Arkansas Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Arkansas, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Arkansas for the past 6 years. These start from the latest figures from the Census Bureau for , back to -5.
To make the surfacing of this data easier, we've listed it in descending order based on the most recent year of data available, which means that past years may not be in the correct descending order.
All ancestry labels below are the grouping terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau and are not labels that Name Census has provided.
Arkansas Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
2,307,849 |
2,307,136 |
2,302,141 |
2,302,874 |
2,301,044 |
2,269,959 |
African American |
459,748 |
460,638 |
459,969 |
460,970 |
459,542 |
457,840 |
American |
313,178 |
301,982 |
298,349 |
292,633 |
288,150 |
271,432 |
Hispanic or Latino |
203,226 |
207,049 |
213,246 |
219,052 |
224,130 |
229,629 |
Mexican |
152,982 |
154,215 |
158,362 |
159,273 |
161,614 |
167,313 |
English |
137,579 |
129,074 |
114,919 |
103,594 |
92,334 |
105,988 |
German |
112,560 |
107,069 |
101,260 |
96,033 |
91,788 |
86,287 |
Irish |
105,705 |
99,019 |
93,759 |
88,559 |
83,355 |
83,415 |
Some Other Race |
62,484 |
67,645 |
75,106 |
78,981 |
83,576 |
88,363 |
Asian |
40,336 |
41,539 |
42,368 |
43,988 |
45,504 |
46,130 |
European |
37,379 |
36,874 |
33,632 |
31,003 |
32,192 |
33,591 |
Scottish |
19,754 |
19,815 |
19,038 |
19,562 |
18,914 |
18,718 |
Scotch-Irish |
19,303 |
18,299 |
17,244 |
16,946 |
16,507 |
14,713 |
Salvadoran |
17,965 |
19,138 |
20,154 |
22,270 |
24,241 |
22,721 |
Italian |
17,191 |
16,343 |
16,196 |
15,908 |
15,318 |
14,797 |
American Indian |
13,800 |
14,636 |
15,442 |
15,989 |
16,270 |
15,317 |
French |
13,276 |
12,636 |
11,781 |
11,029 |
10,429 |
9,798 |
Asian Indian |
9,737 |
10,589 |
10,143 |
10,774 |
11,041 |
11,003 |
Polish |
8,174 |
7,657 |
6,889 |
7,173 |
7,243 |
6,711 |
Dutch |
7,886 |
7,929 |
7,653 |
7,444 |
6,829 |
5,326 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
6,845 |
6,738 |
7,062 |
7,969 |
8,733 |
10,455 |
Chinese |
6,364 |
6,396 |
6,991 |
6,874 |
6,613 |
6,284 |
Subsaharan African |
6,181 |
6,652 |
7,657 |
10,767 |
15,116 |
17,965 |
Guatemalan |
5,803 |
6,323 |
5,917 |
6,397 |
6,317 |
6,061 |
Puerto Rican |
5,594 |
5,973 |
6,235 |
7,105 |
7,446 |
7,703 |
Norwegian |
5,334 |
5,399 |
5,329 |
5,628 |
5,500 |
5,519 |
British |
5,096 |
4,769 |
5,394 |
6,671 |
7,341 |
7,288 |
African |
4,974 |
5,447 |
6,143 |
9,024 |
12,977 |
15,833 |
Swedish |
4,755 |
4,098 |
3,885 |
3,935 |
3,540 |
3,547 |
Filipino |
4,623 |
4,699 |
4,211 |
4,226 |
4,673 |
4,946 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
4,308 |
5,074 |
5,333 |
5,906 |
6,494 |
8,328 |
Laotian |
3,801 |
4,292 |
4,626 |
4,116 |
4,679 |
5,497 |
Total Arab |
3,654 |
3,628 |
4,120 |
3,605 |
3,657 |
4,324 |
Welsh |
3,522 |
3,497 |
3,429 |
3,065 |
3,113 |
3,310 |
French Canadian |
3,205 |
3,206 |
3,040 |
3,064 |
2,609 |
2,568 |
Honduran |
2,799 |
3,245 |
3,300 |
3,707 |
3,816 |
2,707 |
Spaniard |
2,689 |
2,706 |
2,831 |
2,902 |
2,981 |
3,058 |
Danish |
2,065 |
1,856 |
1,887 |
1,693 |
1,577 |
1,554 |
Korean |
2,037 |
2,153 |
2,471 |
2,676 |
2,718 |
2,972 |
Spanish |
2,034 |
1,701 |
1,373 |
1,443 |
1,797 |
1,954 |
Czech |
1,750 |
1,772 |
1,933 |
1,847 |
1,774 |
2,365 |
Colombian |
1,748 |
1,465 |
1,403 |
1,399 |
1,058 |
996 |
Cuban |
1,507 |
1,798 |
2,074 |
2,439 |
2,163 |
2,343 |
Hmong |
1,356 |
1,548 |
1,223 |
1,816 |
1,850 |
1,443 |
Russian |
1,321 |
1,162 |
1,067 |
967 |
851 |
620 |
Swiss |
1,315 |
1,290 |
1,050 |
1,134 |
1,162 |
1,303 |
Scandinavian |
1,314 |
1,258 |
1,284 |
1,444 |
1,693 |
1,682 |
Cajun |
1,235 |
1,172 |
1,297 |
1,253 |
994 |
785 |
Pakistani |
1,225 |
1,154 |
1,671 |
1,623 |
1,603 |
1,567 |
Canadian |
1,220 |
1,132 |
1,163 |
1,185 |
952 |
930 |
Greek |
1,213 |
1,189 |
1,298 |
1,233 |
1,140 |
982 |
Peruvian |
1,155 |
975 |
1,023 |
786 |
709 |
680 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
1,121 |
1,235 |
1,270 |
1,186 |
1,245 |
1,697 |
Hungarian |
1,115 |
1,031 |
921 |
888 |
995 |
954 |
Northern European |
1,003 |
1,105 |
1,549 |
2,115 |
2,303 |
2,625 |
Arab |
953 |
1,066 |
1,373 |
904 |
900 |
914 |
Japanese |
948 |
955 |
1,134 |
1,319 |
1,374 |
1,296 |
Portuguese |
933 |
873 |
879 |
949 |
993 |
1,214 |
Czechoslovakian |
925 |
987 |
1,100 |
1,057 |
847 |
841 |
Austrian |
921 |
669 |
712 |
544 |
516 |
527 |
Thai |
902 |
966 |
1,059 |
1,168 |
1,265 |
1,067 |
Bolivian |
818 |
771 |
769 |
690 |
423 |
297 |
Ukrainian |
772 |
664 |
767 |
680 |
818 |
765 |
Romanian |
766 |
799 |
997 |
1,096 |
1,068 |
984 |
Costa Rican |
644 |
477 |
405 |
349 |
251 |
404 |
Dominican |
600 |
518 |
610 |
571 |
714 |
500 |
Nicaraguan |
600 |
607 |
797 |
782 |
951 |
1,192 |
Bangladeshi |
574 |
580 |
464 |
497 |
614 |
182 |
Other Arab |
539 |
549 |
856 |
789 |
846 |
1,369 |
Finnish |
538 |
540 |
433 |
465 |
389 |
358 |
Lebanese |
537 |
547 |
543 |
476 |
472 |
422 |
Other Asian, not specified |
496 |
599 |
565 |
637 |
398 |
1,053 |
Cambodian |
491 |
598 |
413 |
487 |
453 |
456 |
Palestinian |
482 |
431 |
320 |
384 |
302 |
431 |
Bulgarian |
472 |
262 |
126 |
67 |
88 |
67 |
Lithuanian |
462 |
435 |
446 |
492 |
490 |
531 |
Ecuadorian |
448 |
522 |
630 |
591 |
450 |
393 |
Iranian |
434 |
472 |
560 |
523 |
561 |
641 |
Slovak |
417 |
446 |
359 |
386 |
453 |
326 |
Dutch West Indian |
410 |
389 |
424 |
415 |
315 |
273 |
Two or more Asian |
392 |
476 |
597 |
589 |
713 |
962 |
Other Central American |
387 |
303 |
214 |
398 |
338 |
285 |
Nigerian |
380 |
354 |
535 |
540 |
564 |
436 |
Jamaican |
359 |
351 |
414 |
315 |
208 |
413 |
Panamanian |
347 |
446 |
660 |
610 |
599 |
625 |
Belgian |
334 |
413 |
427 |
391 |
445 |
399 |
Turkish |
315 |
177 |
168 |
256 |
116 |
162 |
Venezuelan |
313 |
235 |
274 |
357 |
427 |
630 |
Syrian |
300 |
194 |
167 |
155 |
151 |
200 |
Icelander |
293 |
34 |
28 |
16 |
8 |
7 |
Yugoslavian |
284 |
154 |
193 |
205 |
199 |
143 |
Iraqi |
279 |
252 |
288 |
312 |
319 |
193 |
Other Subsaharan African |
276 |
271 |
316 |
369 |
682 |
616 |
Eastern European |
271 |
389 |
604 |
858 |
1,534 |
1,988 |
Taiwanese |
266 |
267 |
213 |
227 |
224 |
141 |
Argentinean |
260 |
307 |
387 |
356 |
589 |
598 |
Armenian |
254 |
237 |
307 |
251 |
277 |
188 |
Moroccan |
243 |
169 |
250 |
145 |
172 |
234 |
Ethiopian |
242 |
179 |
221 |
226 |
112 |
81 |
Pennsylvania German |
234 |
212 |
212 |
207 |
245 |
345 |
Serbian |
231 |
226 |
238 |
185 |
241 |
166 |
Burmese |
213 |
230 |
231 |
347 |
261 |
307 |
Egyptian |
210 |
308 |
275 |
371 |
350 |
403 |
Sri Lankan |
199 |
126 |
77 |
34 |
44 |
69 |
Brazilian |
191 |
229 |
284 |
380 |
524 |
382 |
Indonesian |
184 |
114 |
136 |
97 |
185 |
245 |
Celtic |
174 |
90 |
107 |
99 |
109 |
78 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
161 |
203 |
228 |
43 |
95 |
106 |
Alaska Native tribes |
156 |
113 |
195 |
222 |
237 |
251 |
Croatian |
152 |
169 |
142 |
185 |
232 |
227 |
South African |
141 |
127 |
151 |
240 |
272 |
340 |
Malaysian |
131 |
125 |
96 |
88 |
66 |
27 |
Chilean |
126 |
152 |
274 |
374 |
433 |
518 |
Haitian |
116 |
117 |
122 |
103 |
166 |
255 |
Jordanian |
111 |
112 |
48 |
69 |
145 |
158 |
Australian |
104 |
107 |
145 |
170 |
179 |
152 |
Ghanaian |
93 |
140 |
143 |
90 |
171 |
271 |
Albanian |
92 |
142 |
107 |
24 |
51 |
45 |
Estonian |
86 |
89 |
48 |
46 |
25 |
0 |
Slavic |
86 |
38 |
42 |
34 |
36 |
40 |
Nepalese |
83 |
118 |
134 |
178 |
151 |
357 |
West Indian |
77 |
111 |
130 |
139 |
143 |
317 |
Latvian |
60 |
138 |
111 |
137 |
124 |
133 |
Spanish American |
58 |
60 |
124 |
112 |
54 |
78 |
Guyanese |
48 |
46 |
51 |
50 |
5 |
5 |
Slovene |
48 |
59 |
83 |
82 |
76 |
70 |
Kenyan |
47 |
81 |
71 |
134 |
187 |
153 |
British West Indian |
41 |
41 |
3 |
0 |
59 |
28 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
36 |
130 |
103 |
114 |
125 |
214 |
Barbadian |
34 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Belizean |
34 |
24 |
24 |
28 |
102 |
92 |
Uruguayan |
32 |
28 |
15 |
15 |
11 |
14 |
Basque |
29 |
108 |
174 |
178 |
219 |
171 |
New Zealander |
27 |
26 |
22 |
21 |
34 |
31 |
Israeli |
18 |
17 |
10 |
19 |
76 |
157 |
Mongolian |
17 |
51 |
61 |
42 |
77 |
122 |
Maltese |
16 |
20 |
15 |
9 |
13 |
0 |
Liberian |
15 |
21 |
27 |
33 |
24 |
57 |
Macedonian |
14 |
19 |
35 |
22 |
23 |
22 |
Other West Indian |
14 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Afghan |
13 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
18 |
46 |
Senegalese |
13 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Luxembourger |
11 |
12 |
13 |
24 |
26 |
14 |
Paraguayan |
9 |
10 |
82 |
78 |
100 |
82 |
Alsatian |
7 |
16 |
15 |
33 |
32 |
31 |
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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