Georgia Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Georgia, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Georgia 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.
Georgia Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
6,025,691 |
6,039,389 |
6,061,821 |
6,079,976 |
6,098,889 |
6,020,265 |
African American |
3,096,757 |
3,148,134 |
3,195,268 |
3,239,300 |
3,289,020 |
3,319,844 |
American |
1,078,893 |
1,057,598 |
1,047,482 |
1,034,947 |
1,000,287 |
897,202 |
Hispanic or Latino |
915,120 |
926,990 |
950,380 |
968,463 |
992,394 |
1,013,057 |
Mexican |
548,982 |
551,102 |
556,633 |
561,710 |
565,361 |
558,421 |
English |
422,576 |
407,138 |
382,771 |
364,100 |
341,845 |
374,378 |
Asian |
360,448 |
373,983 |
388,946 |
402,501 |
414,481 |
434,603 |
Irish |
281,699 |
280,609 |
273,895 |
263,351 |
252,941 |
248,999 |
Some Other Race |
279,403 |
281,491 |
282,570 |
283,680 |
291,872 |
306,609 |
German |
224,425 |
219,927 |
215,149 |
209,468 |
202,085 |
196,390 |
Subsaharan African |
154,801 |
156,822 |
155,746 |
163,511 |
159,915 |
159,654 |
Asian Indian |
111,111 |
121,008 |
130,763 |
137,222 |
144,054 |
154,460 |
African |
93,679 |
92,053 |
86,967 |
91,657 |
88,043 |
80,964 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
90,433 |
88,124 |
89,512 |
91,136 |
91,683 |
95,606 |
Puerto Rican |
86,792 |
90,858 |
93,138 |
96,870 |
100,970 |
107,661 |
European |
84,433 |
89,242 |
93,555 |
109,269 |
125,007 |
127,241 |
Italian |
79,203 |
78,886 |
80,020 |
78,773 |
76,966 |
76,698 |
Scottish |
71,803 |
74,969 |
74,877 |
73,689 |
70,408 |
65,071 |
Scotch-Irish |
65,838 |
65,805 |
65,707 |
63,697 |
61,100 |
57,582 |
Korean |
54,364 |
54,563 |
54,951 |
56,557 |
56,106 |
58,334 |
Chinese |
53,627 |
53,600 |
55,292 |
58,493 |
59,231 |
59,617 |
Jamaican |
46,039 |
44,563 |
46,929 |
48,703 |
48,733 |
49,922 |
Guatemalan |
43,162 |
42,590 |
47,766 |
51,904 |
55,077 |
58,261 |
Salvadoran |
40,768 |
40,821 |
42,437 |
44,752 |
45,864 |
42,047 |
Polish |
33,439 |
33,669 |
33,606 |
32,927 |
31,981 |
31,875 |
Colombian |
33,078 |
32,802 |
33,151 |
33,666 |
35,510 |
35,917 |
French |
32,179 |
32,553 |
32,242 |
31,754 |
29,973 |
28,593 |
Cuban |
31,175 |
30,846 |
32,065 |
31,840 |
32,778 |
36,164 |
British |
27,820 |
27,985 |
29,736 |
32,600 |
35,322 |
33,662 |
Honduran |
25,667 |
27,534 |
28,622 |
28,985 |
30,349 |
30,479 |
Haitian |
21,965 |
21,370 |
19,427 |
19,706 |
21,492 |
21,005 |
Filipino |
20,891 |
21,927 |
21,832 |
22,579 |
23,429 |
25,329 |
Dominican |
20,794 |
22,146 |
25,543 |
24,638 |
25,979 |
28,437 |
Total Arab |
19,617 |
20,086 |
21,545 |
21,026 |
23,562 |
22,900 |
Dutch |
18,356 |
17,933 |
17,214 |
16,787 |
16,228 |
14,738 |
Russian |
17,306 |
17,652 |
17,946 |
16,953 |
16,174 |
16,592 |
Nigerian |
17,197 |
18,594 |
20,371 |
22,226 |
22,199 |
24,836 |
American Indian |
16,037 |
18,904 |
21,423 |
23,473 |
26,435 |
24,065 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
15,628 |
17,736 |
18,523 |
19,507 |
21,638 |
28,388 |
Ethiopian |
13,838 |
16,092 |
16,653 |
17,400 |
16,874 |
20,354 |
Swedish |
13,094 |
12,140 |
11,871 |
11,073 |
10,056 |
10,182 |
Norwegian |
12,260 |
12,778 |
13,023 |
12,752 |
12,875 |
12,084 |
Welsh |
11,336 |
11,520 |
11,363 |
10,923 |
10,522 |
10,883 |
French Canadian |
11,081 |
10,751 |
10,452 |
10,207 |
10,278 |
10,701 |
Peruvian |
11,074 |
11,393 |
11,003 |
11,373 |
10,909 |
11,305 |
Pakistani |
10,744 |
13,338 |
13,665 |
14,436 |
14,091 |
13,391 |
Panamanian |
10,082 |
10,124 |
10,830 |
10,915 |
9,801 |
9,815 |
West Indian |
8,861 |
7,433 |
7,536 |
7,414 |
6,683 |
6,782 |
Romanian |
8,700 |
8,780 |
9,016 |
9,359 |
8,809 |
9,179 |
Other Subsaharan African |
8,590 |
8,939 |
10,662 |
10,462 |
10,801 |
11,493 |
Greek |
8,553 |
8,421 |
8,548 |
8,367 |
8,838 |
8,481 |
Japanese |
8,179 |
8,879 |
8,943 |
9,066 |
9,282 |
9,227 |
Ukrainian |
7,788 |
7,008 |
6,046 |
5,481 |
5,682 |
5,240 |
Nicaraguan |
7,703 |
7,128 |
6,472 |
5,669 |
5,799 |
6,663 |
Iranian |
7,223 |
7,545 |
7,787 |
7,306 |
6,923 |
7,341 |
Spaniard |
7,153 |
7,796 |
8,288 |
9,145 |
10,511 |
10,763 |
Venezuelan |
6,942 |
7,943 |
9,136 |
10,396 |
13,239 |
16,042 |
Brazilian |
6,854 |
7,231 |
7,355 |
7,676 |
8,606 |
10,322 |
Hungarian |
6,506 |
6,279 |
5,878 |
5,677 |
5,587 |
5,213 |
Eastern European |
6,499 |
6,682 |
7,088 |
7,985 |
10,444 |
11,057 |
Canadian |
6,402 |
6,421 |
6,258 |
6,770 |
6,263 |
6,623 |
Yugoslavian |
6,036 |
5,952 |
5,264 |
4,464 |
4,694 |
4,802 |
Guyanese |
5,961 |
5,809 |
6,204 |
7,577 |
7,211 |
7,676 |
Laotian |
5,760 |
6,620 |
6,165 |
5,166 |
5,387 |
5,300 |
Ecuadorian |
5,730 |
5,482 |
5,787 |
6,080 |
6,768 |
6,603 |
Two or more Asian |
5,552 |
5,251 |
5,947 |
5,941 |
6,351 |
7,540 |
Burmese |
5,281 |
4,661 |
5,289 |
4,948 |
4,475 |
5,368 |
Cambodian |
4,999 |
4,050 |
4,183 |
4,447 |
3,533 |
3,410 |
Bangladeshi |
4,923 |
3,941 |
3,297 |
3,993 |
4,969 |
5,501 |
Lebanese |
4,870 |
4,533 |
4,509 |
3,942 |
4,075 |
4,591 |
Portuguese |
4,748 |
5,295 |
4,648 |
4,685 |
5,072 |
5,578 |
Ghanaian |
4,734 |
5,220 |
5,269 |
6,429 |
6,559 |
5,807 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
4,717 |
5,528 |
5,568 |
5,258 |
5,423 |
6,423 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
4,704 |
4,916 |
5,237 |
6,095 |
6,233 |
7,127 |
Argentinean |
4,556 |
4,429 |
4,712 |
5,418 |
5,069 |
5,215 |
Thai |
4,521 |
4,237 |
4,651 |
4,813 |
5,114 |
4,782 |
Other Asian, not specified |
4,458 |
4,019 |
4,107 |
3,874 |
3,907 |
3,657 |
Spanish |
4,406 |
4,350 |
4,111 |
4,286 |
4,711 |
7,499 |
Czech |
4,405 |
4,017 |
4,211 |
3,797 |
3,544 |
3,436 |
Scandinavian |
4,348 |
4,383 |
4,594 |
4,614 |
5,265 |
5,996 |
Northern European |
4,316 |
5,030 |
5,440 |
6,693 |
7,622 |
7,560 |
Somali |
4,113 |
3,295 |
3,741 |
3,637 |
3,377 |
2,803 |
Danish |
4,010 |
3,970 |
3,868 |
3,398 |
3,431 |
3,654 |
Hmong |
3,798 |
3,797 |
3,583 |
4,578 |
4,656 |
5,496 |
Austrian |
3,783 |
3,984 |
3,963 |
3,722 |
3,542 |
3,189 |
Kenyan |
3,697 |
3,865 |
3,474 |
3,117 |
2,667 |
2,620 |
Costa Rican |
3,662 |
4,069 |
4,050 |
3,706 |
4,195 |
5,563 |
Taiwanese |
3,497 |
3,004 |
2,855 |
2,573 |
3,017 |
2,800 |
Chilean |
3,437 |
3,052 |
3,060 |
2,531 |
2,435 |
2,444 |
Arab |
3,228 |
3,097 |
3,157 |
2,859 |
2,966 |
1,967 |
Other Arab |
3,104 |
3,449 |
3,983 |
3,791 |
3,986 |
3,792 |
Swiss |
3,092 |
3,317 |
3,434 |
3,183 |
3,599 |
3,289 |
Nepalese |
3,020 |
3,611 |
3,466 |
4,920 |
4,804 |
4,212 |
Turkish |
2,892 |
2,536 |
2,451 |
2,637 |
2,696 |
2,966 |
Liberian |
2,692 |
2,981 |
2,618 |
2,643 |
2,776 |
3,405 |
Lithuanian |
2,666 |
2,410 |
2,365 |
2,296 |
2,478 |
2,259 |
British West Indian |
2,540 |
2,680 |
3,353 |
3,036 |
2,445 |
4,209 |
South African |
2,344 |
2,485 |
2,396 |
1,906 |
2,208 |
2,070 |
Indonesian |
2,226 |
2,449 |
2,475 |
2,102 |
2,098 |
2,013 |
Uruguayan |
2,203 |
2,266 |
2,288 |
2,455 |
2,477 |
2,175 |
Afghan |
2,100 |
2,283 |
2,766 |
2,641 |
2,294 |
2,046 |
Barbadian |
1,985 |
1,972 |
2,085 |
2,137 |
2,246 |
1,951 |
Slovak |
1,902 |
1,949 |
2,018 |
2,038 |
1,795 |
2,131 |
Bulgarian |
1,894 |
1,999 |
2,282 |
2,216 |
2,179 |
2,376 |
Egyptian |
1,873 |
2,562 |
2,840 |
3,145 |
3,154 |
2,990 |
Czechoslovakian |
1,838 |
1,928 |
2,044 |
1,891 |
1,634 |
1,435 |
Croatian |
1,836 |
2,002 |
2,031 |
1,903 |
1,669 |
1,564 |
Sudanese |
1,768 |
1,280 |
1,036 |
1,515 |
1,552 |
1,695 |
Finnish |
1,764 |
1,828 |
1,826 |
2,005 |
2,067 |
1,624 |
Palestinian |
1,662 |
1,315 |
1,238 |
1,285 |
1,754 |
2,130 |
Israeli |
1,554 |
1,511 |
1,430 |
1,638 |
1,931 |
2,411 |
Bahamian |
1,553 |
1,707 |
1,783 |
1,993 |
2,160 |
2,946 |
Syrian |
1,523 |
1,429 |
1,683 |
1,563 |
1,661 |
1,879 |
Moroccan |
1,437 |
1,662 |
1,385 |
1,581 |
1,792 |
2,042 |
Belgian |
1,413 |
1,603 |
1,636 |
1,770 |
1,753 |
1,485 |
Bhutanese |
1,363 |
2,091 |
2,057 |
1,631 |
1,569 |
1,681 |
Armenian |
1,349 |
1,331 |
1,103 |
1,149 |
1,127 |
1,294 |
Cajun |
1,310 |
1,372 |
1,504 |
1,416 |
1,452 |
1,275 |
Albanian |
1,216 |
1,406 |
1,215 |
1,072 |
1,223 |
1,103 |
Sri Lankan |
1,187 |
927 |
881 |
1,239 |
898 |
705 |
United States Virgin Islander |
1,130 |
1,230 |
1,382 |
1,438 |
1,198 |
1,425 |
Iraqi |
1,056 |
1,175 |
1,859 |
2,037 |
3,105 |
2,801 |
Australian |
1,009 |
865 |
913 |
827 |
679 |
1,122 |
Jordanian |
864 |
864 |
891 |
823 |
1,069 |
708 |
Other Central American |
787 |
633 |
744 |
672 |
697 |
274 |
Celtic |
746 |
683 |
576 |
508 |
548 |
424 |
Pennsylvania German |
741 |
819 |
766 |
783 |
707 |
633 |
Serbian |
705 |
825 |
917 |
633 |
657 |
593 |
Belizean |
701 |
782 |
527 |
621 |
676 |
460 |
Cape Verdean |
682 |
648 |
649 |
854 |
718 |
713 |
Slavic |
634 |
808 |
862 |
1,059 |
980 |
757 |
Senegalese |
609 |
489 |
656 |
356 |
363 |
342 |
Bolivian |
596 |
747 |
944 |
901 |
1,045 |
1,301 |
Slovene |
594 |
573 |
667 |
526 |
520 |
640 |
Latvian |
543 |
493 |
398 |
419 |
432 |
421 |
Bermudan |
539 |
446 |
372 |
424 |
357 |
328 |
Sierra Leonean |
529 |
497 |
539 |
552 |
618 |
561 |
Alaska Native tribes |
415 |
482 |
549 |
304 |
401 |
429 |
Paraguayan |
333 |
370 |
479 |
405 |
461 |
507 |
Dutch West Indian |
302 |
290 |
393 |
264 |
161 |
108 |
Basque |
281 |
186 |
172 |
88 |
160 |
127 |
Other South American |
279 |
453 |
323 |
416 |
487 |
885 |
Macedonian |
248 |
121 |
159 |
280 |
278 |
245 |
German Russian |
228 |
166 |
178 |
239 |
220 |
165 |
Zimbabwean |
200 |
266 |
525 |
593 |
985 |
749 |
New Zealander |
181 |
215 |
209 |
201 |
157 |
83 |
Icelander |
180 |
195 |
208 |
373 |
318 |
412 |
Luxembourger |
179 |
53 |
77 |
65 |
61 |
63 |
Mongolian |
158 |
121 |
125 |
89 |
0 |
9 |
Malaysian |
148 |
313 |
252 |
308 |
651 |
787 |
Maltese |
132 |
139 |
129 |
89 |
97 |
70 |
Spanish American |
131 |
320 |
275 |
223 |
264 |
228 |
Ugandan |
129 |
118 |
190 |
164 |
175 |
1,242 |
Estonian |
124 |
94 |
150 |
117 |
120 |
93 |
Other West Indian |
101 |
123 |
157 |
142 |
109 |
47 |
Alsatian |
83 |
42 |
42 |
52 |
52 |
28 |
Soviet Union |
65 |
61 |
46 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
Cypriot |
51 |
64 |
50 |
108 |
107 |
83 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
41 |
23 |
18 |
56 |
115 |
89 |
Other Asian, specified |
32 |
53 |
51 |
330 |
329 |
1,148 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
8 |
17 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
38 |
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