Connecticut Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Connecticut, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Connecticut 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.
Connecticut Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
2,778,362 |
2,768,080 |
2,757,064 |
2,734,880 |
2,714,031 |
2,649,994 |
Hispanic or Latino |
526,508 |
537,728 |
551,916 |
561,791 |
574,240 |
587,212 |
African American |
370,501 |
372,696 |
376,240 |
378,262 |
383,416 |
382,161 |
Puerto Rican |
278,670 |
283,278 |
286,751 |
292,143 |
291,843 |
293,090 |
Italian |
270,227 |
260,871 |
250,762 |
240,253 |
233,485 |
227,146 |
Some Other Race |
181,881 |
177,594 |
183,754 |
185,244 |
186,292 |
192,217 |
Asian |
150,670 |
152,782 |
156,450 |
158,817 |
161,257 |
163,262 |
Irish |
146,182 |
143,799 |
140,376 |
135,491 |
132,819 |
127,022 |
American |
105,753 |
102,974 |
101,044 |
98,125 |
93,907 |
88,613 |
Polish |
102,217 |
97,628 |
94,593 |
91,736 |
87,682 |
82,754 |
English |
77,578 |
75,640 |
72,795 |
67,491 |
63,297 |
63,756 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
68,204 |
68,977 |
72,346 |
70,536 |
70,269 |
69,190 |
German |
65,978 |
64,036 |
62,823 |
60,025 |
56,600 |
53,066 |
Mexican |
54,369 |
56,038 |
57,969 |
57,383 |
60,632 |
63,563 |
Asian Indian |
54,019 |
56,657 |
57,571 |
61,249 |
63,099 |
63,424 |
French |
45,883 |
43,400 |
41,403 |
39,191 |
35,561 |
33,116 |
French Canadian |
43,281 |
41,712 |
40,545 |
39,803 |
38,071 |
35,178 |
Jamaican |
43,226 |
42,016 |
44,449 |
43,075 |
43,659 |
43,622 |
Chinese |
34,948 |
34,207 |
36,704 |
36,396 |
36,953 |
37,058 |
Dominican |
31,550 |
35,514 |
36,694 |
40,112 |
42,724 |
42,946 |
Ecuadorian |
29,254 |
29,325 |
31,039 |
31,351 |
32,078 |
34,713 |
Portuguese |
26,862 |
24,579 |
23,684 |
23,476 |
23,410 |
21,497 |
Subsaharan African |
26,212 |
27,761 |
27,193 |
29,465 |
29,234 |
26,624 |
Colombian |
23,236 |
23,564 |
24,741 |
24,619 |
25,998 |
26,007 |
Russian |
21,634 |
20,478 |
19,172 |
16,891 |
15,651 |
15,185 |
European |
21,083 |
21,504 |
21,421 |
23,123 |
25,208 |
27,847 |
Peruvian |
20,558 |
19,038 |
19,860 |
19,158 |
19,764 |
19,506 |
Guatemalan |
19,641 |
20,384 |
21,655 |
21,997 |
21,996 |
22,382 |
Haitian |
15,854 |
17,415 |
18,288 |
18,092 |
17,343 |
16,487 |
Scottish |
14,871 |
14,843 |
14,372 |
13,232 |
12,770 |
13,102 |
Greek |
14,514 |
14,141 |
13,472 |
13,446 |
13,107 |
14,502 |
African |
14,514 |
15,277 |
15,473 |
16,025 |
14,937 |
12,362 |
Brazilian |
14,045 |
15,057 |
15,476 |
15,571 |
16,023 |
14,675 |
Total Arab |
13,817 |
14,577 |
14,307 |
14,815 |
14,672 |
15,181 |
Filipino |
13,425 |
13,230 |
12,930 |
11,186 |
11,574 |
11,290 |
Swedish |
11,383 |
10,867 |
10,487 |
10,241 |
9,581 |
9,064 |
Cuban |
11,031 |
10,978 |
12,271 |
11,847 |
13,213 |
12,951 |
Hungarian |
10,378 |
9,665 |
9,063 |
8,729 |
8,354 |
7,977 |
Korean |
10,010 |
10,110 |
10,284 |
10,074 |
10,304 |
10,449 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
9,774 |
10,422 |
10,722 |
10,706 |
12,099 |
17,509 |
British |
9,210 |
8,692 |
8,792 |
9,054 |
9,578 |
9,446 |
Albanian |
9,113 |
9,223 |
8,758 |
8,415 |
8,522 |
10,138 |
Honduran |
8,436 |
8,805 |
9,452 |
10,328 |
10,179 |
10,223 |
Ukrainian |
8,351 |
8,764 |
8,746 |
8,696 |
8,666 |
8,757 |
Salvadoran |
8,266 |
8,388 |
9,158 |
9,706 |
10,364 |
9,655 |
Canadian |
8,195 |
7,289 |
6,856 |
6,538 |
5,924 |
5,251 |
Eastern European |
7,923 |
8,401 |
9,044 |
10,484 |
11,667 |
12,154 |
Lithuanian |
7,471 |
7,065 |
6,886 |
6,297 |
6,264 |
6,343 |
Spaniard |
6,991 |
6,635 |
6,862 |
7,359 |
6,943 |
7,356 |
Pakistani |
6,379 |
6,792 |
6,369 |
6,454 |
6,872 |
6,992 |
Slovak |
6,351 |
5,813 |
5,587 |
5,193 |
5,173 |
4,953 |
Scotch-Irish |
6,277 |
6,020 |
5,788 |
5,451 |
5,402 |
5,311 |
American Indian |
5,355 |
5,307 |
5,748 |
5,778 |
6,029 |
6,219 |
Norwegian |
5,192 |
5,049 |
5,109 |
4,730 |
4,708 |
4,192 |
Argentinean |
5,143 |
4,964 |
4,864 |
4,736 |
5,069 |
5,157 |
Dutch |
4,702 |
4,793 |
4,989 |
4,989 |
4,829 |
4,713 |
West Indian |
4,560 |
4,290 |
4,022 |
3,898 |
3,422 |
3,029 |
Yugoslavian |
4,487 |
4,327 |
3,777 |
4,260 |
3,734 |
3,151 |
Japanese |
3,836 |
3,986 |
3,820 |
4,152 |
3,844 |
3,817 |
Lebanese |
3,803 |
3,564 |
3,280 |
3,147 |
3,090 |
2,968 |
Laotian |
3,751 |
3,449 |
3,063 |
3,002 |
2,480 |
2,493 |
Spanish |
3,513 |
3,814 |
3,153 |
2,663 |
2,408 |
3,459 |
Romanian |
3,340 |
3,194 |
3,253 |
2,941 |
2,929 |
2,901 |
Costa Rican |
3,275 |
3,224 |
2,950 |
2,927 |
3,259 |
3,319 |
Cambodian |
3,142 |
2,610 |
2,712 |
2,738 |
3,045 |
3,161 |
Venezuelan |
2,928 |
2,957 |
3,048 |
3,380 |
3,524 |
3,571 |
Two or more Asian |
2,876 |
2,646 |
2,673 |
2,642 |
2,642 |
3,130 |
Austrian |
2,832 |
2,667 |
2,659 |
2,769 |
2,620 |
2,426 |
Turkish |
2,722 |
3,259 |
3,176 |
3,012 |
3,328 |
2,590 |
Other Arab |
2,720 |
3,323 |
3,695 |
3,521 |
3,596 |
3,027 |
Guyanese |
2,656 |
2,682 |
2,910 |
3,199 |
3,204 |
3,168 |
Cape Verdean |
2,598 |
2,468 |
1,743 |
2,165 |
2,300 |
2,172 |
Arab |
2,595 |
1,941 |
1,881 |
1,847 |
1,928 |
1,865 |
Northern European |
2,498 |
2,570 |
2,754 |
3,313 |
3,671 |
3,286 |
Bangladeshi |
2,487 |
2,589 |
2,875 |
2,720 |
2,701 |
2,625 |
Nigerian |
2,445 |
2,912 |
3,041 |
2,732 |
3,065 |
2,803 |
Czech |
2,417 |
2,471 |
2,392 |
2,197 |
2,064 |
2,012 |
Ghanaian |
2,324 |
2,912 |
2,718 |
3,441 |
4,235 |
3,552 |
Danish |
2,317 |
2,245 |
2,255 |
2,168 |
1,790 |
1,730 |
Welsh |
2,155 |
2,344 |
2,169 |
1,937 |
1,749 |
1,724 |
Chilean |
2,110 |
2,562 |
3,045 |
3,356 |
3,609 |
3,229 |
Armenian |
2,076 |
1,945 |
2,045 |
2,105 |
1,972 |
1,770 |
Nicaraguan |
2,034 |
1,900 |
1,769 |
1,681 |
1,772 |
1,762 |
Czechoslovakian |
1,970 |
1,917 |
1,713 |
1,674 |
1,320 |
1,453 |
British West Indian |
1,858 |
2,046 |
1,991 |
1,613 |
1,875 |
1,480 |
Panamanian |
1,798 |
1,613 |
1,615 |
1,782 |
1,521 |
1,624 |
Iranian |
1,708 |
1,623 |
1,492 |
1,533 |
1,550 |
1,803 |
Other Asian, not specified |
1,701 |
1,797 |
2,188 |
2,318 |
2,352 |
2,125 |
Finnish |
1,616 |
1,517 |
1,329 |
1,301 |
1,403 |
1,384 |
Swiss |
1,615 |
1,638 |
1,647 |
1,527 |
1,283 |
1,405 |
Egyptian |
1,589 |
1,690 |
1,813 |
1,737 |
1,796 |
1,887 |
Moroccan |
1,488 |
1,782 |
1,433 |
2,028 |
1,829 |
2,609 |
Croatian |
1,409 |
1,696 |
1,798 |
1,592 |
1,432 |
1,448 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
1,399 |
1,704 |
1,937 |
2,037 |
2,286 |
2,817 |
Thai |
1,381 |
1,250 |
1,075 |
1,187 |
997 |
1,027 |
Uruguayan |
1,232 |
1,528 |
1,592 |
1,840 |
2,086 |
1,821 |
Other Subsaharan African |
1,135 |
1,057 |
960 |
1,392 |
1,168 |
1,926 |
Nepalese |
1,118 |
1,433 |
1,109 |
1,215 |
1,389 |
1,235 |
Scandinavian |
1,107 |
1,181 |
1,222 |
1,419 |
1,501 |
1,822 |
Other South American |
1,099 |
1,127 |
1,198 |
1,307 |
1,020 |
998 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
981 |
1,031 |
931 |
1,173 |
1,123 |
1,189 |
Taiwanese |
959 |
1,043 |
1,130 |
1,058 |
1,225 |
1,145 |
Afghan |
922 |
804 |
918 |
1,423 |
1,281 |
1,302 |
Syrian |
833 |
1,167 |
1,057 |
1,212 |
1,431 |
1,374 |
Belgian |
813 |
746 |
588 |
555 |
519 |
543 |
Sri Lankan |
765 |
967 |
865 |
1,017 |
1,173 |
1,123 |
Macedonian |
751 |
631 |
734 |
539 |
329 |
294 |
Israeli |
750 |
680 |
602 |
848 |
838 |
889 |
Burmese |
746 |
798 |
846 |
661 |
506 |
356 |
Latvian |
737 |
780 |
773 |
1,077 |
1,074 |
830 |
Barbadian |
737 |
990 |
1,070 |
978 |
896 |
982 |
Bolivian |
716 |
638 |
537 |
710 |
873 |
1,076 |
Ethiopian |
648 |
771 |
904 |
1,003 |
988 |
1,158 |
Bulgarian |
643 |
673 |
592 |
663 |
608 |
623 |
South African |
588 |
654 |
728 |
618 |
537 |
578 |
Slavic |
572 |
620 |
643 |
575 |
489 |
635 |
Somali |
534 |
268 |
198 |
281 |
252 |
251 |
Other Central American |
505 |
616 |
470 |
239 |
635 |
631 |
Australian |
481 |
442 |
433 |
455 |
474 |
451 |
Serbian |
464 |
386 |
402 |
465 |
536 |
667 |
Estonian |
456 |
434 |
440 |
403 |
398 |
396 |
Slovene |
433 |
373 |
309 |
239 |
243 |
270 |
Sudanese |
363 |
271 |
204 |
332 |
358 |
337 |
Palestinian |
360 |
350 |
390 |
472 |
419 |
558 |
Liberian |
353 |
587 |
596 |
608 |
603 |
541 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
335 |
307 |
223 |
283 |
207 |
192 |
Indonesian |
320 |
295 |
384 |
442 |
582 |
559 |
Pennsylvania German |
301 |
202 |
204 |
179 |
202 |
169 |
Paraguayan |
294 |
299 |
344 |
321 |
487 |
490 |
Iraqi |
293 |
432 |
439 |
527 |
322 |
313 |
Ugandan |
279 |
159 |
167 |
181 |
34 |
194 |
Celtic |
261 |
358 |
399 |
355 |
382 |
312 |
United States Virgin Islander |
237 |
146 |
151 |
162 |
126 |
75 |
Senegalese |
233 |
197 |
225 |
335 |
327 |
284 |
Maltese |
145 |
126 |
74 |
65 |
48 |
41 |
Icelander |
139 |
146 |
128 |
177 |
130 |
54 |
Jordanian |
136 |
328 |
319 |
324 |
261 |
580 |
Cypriot |
122 |
117 |
75 |
58 |
65 |
156 |
Other Asian, specified |
115 |
112 |
9 |
0 |
20 |
581 |
Kenyan |
102 |
113 |
114 |
281 |
291 |
354 |
Bermudan |
94 |
91 |
99 |
93 |
82 |
33 |
Malaysian |
88 |
185 |
182 |
191 |
179 |
188 |
Luxembourger |
86 |
75 |
39 |
62 |
31 |
44 |
Spanish American |
85 |
117 |
157 |
140 |
144 |
174 |
Cajun |
85 |
70 |
93 |
30 |
70 |
112 |
Alaska Native tribes |
83 |
78 |
107 |
106 |
97 |
36 |
Zimbabwean |
80 |
95 |
90 |
33 |
34 |
20 |
Belizean |
80 |
60 |
75 |
328 |
310 |
353 |
Basque |
77 |
99 |
114 |
119 |
95 |
96 |
New Zealander |
71 |
57 |
74 |
71 |
55 |
56 |
Bahamian |
63 |
82 |
100 |
95 |
128 |
152 |
Other West Indian |
58 |
98 |
102 |
95 |
106 |
122 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
50 |
54 |
8 |
55 |
52 |
103 |
Dutch West Indian |
38 |
39 |
62 |
70 |
36 |
38 |
Hmong |
34 |
74 |
94 |
191 |
164 |
118 |
Bhutanese |
27 |
23 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Soviet Union |
22 |
27 |
10 |
15 |
15 |
28 |
Alsatian |
18 |
16 |
15 |
25 |
31 |
30 |
Sierra Leonean |
16 |
20 |
32 |
38 |
105 |
92 |
Mongolian |
7 |
0 |
23 |
49 |
103 |
167 |
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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