Idaho Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Idaho, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Idaho 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.
Idaho Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
1,482,914 |
1,493,155 |
1,507,880 |
1,527,262 |
1,545,409 |
1,550,979 |
Hispanic or Latino |
191,314 |
195,589 |
201,978 |
209,073 |
215,476 |
222,967 |
Mexican |
166,554 |
169,882 |
175,796 |
181,185 |
184,988 |
188,699 |
American |
133,869 |
120,056 |
113,056 |
108,322 |
101,183 |
94,453 |
English |
110,672 |
116,880 |
123,556 |
122,174 |
114,796 |
116,303 |
German |
98,542 |
96,372 |
93,789 |
90,572 |
88,301 |
89,470 |
Irish |
38,502 |
37,920 |
37,785 |
40,338 |
39,622 |
38,816 |
Some Other Race |
38,371 |
44,758 |
47,964 |
53,110 |
59,676 |
66,052 |
European |
28,594 |
30,667 |
31,690 |
35,199 |
41,938 |
41,028 |
Asian |
21,711 |
21,630 |
22,720 |
23,758 |
24,287 |
24,501 |
Norwegian |
17,772 |
18,132 |
17,864 |
17,410 |
17,138 |
16,912 |
American Indian |
16,960 |
17,653 |
17,938 |
18,645 |
18,454 |
18,327 |
Italian |
15,950 |
15,600 |
15,424 |
15,677 |
15,945 |
15,229 |
Scottish |
13,915 |
14,332 |
14,585 |
13,526 |
13,639 |
14,380 |
Swedish |
12,845 |
12,706 |
12,936 |
12,422 |
12,140 |
10,698 |
African American |
9,900 |
10,433 |
11,231 |
11,536 |
11,918 |
11,536 |
Dutch |
9,067 |
9,008 |
8,554 |
8,781 |
8,385 |
7,846 |
Danish |
8,990 |
8,715 |
8,451 |
7,844 |
7,272 |
6,849 |
French |
7,453 |
7,203 |
7,065 |
7,062 |
6,192 |
5,895 |
Scotch-Irish |
6,375 |
6,033 |
5,590 |
5,690 |
5,394 |
4,977 |
Polish |
6,281 |
5,831 |
5,661 |
5,677 |
5,185 |
5,187 |
Welsh |
5,133 |
5,148 |
5,164 |
4,624 |
4,472 |
4,404 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
5,032 |
5,996 |
4,240 |
4,952 |
5,380 |
6,645 |
British |
4,953 |
5,709 |
6,198 |
6,553 |
7,723 |
7,007 |
Chinese |
4,834 |
4,584 |
5,490 |
6,107 |
6,184 |
5,695 |
Spaniard |
4,692 |
4,450 |
4,801 |
4,160 |
4,684 |
5,014 |
Basque |
4,020 |
4,106 |
3,865 |
3,464 |
3,263 |
4,070 |
Scandinavian |
3,706 |
4,271 |
4,481 |
5,227 |
5,639 |
6,699 |
Puerto Rican |
3,614 |
3,350 |
3,770 |
4,695 |
4,793 |
5,145 |
Filipino |
3,595 |
4,086 |
3,982 |
4,370 |
4,302 |
4,015 |
French Canadian |
3,548 |
3,276 |
2,967 |
2,921 |
2,787 |
3,028 |
Subsaharan African |
2,983 |
3,065 |
3,470 |
3,567 |
3,436 |
2,551 |
Spanish |
2,956 |
2,706 |
2,577 |
2,554 |
2,296 |
3,002 |
Japanese |
2,824 |
2,926 |
2,801 |
2,580 |
2,837 |
2,659 |
Swiss |
2,605 |
2,632 |
2,831 |
2,788 |
2,445 |
2,487 |
Portuguese |
2,567 |
2,415 |
2,348 |
2,078 |
2,179 |
2,176 |
Northern European |
2,537 |
2,939 |
3,066 |
3,206 |
3,674 |
3,660 |
Finnish |
2,375 |
2,154 |
1,997 |
1,515 |
1,300 |
1,425 |
Yugoslavian |
2,307 |
2,519 |
2,151 |
1,864 |
2,191 |
1,542 |
Asian Indian |
2,301 |
2,345 |
2,764 |
2,823 |
2,614 |
2,795 |
Russian |
2,284 |
2,197 |
2,000 |
1,918 |
1,975 |
2,766 |
Total Arab |
2,282 |
2,518 |
2,488 |
3,194 |
3,591 |
2,726 |
Canadian |
2,280 |
2,282 |
2,447 |
2,574 |
2,655 |
2,611 |
Korean |
2,173 |
1,727 |
1,559 |
1,187 |
1,251 |
1,683 |
Czech |
2,166 |
2,300 |
2,226 |
2,028 |
1,816 |
1,477 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
1,921 |
2,003 |
2,343 |
2,761 |
2,755 |
3,174 |
Ukrainian |
1,711 |
2,251 |
1,757 |
2,462 |
2,665 |
2,518 |
Salvadoran |
1,686 |
1,683 |
1,741 |
2,006 |
1,919 |
3,122 |
Guatemalan |
1,478 |
1,569 |
1,741 |
1,343 |
1,674 |
1,742 |
Greek |
1,399 |
1,630 |
1,553 |
1,410 |
1,468 |
1,484 |
African |
1,370 |
1,477 |
1,451 |
1,243 |
1,073 |
785 |
Peruvian |
1,034 |
1,312 |
1,646 |
1,703 |
2,064 |
2,482 |
Romanian |
1,005 |
678 |
453 |
509 |
757 |
797 |
Laotian |
986 |
1,021 |
761 |
1,355 |
1,294 |
747 |
Hungarian |
980 |
1,101 |
1,140 |
1,002 |
1,004 |
1,019 |
Colombian |
968 |
999 |
1,020 |
1,401 |
1,352 |
1,391 |
Cuban |
870 |
688 |
1,167 |
1,327 |
1,342 |
864 |
Other Arab |
766 |
943 |
813 |
1,038 |
1,073 |
662 |
Nigerian |
762 |
621 |
525 |
568 |
411 |
175 |
Arab |
705 |
864 |
1,008 |
1,278 |
1,358 |
630 |
Czechoslovakian |
705 |
779 |
814 |
850 |
782 |
558 |
Austrian |
641 |
708 |
694 |
799 |
782 |
842 |
Burmese |
609 |
389 |
550 |
321 |
217 |
201 |
Two or more Asian |
541 |
590 |
775 |
834 |
841 |
1,093 |
Nepalese |
512 |
562 |
500 |
509 |
809 |
1,290 |
Lithuanian |
496 |
494 |
559 |
647 |
384 |
372 |
Honduran |
466 |
428 |
293 |
311 |
572 |
729 |
Iraqi |
458 |
432 |
438 |
636 |
766 |
979 |
Croatian |
402 |
446 |
431 |
562 |
636 |
620 |
Belgian |
389 |
357 |
262 |
296 |
396 |
290 |
Other Subsaharan African |
378 |
497 |
1,037 |
999 |
1,019 |
619 |
Armenian |
364 |
314 |
312 |
345 |
337 |
333 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
364 |
460 |
437 |
416 |
462 |
716 |
Eastern European |
358 |
413 |
703 |
833 |
1,144 |
1,392 |
Argentinean |
327 |
481 |
480 |
469 |
598 |
596 |
Iranian |
326 |
303 |
406 |
310 |
417 |
548 |
Indonesian |
324 |
246 |
212 |
110 |
94 |
250 |
Venezuelan |
321 |
354 |
491 |
638 |
845 |
760 |
Alaska Native tribes |
315 |
413 |
491 |
650 |
646 |
541 |
Australian |
307 |
313 |
313 |
162 |
180 |
153 |
Chilean |
288 |
487 |
702 |
627 |
783 |
637 |
Other Asian, specified |
273 |
238 |
274 |
95 |
30 |
434 |
Turkish |
267 |
352 |
169 |
221 |
152 |
130 |
Pakistani |
264 |
266 |
300 |
309 |
75 |
142 |
Pennsylvania German |
264 |
224 |
261 |
323 |
281 |
262 |
Icelander |
258 |
234 |
271 |
264 |
242 |
191 |
Brazilian |
249 |
232 |
289 |
348 |
538 |
480 |
Ecuadorian |
248 |
431 |
514 |
562 |
475 |
398 |
Serbian |
245 |
416 |
450 |
505 |
505 |
278 |
Other Asian, not specified |
233 |
246 |
206 |
197 |
321 |
317 |
Taiwanese |
214 |
154 |
241 |
240 |
225 |
147 |
Thai |
210 |
210 |
449 |
499 |
677 |
871 |
Albanian |
206 |
284 |
276 |
314 |
326 |
244 |
Slovak |
204 |
227 |
255 |
370 |
391 |
333 |
Ethiopian |
184 |
171 |
111 |
156 |
172 |
201 |
Slavic |
182 |
166 |
144 |
177 |
193 |
98 |
Celtic |
159 |
166 |
182 |
269 |
189 |
143 |
Costa Rican |
146 |
137 |
330 |
428 |
511 |
460 |
Haitian |
146 |
183 |
138 |
153 |
181 |
415 |
Lebanese |
145 |
142 |
83 |
96 |
142 |
214 |
Latvian |
145 |
162 |
170 |
170 |
44 |
41 |
Slovene |
139 |
219 |
247 |
239 |
221 |
196 |
Nicaraguan |
135 |
95 |
144 |
133 |
229 |
238 |
Jamaican |
126 |
215 |
258 |
241 |
234 |
251 |
Hmong |
124 |
92 |
136 |
166 |
106 |
107 |
Syrian |
117 |
71 |
67 |
62 |
62 |
5 |
Bolivian |
109 |
110 |
110 |
64 |
31 |
37 |
Cajun |
98 |
101 |
97 |
110 |
132 |
117 |
Ghanaian |
89 |
90 |
89 |
30 |
37 |
11 |
Dominican |
88 |
222 |
167 |
198 |
583 |
473 |
Panamanian |
85 |
96 |
104 |
101 |
98 |
171 |
Uruguayan |
78 |
17 |
18 |
22 |
21 |
14 |
South African |
78 |
89 |
121 |
67 |
71 |
69 |
Cambodian |
77 |
89 |
59 |
35 |
82 |
94 |
Bhutanese |
68 |
38 |
38 |
35 |
185 |
153 |
Afghan |
65 |
354 |
291 |
359 |
271 |
434 |
Paraguayan |
46 |
0 |
17 |
40 |
57 |
179 |
New Zealander |
44 |
19 |
23 |
52 |
44 |
56 |
Senegalese |
43 |
40 |
39 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
Sierra Leonean |
40 |
42 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Egyptian |
38 |
41 |
35 |
32 |
76 |
154 |
Bulgarian |
38 |
289 |
295 |
353 |
371 |
838 |
Other South American |
37 |
55 |
64 |
64 |
79 |
45 |
Spanish American |
37 |
41 |
45 |
37 |
66 |
70 |
Palestinian |
37 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Bangladeshi |
31 |
27 |
30 |
27 |
37 |
0 |
Luxembourger |
31 |
51 |
71 |
76 |
102 |
112 |
Dutch West Indian |
29 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
16 |
18 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
29 |
33 |
13 |
0 |
24 |
18 |
Mongolian |
28 |
36 |
37 |
59 |
29 |
51 |
Macedonian |
22 |
38 |
90 |
95 |
119 |
178 |
West Indian |
20 |
24 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other Central American |
19 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
36 |
54 |
Somali |
19 |
17 |
13 |
0 |
195 |
444 |
Malaysian |
18 |
20 |
51 |
63 |
34 |
36 |
Moroccan |
16 |
25 |
30 |
31 |
34 |
12 |
Okinawan |
15 |
15 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
German Russian |
15 |
9 |
9 |
28 |
45 |
84 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
14 |
15 |
16 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
Maltese |
14 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
14 |
Belizean |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Kenyan |
10 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Alsatian |
8 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
6 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
Zimbabwean |
6 |
6 |
16 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
Sri Lankan |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
33 |
Soviet Union |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Sudanese |
4 |
5 |
5 |
427 |
430 |
222 |
Estonian |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
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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