Indiana Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Indiana, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Indiana 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.
Indiana Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
5,529,201 |
5,534,759 |
5,546,787 |
5,548,277 |
5,553,391 |
5,510,354 |
German |
674,078 |
661,419 |
645,050 |
622,389 |
591,019 |
571,518 |
American |
656,798 |
615,805 |
568,585 |
530,880 |
506,459 |
464,760 |
African American |
603,014 |
608,226 |
613,060 |
619,472 |
626,587 |
631,923 |
Hispanic or Latino |
421,206 |
429,522 |
441,968 |
450,267 |
461,850 |
475,475 |
Mexican |
317,115 |
320,661 |
326,141 |
333,219 |
336,097 |
340,483 |
English |
236,190 |
223,806 |
211,663 |
207,010 |
203,002 |
231,331 |
Irish |
220,808 |
215,575 |
208,997 |
202,428 |
192,605 |
182,981 |
Some Other Race |
152,022 |
151,500 |
145,791 |
144,648 |
145,747 |
157,085 |
Asian |
121,729 |
130,232 |
137,680 |
144,991 |
151,979 |
158,705 |
Polish |
72,599 |
70,996 |
69,661 |
66,969 |
65,646 |
62,795 |
Italian |
58,246 |
58,024 |
58,780 |
57,695 |
56,523 |
54,735 |
European |
52,612 |
61,119 |
72,363 |
86,556 |
102,009 |
107,730 |
Scottish |
40,786 |
40,155 |
40,698 |
39,312 |
37,952 |
37,558 |
Subsaharan African |
40,089 |
36,724 |
37,854 |
39,853 |
44,391 |
48,661 |
Puerto Rican |
35,528 |
36,269 |
39,013 |
38,555 |
41,626 |
43,210 |
Dutch |
34,334 |
34,352 |
34,708 |
34,047 |
33,233 |
32,665 |
Asian Indian |
34,121 |
35,053 |
38,170 |
39,188 |
40,821 |
45,019 |
African |
30,689 |
26,821 |
25,917 |
27,067 |
29,464 |
29,576 |
French |
30,281 |
30,258 |
28,716 |
27,137 |
25,412 |
24,299 |
Chinese |
28,338 |
31,808 |
32,224 |
34,093 |
34,828 |
33,813 |
Scotch-Irish |
25,084 |
24,628 |
24,097 |
23,282 |
22,562 |
21,261 |
Swedish |
15,437 |
14,284 |
13,501 |
13,017 |
11,842 |
11,115 |
Total Arab |
12,491 |
13,328 |
13,180 |
14,511 |
13,942 |
14,064 |
Norwegian |
12,236 |
12,302 |
11,711 |
11,529 |
10,985 |
9,925 |
Swiss |
12,218 |
11,929 |
12,499 |
12,175 |
11,672 |
12,621 |
Filipino |
12,064 |
12,750 |
14,257 |
14,120 |
14,321 |
14,240 |
British |
11,558 |
12,478 |
14,195 |
15,719 |
17,096 |
15,425 |
Hungarian |
11,543 |
10,904 |
10,842 |
10,588 |
10,177 |
9,346 |
Greek |
11,515 |
10,543 |
9,984 |
9,406 |
9,252 |
9,076 |
Salvadoran |
10,339 |
10,575 |
11,767 |
12,171 |
12,779 |
13,190 |
Pennsylvania German |
10,047 |
9,042 |
9,582 |
8,809 |
8,346 |
6,764 |
Korean |
9,963 |
10,345 |
10,785 |
10,536 |
11,773 |
11,702 |
American Indian |
9,939 |
10,673 |
10,414 |
10,501 |
10,897 |
9,963 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
9,667 |
10,111 |
10,720 |
11,376 |
14,299 |
16,099 |
Welsh |
9,145 |
9,079 |
8,878 |
8,185 |
7,998 |
7,936 |
Burmese |
8,292 |
9,911 |
10,700 |
13,442 |
17,349 |
18,514 |
Guatemalan |
7,991 |
8,807 |
9,171 |
9,507 |
9,316 |
9,115 |
Honduran |
7,530 |
8,021 |
8,276 |
8,846 |
8,704 |
8,059 |
Russian |
7,114 |
6,759 |
6,767 |
6,283 |
5,915 |
6,282 |
Slovak |
6,975 |
6,162 |
5,951 |
5,920 |
5,286 |
5,583 |
French Canadian |
6,621 |
6,416 |
6,450 |
6,183 |
5,606 |
4,785 |
Spaniard |
5,854 |
6,549 |
6,631 |
5,920 |
6,092 |
7,570 |
Serbian |
5,243 |
4,945 |
4,836 |
4,304 |
4,360 |
4,031 |
Cuban |
5,228 |
5,705 |
6,356 |
5,687 |
6,408 |
6,347 |
Japanese |
4,928 |
5,021 |
5,320 |
5,342 |
5,701 |
6,049 |
Czech |
4,584 |
4,713 |
5,042 |
4,557 |
3,871 |
3,831 |
Ukrainian |
4,554 |
4,887 |
4,274 |
3,816 |
3,436 |
4,315 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
4,509 |
4,303 |
4,412 |
4,252 |
4,527 |
5,736 |
Croatian |
4,190 |
3,791 |
3,621 |
3,475 |
3,447 |
3,247 |
Macedonian |
3,997 |
3,547 |
3,218 |
3,194 |
2,987 |
2,189 |
Belgian |
3,948 |
4,111 |
3,687 |
3,424 |
3,381 |
3,096 |
Pakistani |
3,889 |
4,480 |
4,374 |
4,049 |
4,349 |
3,597 |
Lithuanian |
3,763 |
3,552 |
3,380 |
3,259 |
3,249 |
2,904 |
Canadian |
3,533 |
3,426 |
3,592 |
3,737 |
3,629 |
3,575 |
Arab |
3,219 |
3,437 |
3,186 |
3,506 |
3,473 |
2,510 |
Nigerian |
3,168 |
3,696 |
4,886 |
5,643 |
6,699 |
8,553 |
Romanian |
3,096 |
3,067 |
3,069 |
2,789 |
2,752 |
3,163 |
Danish |
2,990 |
2,874 |
2,634 |
2,447 |
2,518 |
2,131 |
Scandinavian |
2,869 |
2,921 |
3,005 |
3,031 |
3,381 |
3,826 |
Northern European |
2,825 |
2,740 |
2,872 |
3,699 |
3,786 |
3,631 |
Dominican |
2,723 |
3,207 |
3,099 |
3,705 |
4,041 |
4,642 |
Yugoslavian |
2,694 |
2,418 |
2,639 |
2,369 |
2,328 |
2,147 |
Nicaraguan |
2,642 |
2,409 |
2,257 |
2,276 |
2,266 |
2,174 |
Other Asian, not specified |
2,482 |
2,999 |
2,845 |
2,901 |
2,858 |
2,445 |
Spanish |
2,456 |
2,579 |
2,601 |
3,245 |
3,076 |
4,407 |
Colombian |
2,402 |
2,594 |
2,748 |
3,086 |
3,450 |
4,455 |
Other Arab |
2,385 |
2,908 |
3,139 |
3,847 |
3,765 |
4,222 |
Peruvian |
2,379 |
2,935 |
3,181 |
3,430 |
3,381 |
3,029 |
Eastern European |
2,325 |
2,877 |
3,683 |
4,585 |
6,130 |
6,451 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
2,285 |
2,746 |
2,635 |
2,818 |
2,506 |
2,205 |
Venezuelan |
2,263 |
1,901 |
2,300 |
2,303 |
3,088 |
5,685 |
Czechoslovakian |
2,201 |
2,081 |
2,076 |
2,027 |
1,607 |
1,356 |
Thai |
2,082 |
2,298 |
2,642 |
2,929 |
2,126 |
2,077 |
Two or more Asian |
2,080 |
1,962 |
2,719 |
2,876 |
2,642 |
3,752 |
Austrian |
2,039 |
2,041 |
2,280 |
2,158 |
2,244 |
2,056 |
Ecuadorian |
1,788 |
1,897 |
1,939 |
1,407 |
1,472 |
1,362 |
Egyptian |
1,782 |
1,606 |
1,620 |
1,761 |
1,626 |
1,995 |
Lebanese |
1,617 |
1,852 |
1,783 |
1,832 |
1,786 |
1,476 |
Ethiopian |
1,615 |
1,100 |
1,486 |
1,362 |
1,888 |
2,165 |
Iranian |
1,595 |
1,550 |
1,466 |
1,687 |
1,580 |
1,977 |
Jamaican |
1,569 |
1,422 |
1,431 |
1,537 |
1,392 |
2,085 |
Other Subsaharan African |
1,514 |
1,796 |
1,917 |
2,008 |
2,252 |
3,889 |
Haitian |
1,433 |
1,675 |
1,725 |
1,475 |
1,775 |
2,219 |
Finnish |
1,431 |
1,200 |
1,197 |
1,365 |
1,412 |
1,444 |
Portuguese |
1,414 |
1,501 |
1,533 |
1,450 |
1,742 |
1,562 |
Syrian |
1,239 |
1,158 |
886 |
759 |
571 |
869 |
Turkish |
1,231 |
1,385 |
1,286 |
1,264 |
1,200 |
1,150 |
Cambodian |
1,177 |
1,185 |
886 |
652 |
504 |
803 |
Panamanian |
1,145 |
945 |
1,104 |
1,113 |
1,353 |
1,868 |
Argentinean |
1,143 |
1,203 |
1,420 |
1,425 |
1,638 |
1,373 |
Brazilian |
1,093 |
981 |
1,062 |
1,194 |
1,162 |
1,414 |
Slovene |
1,090 |
1,062 |
1,260 |
1,410 |
1,334 |
1,210 |
Chilean |
1,027 |
947 |
873 |
943 |
878 |
710 |
Ghanaian |
993 |
1,062 |
1,003 |
1,002 |
767 |
628 |
Taiwanese |
984 |
654 |
684 |
601 |
816 |
1,075 |
Bulgarian |
919 |
815 |
864 |
811 |
760 |
1,053 |
Kenyan |
903 |
826 |
930 |
1,170 |
1,258 |
1,388 |
Israeli |
843 |
572 |
530 |
262 |
288 |
194 |
Latvian |
841 |
803 |
771 |
782 |
934 |
891 |
Slavic |
795 |
738 |
742 |
806 |
904 |
970 |
Palestinian |
779 |
793 |
820 |
1,043 |
764 |
763 |
Armenian |
778 |
675 |
717 |
613 |
538 |
607 |
Bolivian |
730 |
653 |
520 |
267 |
166 |
223 |
Laotian |
701 |
860 |
1,039 |
1,052 |
1,079 |
1,224 |
Australian |
623 |
818 |
765 |
542 |
553 |
555 |
Indonesian |
621 |
464 |
499 |
624 |
531 |
916 |
Jordanian |
559 |
630 |
786 |
707 |
850 |
1,258 |
Nepalese |
535 |
514 |
520 |
556 |
412 |
737 |
West Indian |
532 |
390 |
346 |
387 |
387 |
391 |
Albanian |
486 |
538 |
678 |
680 |
418 |
464 |
Iraqi |
482 |
405 |
436 |
446 |
463 |
438 |
Bangladeshi |
455 |
467 |
464 |
754 |
684 |
951 |
Costa Rican |
451 |
460 |
935 |
1,151 |
1,023 |
770 |
Moroccan |
429 |
539 |
524 |
610 |
644 |
533 |
Malaysian |
406 |
491 |
525 |
556 |
491 |
557 |
Celtic |
372 |
419 |
314 |
382 |
244 |
214 |
Hmong |
362 |
245 |
384 |
557 |
670 |
563 |
South African |
322 |
372 |
307 |
140 |
271 |
288 |
Other Central American |
310 |
426 |
346 |
243 |
207 |
240 |
Alaska Native tribes |
288 |
297 |
365 |
381 |
444 |
269 |
Mongolian |
280 |
222 |
221 |
151 |
151 |
186 |
Luxembourger |
276 |
259 |
270 |
357 |
316 |
198 |
Liberian |
249 |
350 |
359 |
340 |
397 |
312 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
228 |
245 |
271 |
248 |
239 |
294 |
Sri Lankan |
217 |
151 |
152 |
287 |
404 |
616 |
Sudanese |
202 |
174 |
319 |
376 |
440 |
268 |
Afghan |
191 |
192 |
206 |
226 |
165 |
261 |
Uruguayan |
174 |
168 |
108 |
91 |
132 |
123 |
Spanish American |
174 |
341 |
313 |
185 |
223 |
237 |
British West Indian |
157 |
104 |
123 |
102 |
139 |
112 |
Senegalese |
150 |
174 |
83 |
67 |
171 |
247 |
Cajun |
149 |
130 |
151 |
139 |
190 |
145 |
Belizean |
139 |
115 |
134 |
49 |
31 |
88 |
Bahamian |
132 |
150 |
94 |
84 |
72 |
78 |
Other West Indian |
125 |
48 |
44 |
42 |
76 |
68 |
Icelander |
124 |
111 |
109 |
35 |
45 |
21 |
New Zealander |
117 |
129 |
67 |
119 |
93 |
61 |
Barbadian |
100 |
79 |
113 |
253 |
297 |
251 |
Estonian |
99 |
112 |
152 |
179 |
132 |
155 |
Somali |
99 |
72 |
192 |
209 |
238 |
389 |
German Russian |
81 |
86 |
103 |
85 |
116 |
80 |
Paraguayan |
80 |
102 |
77 |
59 |
82 |
55 |
Alsatian |
75 |
80 |
77 |
44 |
116 |
189 |
Zimbabwean |
69 |
135 |
265 |
326 |
349 |
699 |
Other South American |
67 |
57 |
72 |
57 |
53 |
49 |
Sierra Leonean |
59 |
80 |
75 |
23 |
134 |
145 |
Maltese |
57 |
71 |
72 |
58 |
234 |
223 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
56 |
72 |
81 |
92 |
85 |
107 |
Ugandan |
53 |
61 |
83 |
87 |
37 |
52 |
United States Virgin Islander |
53 |
34 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
Basque |
48 |
48 |
33 |
14 |
48 |
40 |
Other Asian, specified |
46 |
43 |
71 |
41 |
47 |
266 |
Guyanese |
42 |
54 |
86 |
103 |
106 |
158 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
40 |
23 |
22 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
Dutch West Indian |
40 |
39 |
27 |
18 |
50 |
54 |
Cypriot |
23 |
30 |
26 |
26 |
15 |
17 |
Soviet Union |
18 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
Cape Verdean |
4 |
5 |
32 |
33 |
26 |
62 |
Okinawan |
2 |
7 |
10 |
43 |
27 |
47 |
Bermudan |
1 |
2 |
54 |
57 |
69 |
64 |
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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