Iowa Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Iowa, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Iowa 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.
Iowa Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
2,820,046 |
2,823,890 |
2,824,197 |
2,827,889 |
2,826,070 |
2,806,418 |
German |
517,707 |
500,956 |
484,007 |
468,295 |
449,031 |
441,731 |
American |
173,981 |
163,364 |
152,356 |
140,002 |
132,676 |
124,973 |
Hispanic or Latino |
168,230 |
172,707 |
178,294 |
183,296 |
188,311 |
194,407 |
Mexican |
131,476 |
134,532 |
137,874 |
143,368 |
145,886 |
148,372 |
Irish |
106,348 |
103,997 |
101,934 |
100,078 |
97,840 |
95,043 |
African American |
97,788 |
103,052 |
106,762 |
109,911 |
116,359 |
117,035 |
English |
84,504 |
79,778 |
75,615 |
71,246 |
68,043 |
76,623 |
Asian |
62,997 |
66,570 |
71,178 |
75,083 |
75,741 |
79,296 |
Norwegian |
60,193 |
58,060 |
55,885 |
53,197 |
51,780 |
51,073 |
Dutch |
54,106 |
52,742 |
51,323 |
50,349 |
49,198 |
46,745 |
Some Other Race |
39,872 |
39,410 |
39,527 |
39,168 |
39,048 |
39,804 |
Swedish |
25,299 |
24,068 |
22,509 |
21,821 |
20,818 |
19,944 |
European |
25,205 |
26,703 |
29,047 |
32,407 |
37,145 |
39,309 |
Italian |
19,611 |
19,963 |
20,229 |
19,895 |
20,441 |
19,571 |
Danish |
19,100 |
18,477 |
18,186 |
17,694 |
16,884 |
15,558 |
Czech |
18,349 |
17,919 |
17,766 |
16,684 |
16,463 |
15,281 |
Subsaharan African |
13,594 |
14,896 |
17,045 |
20,080 |
21,901 |
26,578 |
Asian Indian |
13,139 |
13,073 |
13,759 |
13,788 |
13,885 |
15,625 |
Scottish |
12,746 |
12,917 |
12,480 |
12,038 |
11,710 |
11,775 |
French |
11,888 |
10,657 |
10,603 |
10,028 |
8,946 |
7,319 |
Chinese |
11,858 |
12,769 |
13,718 |
13,786 |
14,167 |
14,013 |
Polish |
11,409 |
11,235 |
11,324 |
11,228 |
10,907 |
9,863 |
Scotch-Irish |
9,233 |
9,149 |
8,517 |
8,184 |
8,262 |
8,154 |
Yugoslavian |
8,004 |
8,255 |
7,745 |
7,270 |
7,676 |
6,619 |
American Indian |
7,015 |
7,259 |
7,895 |
8,121 |
8,418 |
7,603 |
Salvadoran |
6,504 |
5,907 |
5,725 |
6,253 |
7,306 |
6,713 |
Korean |
6,291 |
6,124 |
6,818 |
6,685 |
6,382 |
6,495 |
Guatemalan |
6,038 |
6,942 |
7,388 |
6,502 |
6,797 |
6,841 |
African |
6,022 |
6,107 |
7,646 |
9,678 |
11,412 |
11,899 |
Puerto Rican |
5,879 |
6,347 |
6,739 |
6,728 |
7,103 |
8,704 |
Laotian |
5,049 |
5,403 |
5,284 |
4,943 |
4,976 |
5,034 |
Welsh |
4,995 |
5,035 |
5,307 |
5,200 |
5,126 |
4,585 |
Total Arab |
4,991 |
5,086 |
5,380 |
6,182 |
6,631 |
5,973 |
Scandinavian |
4,601 |
4,572 |
4,790 |
4,906 |
5,246 |
6,099 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
4,302 |
4,582 |
5,129 |
5,159 |
5,449 |
6,368 |
Filipino |
4,059 |
4,099 |
4,659 |
5,237 |
5,729 |
5,447 |
Burmese |
3,660 |
5,272 |
5,972 |
7,091 |
7,112 |
6,313 |
British |
3,391 |
3,258 |
3,726 |
4,576 |
5,176 |
5,143 |
French Canadian |
3,382 |
3,141 |
2,844 |
2,409 |
2,435 |
2,330 |
Russian |
3,277 |
2,941 |
2,490 |
2,117 |
2,030 |
2,815 |
Pennsylvania German |
3,075 |
2,949 |
3,279 |
2,736 |
2,298 |
2,091 |
Swiss |
2,998 |
3,040 |
3,118 |
3,159 |
3,079 |
3,333 |
Northern European |
2,831 |
2,788 |
3,013 |
3,814 |
4,493 |
4,487 |
Czechoslovakian |
2,730 |
2,601 |
2,642 |
2,850 |
2,680 |
2,024 |
Sudanese |
2,368 |
2,252 |
2,397 |
2,820 |
2,962 |
5,028 |
Belgian |
2,333 |
2,436 |
2,474 |
2,507 |
2,423 |
2,716 |
Greek |
2,218 |
1,858 |
1,783 |
1,732 |
1,738 |
1,745 |
Cuban |
1,959 |
1,916 |
2,217 |
2,170 |
2,283 |
2,522 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
1,882 |
2,422 |
2,913 |
3,129 |
3,729 |
3,941 |
Spaniard |
1,854 |
1,985 |
2,199 |
2,145 |
2,145 |
2,292 |
Honduran |
1,821 |
1,929 |
2,262 |
2,612 |
3,278 |
2,976 |
Canadian |
1,735 |
1,578 |
1,269 |
871 |
1,005 |
1,064 |
Thai |
1,608 |
1,822 |
1,917 |
2,541 |
2,662 |
2,669 |
Luxembourger |
1,502 |
1,316 |
1,402 |
1,259 |
1,190 |
1,220 |
Japanese |
1,448 |
1,451 |
1,500 |
1,344 |
1,291 |
1,428 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
1,373 |
1,677 |
1,813 |
2,222 |
1,909 |
1,704 |
Croatian |
1,306 |
1,657 |
1,533 |
1,327 |
1,293 |
1,271 |
Colombian |
1,228 |
1,182 |
1,270 |
1,267 |
1,201 |
1,784 |
Somali |
1,220 |
1,451 |
1,612 |
1,798 |
1,044 |
870 |
Ecuadorian |
1,186 |
1,251 |
1,472 |
1,250 |
967 |
836 |
Hungarian |
1,133 |
1,089 |
1,033 |
921 |
805 |
869 |
Other Arab |
1,094 |
1,255 |
1,440 |
1,316 |
1,129 |
1,093 |
Two or more Asian |
1,076 |
1,280 |
1,461 |
1,396 |
1,558 |
1,929 |
Ukrainian |
1,037 |
1,158 |
1,259 |
1,342 |
1,370 |
1,335 |
Spanish |
999 |
1,080 |
1,122 |
986 |
789 |
1,365 |
Pakistani |
947 |
886 |
744 |
1,393 |
1,373 |
1,552 |
Lebanese |
947 |
1,051 |
1,161 |
1,386 |
1,347 |
1,545 |
Other Subsaharan African |
932 |
1,302 |
1,647 |
2,166 |
2,557 |
3,728 |
Other Asian, not specified |
910 |
1,012 |
917 |
985 |
1,343 |
1,793 |
Austrian |
895 |
812 |
890 |
966 |
993 |
818 |
Eastern European |
885 |
850 |
1,097 |
1,552 |
2,352 |
2,382 |
Hmong |
880 |
816 |
992 |
1,066 |
527 |
260 |
Serbian |
806 |
676 |
594 |
502 |
454 |
404 |
Haitian |
790 |
862 |
1,031 |
1,278 |
968 |
791 |
Arab |
764 |
454 |
422 |
417 |
833 |
703 |
Nicaraguan |
753 |
812 |
912 |
1,024 |
1,050 |
1,008 |
Lithuanian |
736 |
764 |
750 |
710 |
627 |
660 |
Finnish |
702 |
671 |
608 |
613 |
578 |
710 |
Taiwanese |
701 |
650 |
455 |
424 |
379 |
421 |
Nepalese |
686 |
577 |
1,159 |
1,677 |
1,651 |
2,268 |
Liberian |
679 |
921 |
801 |
786 |
699 |
1,859 |
Ethiopian |
676 |
959 |
746 |
819 |
1,001 |
1,280 |
Romanian |
669 |
532 |
455 |
448 |
560 |
433 |
Kenyan |
662 |
891 |
991 |
820 |
783 |
343 |
Nigerian |
600 |
612 |
674 |
702 |
761 |
895 |
Iraqi |
598 |
597 |
685 |
1,364 |
1,335 |
865 |
Portuguese |
581 |
528 |
607 |
572 |
437 |
419 |
Peruvian |
551 |
597 |
782 |
711 |
731 |
868 |
Panamanian |
541 |
486 |
461 |
497 |
656 |
644 |
Cambodian |
533 |
558 |
768 |
941 |
1,135 |
1,050 |
Costa Rican |
495 |
494 |
392 |
361 |
501 |
402 |
Moroccan |
466 |
523 |
404 |
422 |
565 |
388 |
Egyptian |
459 |
501 |
422 |
488 |
556 |
530 |
Dominican |
457 |
533 |
576 |
456 |
524 |
797 |
Argentinean |
434 |
351 |
424 |
450 |
413 |
365 |
Iranian |
423 |
453 |
376 |
393 |
530 |
441 |
Brazilian |
402 |
430 |
369 |
399 |
352 |
604 |
Chilean |
384 |
437 |
310 |
329 |
266 |
284 |
Palestinian |
382 |
375 |
450 |
397 |
408 |
133 |
Other Central American |
377 |
369 |
139 |
185 |
256 |
161 |
Slovak |
377 |
405 |
483 |
469 |
494 |
526 |
Turkish |
363 |
396 |
265 |
278 |
205 |
235 |
Malaysian |
354 |
401 |
402 |
367 |
117 |
142 |
Latvian |
342 |
376 |
511 |
418 |
286 |
256 |
Jamaican |
338 |
504 |
472 |
547 |
553 |
652 |
Australian |
328 |
212 |
136 |
137 |
140 |
163 |
Armenian |
321 |
236 |
213 |
134 |
109 |
97 |
Venezuelan |
310 |
357 |
463 |
435 |
273 |
579 |
Albanian |
293 |
316 |
223 |
242 |
346 |
329 |
Alaska Native tribes |
260 |
268 |
186 |
146 |
102 |
48 |
Paraguayan |
249 |
267 |
65 |
97 |
74 |
58 |
Bulgarian |
248 |
258 |
291 |
317 |
295 |
371 |
Syrian |
244 |
295 |
353 |
301 |
344 |
471 |
Bolivian |
242 |
207 |
197 |
189 |
264 |
280 |
Indonesian |
238 |
154 |
178 |
198 |
184 |
245 |
Slavic |
238 |
221 |
394 |
361 |
303 |
374 |
German Russian |
232 |
232 |
141 |
140 |
81 |
107 |
Bangladeshi |
217 |
254 |
370 |
379 |
346 |
358 |
Israeli |
188 |
266 |
264 |
257 |
169 |
149 |
Sri Lankan |
169 |
220 |
170 |
269 |
147 |
283 |
Icelander |
145 |
121 |
81 |
88 |
74 |
70 |
Celtic |
141 |
90 |
79 |
82 |
84 |
40 |
Slovene |
127 |
123 |
120 |
116 |
224 |
394 |
Cajun |
101 |
105 |
67 |
42 |
30 |
8 |
Ghanaian |
98 |
109 |
199 |
199 |
427 |
471 |
Other South American |
92 |
96 |
85 |
82 |
23 |
29 |
West Indian |
91 |
122 |
112 |
163 |
143 |
97 |
Zimbabwean |
89 |
98 |
115 |
88 |
16 |
22 |
Uruguayan |
84 |
48 |
79 |
24 |
54 |
48 |
South African |
84 |
83 |
79 |
34 |
125 |
132 |
Senegalese |
83 |
27 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Belizean |
82 |
97 |
87 |
73 |
113 |
36 |
Guyanese |
70 |
61 |
50 |
17 |
19 |
46 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
57 |
78 |
73 |
11 |
28 |
29 |
Estonian |
54 |
40 |
37 |
8 |
5 |
22 |
Ugandan |
54 |
61 |
70 |
131 |
90 |
37 |
Mongolian |
47 |
68 |
31 |
17 |
74 |
175 |
Maltese |
44 |
37 |
32 |
30 |
11 |
11 |
Bhutanese |
41 |
164 |
284 |
356 |
475 |
582 |
Alsatian |
41 |
39 |
55 |
69 |
70 |
0 |
Jordanian |
37 |
35 |
43 |
91 |
114 |
245 |
New Zealander |
31 |
50 |
38 |
11 |
10 |
29 |
Cypriot |
29 |
19 |
2 |
16 |
14 |
27 |
Basque |
23 |
24 |
18 |
19 |
14 |
6 |
Afghan |
22 |
22 |
21 |
118 |
156 |
138 |
Macedonian |
20 |
11 |
6 |
93 |
128 |
111 |
Other Asian, specified |
19 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
433 |
British West Indian |
19 |
25 |
19 |
44 |
29 |
11 |
Sierra Leonean |
18 |
16 |
20 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
Bahamian |
17 |
16 |
23 |
23 |
24 |
30 |
Barbadian |
17 |
30 |
42 |
58 |
30 |
33 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
16 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
16 |
19 |
Spanish American |
15 |
0 |
12 |
16 |
22 |
111 |
Cape Verdean |
9 |
7 |
15 |
18 |
20 |
12 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
4 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Bermudan |
3 |
8 |
11 |
18 |
15 |
17 |
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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