Florida Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Florida, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Florida 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.
Florida Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
14,934,702 |
15,130,748 |
15,343,997 |
15,529,098 |
15,702,256 |
15,199,588 |
Hispanic or Latino |
4,660,733 |
4,806,854 |
5,015,015 |
5,184,720 |
5,346,684 |
5,468,826 |
African American |
3,171,108 |
3,216,994 |
3,270,863 |
3,316,376 |
3,359,031 |
3,381,061 |
American |
1,495,009 |
1,477,039 |
1,452,260 |
1,423,879 |
1,402,389 |
1,409,783 |
Cuban |
1,363,419 |
1,400,092 |
1,450,510 |
1,488,135 |
1,520,577 |
1,532,516 |
Puerto Rican |
977,995 |
1,014,340 |
1,065,351 |
1,102,564 |
1,137,632 |
1,155,423 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
727,257 |
743,864 |
755,084 |
770,111 |
773,833 |
762,725 |
Mexican |
668,344 |
676,551 |
694,779 |
713,518 |
725,645 |
709,870 |
German |
645,237 |
636,621 |
615,542 |
593,698 |
569,814 |
558,190 |
Irish |
558,015 |
542,853 |
528,788 |
518,143 |
499,918 |
496,291 |
English |
551,355 |
542,528 |
519,833 |
502,015 |
482,314 |
523,047 |
Italian |
534,925 |
526,520 |
520,457 |
510,606 |
506,616 |
502,421 |
Asian |
509,085 |
521,272 |
543,394 |
559,168 |
571,276 |
590,668 |
Some Other Race |
493,202 |
505,877 |
536,298 |
580,152 |
625,079 |
699,596 |
Haitian |
407,829 |
417,198 |
422,907 |
434,014 |
438,098 |
423,672 |
Colombian |
343,829 |
350,558 |
364,895 |
371,328 |
387,118 |
404,952 |
Jamaican |
227,809 |
232,202 |
234,233 |
238,403 |
239,584 |
245,427 |
Dominican |
201,261 |
209,507 |
221,858 |
231,288 |
236,798 |
246,209 |
Polish |
183,580 |
180,092 |
176,262 |
172,910 |
170,813 |
168,401 |
European |
156,830 |
161,936 |
171,928 |
194,044 |
224,585 |
235,590 |
Nicaraguan |
153,004 |
153,876 |
155,565 |
159,128 |
159,083 |
153,486 |
Asian Indian |
139,420 |
143,020 |
153,968 |
160,241 |
163,767 |
173,493 |
Honduran |
126,938 |
132,396 |
141,147 |
147,297 |
152,705 |
150,689 |
Venezuelan |
126,674 |
144,143 |
166,531 |
190,207 |
217,013 |
242,869 |
Peruvian |
121,061 |
121,081 |
121,454 |
124,456 |
125,759 |
128,819 |
Scottish |
109,779 |
111,079 |
107,083 |
103,883 |
100,534 |
96,872 |
French |
108,376 |
105,061 |
103,383 |
99,907 |
94,005 |
91,242 |
Guatemalan |
102,722 |
108,484 |
112,052 |
117,367 |
121,559 |
126,443 |
Filipino |
97,381 |
99,035 |
99,641 |
103,974 |
105,591 |
105,869 |
Russian |
92,161 |
88,901 |
86,001 |
85,126 |
82,218 |
80,892 |
Subsaharan African |
91,824 |
90,814 |
93,996 |
94,669 |
100,745 |
108,616 |
Chinese |
86,420 |
90,092 |
93,745 |
96,639 |
99,265 |
102,300 |
Scotch-Irish |
76,986 |
75,520 |
72,399 |
71,683 |
71,834 |
68,470 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
76,250 |
85,425 |
94,801 |
102,095 |
117,544 |
158,392 |
Total Arab |
73,850 |
75,314 |
73,895 |
78,011 |
78,622 |
81,557 |
Ecuadorian |
72,450 |
74,042 |
75,511 |
77,696 |
79,192 |
78,676 |
African |
68,019 |
65,366 |
67,056 |
67,025 |
69,902 |
74,516 |
Salvadoran |
63,073 |
65,511 |
70,396 |
73,174 |
75,538 |
76,313 |
Argentinean |
62,759 |
65,436 |
70,901 |
74,691 |
73,748 |
73,979 |
French Canadian |
61,620 |
60,099 |
59,336 |
58,246 |
56,845 |
53,852 |
British |
55,327 |
54,870 |
57,525 |
63,986 |
68,264 |
65,221 |
Spaniard |
54,734 |
59,662 |
63,653 |
64,249 |
67,761 |
69,074 |
Brazilian |
53,706 |
55,334 |
60,626 |
64,913 |
71,052 |
73,488 |
Dutch |
51,406 |
50,957 |
51,058 |
49,943 |
47,895 |
44,687 |
Canadian |
44,043 |
44,098 |
42,483 |
41,756 |
41,585 |
40,240 |
Swedish |
42,674 |
40,852 |
39,500 |
38,206 |
34,916 |
34,372 |
Greek |
42,519 |
42,651 |
42,859 |
42,876 |
40,982 |
40,242 |
Norwegian |
41,559 |
40,937 |
41,150 |
40,690 |
39,796 |
39,828 |
Hungarian |
39,619 |
37,508 |
37,065 |
36,023 |
34,606 |
33,508 |
American Indian |
37,004 |
35,891 |
38,589 |
40,604 |
42,165 |
39,880 |
Panamanian |
34,742 |
34,235 |
33,717 |
34,610 |
34,268 |
35,907 |
Portuguese |
31,964 |
32,402 |
33,883 |
35,545 |
36,075 |
37,093 |
Korean |
27,571 |
28,627 |
28,712 |
30,243 |
29,085 |
27,484 |
Costa Rican |
27,039 |
27,370 |
26,356 |
25,463 |
25,776 |
23,452 |
West Indian |
26,404 |
25,963 |
25,474 |
25,448 |
23,437 |
21,252 |
Chilean |
25,482 |
25,942 |
27,489 |
30,416 |
31,090 |
30,584 |
Ukrainian |
24,847 |
25,191 |
25,783 |
26,421 |
28,477 |
27,517 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
23,776 |
25,308 |
26,345 |
26,239 |
26,806 |
26,514 |
Eastern European |
22,516 |
24,774 |
28,713 |
33,707 |
39,909 |
43,119 |
Welsh |
22,091 |
22,871 |
22,675 |
21,861 |
20,789 |
21,011 |
Spanish |
20,060 |
18,286 |
17,401 |
16,342 |
16,860 |
27,708 |
Czech |
19,295 |
18,556 |
17,613 |
17,194 |
15,842 |
15,204 |
Romanian |
19,112 |
19,341 |
17,575 |
17,847 |
17,924 |
17,870 |
Bahamian |
18,617 |
18,545 |
19,891 |
19,220 |
18,944 |
18,331 |
Guyanese |
17,778 |
18,963 |
19,534 |
19,631 |
17,822 |
20,590 |
Uruguayan |
17,406 |
16,723 |
16,957 |
16,516 |
16,388 |
18,361 |
Pakistani |
17,074 |
17,411 |
18,572 |
17,783 |
16,900 |
16,065 |
Lebanese |
16,307 |
17,576 |
16,812 |
17,762 |
16,622 |
17,221 |
Austrian |
14,879 |
13,677 |
12,727 |
12,922 |
11,987 |
12,206 |
Japanese |
14,073 |
13,918 |
14,570 |
14,613 |
14,808 |
14,510 |
Lithuanian |
13,536 |
13,137 |
13,105 |
13,180 |
12,976 |
13,516 |
Slovak |
13,099 |
12,520 |
13,052 |
12,962 |
12,812 |
11,556 |
Danish |
13,014 |
13,127 |
13,576 |
12,794 |
11,936 |
11,142 |
Thai |
12,894 |
12,627 |
13,656 |
12,778 |
12,578 |
13,384 |
Yugoslavian |
12,089 |
10,052 |
9,928 |
11,247 |
10,470 |
9,981 |
Arab |
11,919 |
11,547 |
11,076 |
10,623 |
10,480 |
9,068 |
Bolivian |
11,558 |
12,965 |
13,759 |
14,541 |
15,277 |
15,170 |
Turkish |
11,519 |
11,459 |
11,720 |
12,056 |
11,321 |
11,174 |
Egyptian |
11,264 |
11,497 |
10,873 |
11,539 |
11,289 |
12,347 |
Iranian |
11,113 |
11,396 |
11,317 |
11,066 |
10,866 |
10,310 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
11,024 |
11,288 |
12,342 |
12,887 |
12,653 |
13,339 |
Swiss |
10,257 |
10,177 |
9,721 |
9,285 |
8,951 |
9,126 |
Israeli |
10,122 |
10,633 |
10,646 |
10,172 |
9,629 |
9,660 |
Finnish |
10,022 |
9,996 |
9,959 |
9,310 |
9,068 |
9,091 |
British West Indian |
9,613 |
10,716 |
10,735 |
12,526 |
11,780 |
12,297 |
Scandinavian |
8,905 |
9,832 |
10,833 |
11,985 |
12,548 |
14,333 |
Other Arab |
8,838 |
9,483 |
8,355 |
9,440 |
10,987 |
11,576 |
Nigerian |
8,725 |
9,405 |
9,011 |
8,928 |
10,101 |
10,771 |
Two or more Asian |
8,158 |
7,576 |
8,545 |
8,223 |
8,646 |
10,223 |
Moroccan |
7,931 |
8,641 |
9,676 |
9,236 |
8,926 |
9,229 |
Northern European |
7,850 |
8,355 |
8,586 |
10,716 |
11,587 |
11,854 |
Croatian |
7,817 |
7,597 |
7,131 |
7,068 |
6,775 |
6,540 |
Czechoslovakian |
7,759 |
7,491 |
6,978 |
6,481 |
6,287 |
6,390 |
Albanian |
7,041 |
8,702 |
9,776 |
10,405 |
11,444 |
13,544 |
Palestinian |
6,481 |
6,472 |
6,257 |
6,596 |
6,606 |
6,746 |
Belgian |
6,193 |
5,951 |
5,889 |
5,561 |
5,478 |
5,472 |
Cambodian |
6,073 |
7,108 |
6,741 |
6,204 |
6,458 |
6,084 |
Armenian |
5,842 |
6,092 |
6,613 |
6,509 |
6,639 |
7,618 |
Serbian |
5,803 |
6,206 |
7,035 |
7,899 |
7,194 |
7,806 |
Other Asian, not specified |
5,538 |
5,824 |
5,722 |
6,451 |
7,171 |
7,391 |
Syrian |
5,344 |
5,302 |
5,492 |
6,278 |
6,516 |
7,785 |
Other South American |
5,312 |
5,698 |
5,495 |
4,008 |
3,193 |
2,853 |
Bangladeshi |
5,214 |
5,117 |
5,369 |
6,032 |
6,870 |
6,518 |
Bulgarian |
4,947 |
5,398 |
5,170 |
5,091 |
5,127 |
6,213 |
Laotian |
4,938 |
5,538 |
5,946 |
5,197 |
5,876 |
6,213 |
Pennsylvania German |
4,671 |
4,342 |
4,243 |
3,949 |
3,968 |
4,245 |
Barbadian |
4,400 |
4,151 |
4,577 |
4,246 |
4,383 |
4,893 |
South African |
4,351 |
4,048 |
4,417 |
4,476 |
4,486 |
4,601 |
United States Virgin Islander |
4,055 |
4,262 |
5,186 |
4,868 |
5,047 |
5,488 |
Burmese |
3,133 |
3,694 |
4,805 |
5,107 |
5,281 |
5,278 |
Jordanian |
3,062 |
2,531 |
2,593 |
3,026 |
3,543 |
4,112 |
Belizean |
3,045 |
3,404 |
3,637 |
3,246 |
3,581 |
2,683 |
Taiwanese |
3,042 |
3,241 |
3,412 |
3,330 |
3,509 |
4,012 |
Slavic |
2,768 |
2,821 |
2,987 |
3,128 |
2,905 |
2,887 |
Iraqi |
2,704 |
2,265 |
2,761 |
3,511 |
3,653 |
3,473 |
Ethiopian |
2,618 |
3,097 |
3,207 |
3,590 |
3,583 |
4,304 |
Australian |
2,194 |
2,388 |
2,278 |
2,403 |
2,307 |
2,659 |
Indonesian |
2,159 |
2,058 |
2,352 |
2,072 |
2,229 |
2,155 |
Paraguayan |
2,135 |
2,287 |
2,169 |
2,811 |
3,080 |
3,933 |
Cajun |
2,006 |
1,804 |
1,984 |
1,752 |
1,621 |
1,338 |
Other Subsaharan African |
1,943 |
2,144 |
2,555 |
3,111 |
4,079 |
5,228 |
Cape Verdean |
1,937 |
1,946 |
1,923 |
1,812 |
1,642 |
1,345 |
Latvian |
1,918 |
1,968 |
1,840 |
1,749 |
1,822 |
1,925 |
Other Central American |
1,877 |
1,719 |
1,745 |
2,004 |
2,277 |
1,967 |
Slovene |
1,791 |
1,782 |
1,900 |
2,114 |
2,274 |
2,773 |
Sri Lankan |
1,767 |
1,895 |
1,872 |
2,083 |
2,312 |
1,469 |
Hmong |
1,621 |
1,270 |
1,279 |
1,676 |
1,636 |
1,478 |
Macedonian |
1,551 |
1,850 |
1,995 |
1,753 |
1,771 |
1,552 |
Estonian |
1,543 |
1,406 |
1,431 |
1,056 |
1,186 |
1,284 |
Ghanaian |
1,517 |
1,527 |
1,533 |
1,527 |
1,832 |
1,727 |
Afghan |
1,489 |
1,680 |
1,905 |
1,364 |
1,412 |
1,568 |
Alaska Native tribes |
1,451 |
1,163 |
988 |
1,186 |
718 |
416 |
Maltese |
1,334 |
1,237 |
910 |
918 |
954 |
957 |
Celtic |
1,262 |
1,073 |
1,026 |
1,115 |
1,481 |
1,384 |
Nepalese |
1,178 |
1,297 |
1,199 |
1,124 |
1,305 |
1,518 |
Icelander |
1,051 |
817 |
741 |
859 |
1,050 |
1,077 |
Other West Indian |
767 |
1,015 |
1,028 |
827 |
898 |
856 |
Basque |
722 |
911 |
972 |
1,151 |
1,382 |
1,145 |
Kenyan |
691 |
695 |
639 |
724 |
770 |
1,018 |
Sudanese |
665 |
993 |
1,487 |
1,234 |
1,780 |
1,771 |
Spanish American |
609 |
525 |
523 |
816 |
803 |
1,181 |
New Zealander |
538 |
474 |
675 |
575 |
720 |
830 |
Liberian |
536 |
620 |
1,071 |
1,025 |
1,221 |
1,413 |
Bermudan |
502 |
591 |
512 |
504 |
417 |
404 |
Malaysian |
484 |
546 |
614 |
595 |
730 |
685 |
Luxembourger |
470 |
351 |
341 |
344 |
380 |
391 |
German Russian |
444 |
298 |
220 |
344 |
378 |
448 |
Dutch West Indian |
440 |
509 |
559 |
570 |
858 |
908 |
Cypriot |
341 |
365 |
405 |
311 |
417 |
388 |
Soviet Union |
322 |
41 |
60 |
70 |
70 |
66 |
Zimbabwean |
278 |
287 |
297 |
441 |
381 |
481 |
Senegalese |
275 |
300 |
236 |
169 |
260 |
217 |
Bhutanese |
225 |
75 |
199 |
206 |
0 |
0 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
197 |
278 |
320 |
340 |
328 |
398 |
Alsatian |
194 |
195 |
124 |
106 |
70 |
117 |
Other Asian, specified |
177 |
195 |
145 |
158 |
153 |
887 |
Mongolian |
161 |
344 |
370 |
375 |
351 |
465 |
Okinawan |
105 |
136 |
137 |
136 |
55 |
51 |
Somali |
101 |
129 |
267 |
189 |
224 |
391 |
Ugandan |
92 |
199 |
219 |
318 |
362 |
552 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
91 |
189 |
174 |
198 |
151 |
177 |
Sierra Leonean |
76 |
58 |
78 |
100 |
122 |
281 |
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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