11.34% |
Puerto Rican |
5,174,554 |
5,699,150 |
524,596 |
9.65% |
Romanian |
247,429 |
243,963 |
-3,466 |
-1.41% |
Russian |
1,085,540 |
896,026 |
-189,514 |
-19.13% |
Salvadoran |
2,022,687 |
2,244,914 |
222,227 |
10.41% |
Scandinavian |
266,718 |
358,068 |
91,350 |
29.24% |
Scotch-Irish |
1,375,761 |
1,172,353 |
-203,408 |
-15.97% |
Scottish |
1,716,315 |
1,515,587 |
-200,728 |
-12.42% |
Senegalese |
12,815 |
14,439 |
1,624 |
11.92% |
Serbian |
95,717 |
93,725 |
-1,992 |
-2.10% |
Sierra Leonean |
15,278 |
22,267 |
6,989 |
37.23% |
Slavic |
48,183 |
45,123 |
-3,060 |
-6.56% |
Slovak |
248,443 |
199,767 |
-48,676 |
-21.72% |
Slovene |
60,043 |
53,191 |
-6,852 |
-12.10% |
Somali |
119,421 |
148,839 |
29,418 |
21.93% |
Some Other Race |
14,865,258 |
16,783,914 |
1,918,656 |
12.12% |
South African |
38,099 |
38,231 |
132 |
0.35% |
Soviet Union |
1,494 |
2,015 |
521 |
29.70% |
Spaniard |
756,552 |
868,888 |
112,336 |
13.82% |
Spanish |
511,369 |
598,653 |
87,284 |
15.73% |
Spanish American |
26,038 |
22,325 |
-3,713 |
-15.35% |
Sri Lankan |
46,036 |
51,735 |
5,699 |
11.66% |
Subsaharan African |
2,541,067 |
3,042,698 |
501,631 |
17.97% |
Sudanese |
39,833 |
59,717 |
19,884 |
39.95% |
Swedish |
961,300 |
753,105 |
-208,195 |
-24.29% |
Swiss |
227,219 |
201,343 |
-25,876 |
-12.08% |
Syrian |
80,135 |
92,104 |
11,969 |
13.90% |
Taiwanese |
158,122 |
194,263 |
36,141 |
20.51% |
Thai |
188,673 |
204,150 |
15,477 |
7.88% |
Total Arab |
1,245,506 |
1,384,847 |
139,341 |
10.59% |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
155,691 |
156,758 |
1,067 |
0.68% |
Turkish |
138,494 |
146,958 |
8,464 |
5.93% |
Two or more Asian |
373,962 |
532,135 |
158,173 |
34.91% |
Ugandan |
11,696 |
17,614 |
5,918 |
40.38% |
Ukrainian |
498,093 |
491,068 |
-7,025 |
-1.42% |
United States Virgin Islander |
10,437 |
13,370 |
2,933 |
24.64% |
Uruguayan |
62,902 |
69,380 |
6,478 |
9.79% |
Venezuelan |
273,343 |
480,510 |
207,167 |
54.96% |
Welsh |
376,110 |
329,231 |
-46,879 |
-13.29% |
West Indian |
172,894 |
149,442 |
-23,452 |
-14.55% |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
2,183,191 |
2,242,334 |
59,143 |
2.67% |
White |
232,943,055 |
229,960,813 |
-2,982,242 |
-1.29% |
Yugoslavian |
181,566 |
146,462 |
-35,104 |
-21.40% |
Zimbabwean |
7,386 |
7,974 |
588 |
7.66% |
Data Source(s)
All of the data on this page is sourced from the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, from the United States Census Bureau. The latest year for the ACS is currently .
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