Louisiana Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Louisiana, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Louisiana 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.
Louisiana Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
2,902,538 |
2,909,290 |
2,909,599 |
2,901,106 |
2,892,275 |
2,856,904 |
African American |
1,484,363 |
1,494,201 |
1,500,648 |
1,502,916 |
1,502,963 |
1,500,633 |
American |
415,873 |
398,118 |
379,216 |
353,990 |
348,485 |
316,546 |
French |
270,494 |
268,691 |
267,326 |
257,941 |
237,157 |
217,500 |
Hispanic or Latino |
218,263 |
223,408 |
231,708 |
234,920 |
239,164 |
243,372 |
English |
125,601 |
118,824 |
113,536 |
107,548 |
99,071 |
107,730 |
French Canadian |
106,908 |
106,228 |
108,290 |
109,884 |
109,016 |
99,928 |
Irish |
103,732 |
104,091 |
98,599 |
94,403 |
90,508 |
89,851 |
German |
96,418 |
94,382 |
91,046 |
85,439 |
77,605 |
70,018 |
Mexican |
86,776 |
90,637 |
93,625 |
93,750 |
92,224 |
88,174 |
Italian |
84,118 |
85,224 |
84,093 |
80,540 |
74,867 |
66,556 |
Asian |
77,818 |
78,719 |
80,980 |
79,872 |
80,806 |
80,930 |
Some Other Race |
47,595 |
50,434 |
56,216 |
60,419 |
65,592 |
72,815 |
Cajun |
42,219 |
44,193 |
44,393 |
42,912 |
42,498 |
41,629 |
Honduran |
38,423 |
39,225 |
42,281 |
43,291 |
47,031 |
47,164 |
Subsaharan African |
35,585 |
44,515 |
55,291 |
59,789 |
60,895 |
55,125 |
African |
32,243 |
40,837 |
51,534 |
55,301 |
56,646 |
49,742 |
American Indian |
20,472 |
20,021 |
20,506 |
20,431 |
20,378 |
19,316 |
Scotch-Irish |
18,200 |
16,962 |
16,270 |
15,340 |
14,841 |
13,307 |
Scottish |
16,727 |
16,663 |
17,070 |
16,419 |
15,043 |
15,504 |
European |
15,889 |
18,260 |
20,842 |
25,571 |
29,717 |
30,956 |
Puerto Rican |
13,961 |
14,013 |
14,932 |
15,100 |
15,486 |
15,130 |
Chinese |
11,716 |
11,941 |
11,612 |
10,755 |
11,844 |
12,608 |
Total Arab |
11,540 |
13,002 |
13,166 |
13,255 |
13,776 |
13,667 |
Cuban |
11,475 |
11,281 |
11,530 |
10,748 |
11,892 |
12,132 |
Asian Indian |
10,475 |
10,584 |
11,679 |
10,371 |
10,755 |
11,827 |
Spaniard |
9,916 |
9,773 |
8,898 |
9,248 |
8,396 |
9,127 |
Guatemalan |
9,660 |
10,012 |
9,948 |
10,826 |
9,623 |
9,087 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
7,989 |
8,674 |
9,313 |
10,021 |
10,876 |
14,259 |
Nicaraguan |
7,837 |
7,412 |
8,130 |
7,658 |
7,567 |
7,754 |
Salvadoran |
7,623 |
8,082 |
8,988 |
8,691 |
8,780 |
8,242 |
Filipino |
7,290 |
7,350 |
7,721 |
8,582 |
8,498 |
9,067 |
Polish |
7,170 |
7,329 |
7,166 |
6,588 |
6,191 |
6,861 |
Dominican |
5,797 |
5,562 |
5,247 |
5,839 |
5,744 |
6,449 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
5,335 |
5,747 |
6,397 |
5,538 |
4,906 |
6,318 |
British |
5,327 |
5,677 |
5,837 |
6,882 |
7,117 |
7,020 |
Dutch |
4,791 |
4,810 |
4,597 |
4,164 |
3,638 |
3,486 |
Norwegian |
4,417 |
4,228 |
4,044 |
3,871 |
3,933 |
3,699 |
Spanish |
4,401 |
3,677 |
3,502 |
4,049 |
4,134 |
8,705 |
Colombian |
4,252 |
3,987 |
4,012 |
4,206 |
4,386 |
3,905 |
Korean |
3,967 |
4,003 |
3,917 |
3,554 |
3,499 |
2,756 |
Swedish |
3,107 |
2,927 |
3,184 |
3,105 |
3,058 |
2,883 |
Russian |
2,972 |
2,822 |
2,691 |
2,410 |
2,259 |
1,945 |
Greek |
2,849 |
2,746 |
2,673 |
2,420 |
2,039 |
1,773 |
Lebanese |
2,781 |
2,697 |
2,678 |
2,324 |
2,419 |
2,285 |
Arab |
2,652 |
3,300 |
3,366 |
3,567 |
3,492 |
2,594 |
Canadian |
2,553 |
1,816 |
1,752 |
1,684 |
1,811 |
2,150 |
Welsh |
2,483 |
2,636 |
2,467 |
2,348 |
2,586 |
2,244 |
Haitian |
2,407 |
2,721 |
2,960 |
1,995 |
1,649 |
2,110 |
Venezuelan |
1,855 |
2,016 |
2,076 |
2,212 |
2,468 |
2,389 |
Other Arab |
1,839 |
1,945 |
1,960 |
1,684 |
1,646 |
1,837 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
1,824 |
1,464 |
1,401 |
1,468 |
1,406 |
1,743 |
Hungarian |
1,784 |
1,986 |
1,894 |
1,594 |
1,890 |
1,811 |
Palestinian |
1,772 |
2,393 |
2,679 |
2,444 |
2,929 |
2,360 |
Brazilian |
1,626 |
1,654 |
1,704 |
1,859 |
1,590 |
1,435 |
Laotian |
1,578 |
1,682 |
1,825 |
1,990 |
1,930 |
2,301 |
Pakistani |
1,577 |
1,573 |
2,118 |
1,987 |
1,951 |
2,164 |
Panamanian |
1,496 |
1,827 |
1,799 |
1,989 |
2,068 |
2,134 |
Iranian |
1,492 |
1,327 |
1,075 |
908 |
1,016 |
1,040 |
Czech |
1,470 |
1,415 |
1,338 |
1,286 |
1,255 |
1,477 |
Japanese |
1,376 |
1,509 |
1,517 |
1,583 |
1,774 |
2,254 |
Nigerian |
1,375 |
1,510 |
1,349 |
1,694 |
1,552 |
2,343 |
Ecuadorian |
1,317 |
1,586 |
1,794 |
1,866 |
1,923 |
1,922 |
Peruvian |
1,304 |
1,448 |
1,534 |
1,672 |
1,769 |
1,539 |
Croatian |
1,290 |
1,133 |
903 |
899 |
882 |
665 |
Other Asian, not specified |
1,270 |
1,134 |
1,378 |
1,353 |
1,395 |
993 |
Belgian |
1,264 |
1,209 |
1,134 |
1,101 |
1,212 |
1,021 |
Portuguese |
1,247 |
1,377 |
1,110 |
1,091 |
1,154 |
1,169 |
Jamaican |
1,187 |
1,100 |
1,541 |
1,588 |
1,527 |
1,672 |
Scandinavian |
1,127 |
1,202 |
1,091 |
1,458 |
1,504 |
2,056 |
Northern European |
1,102 |
1,036 |
1,119 |
1,573 |
2,346 |
2,827 |
Danish |
1,100 |
1,068 |
949 |
750 |
666 |
615 |
Egyptian |
1,064 |
963 |
806 |
1,115 |
1,116 |
1,715 |
Costa Rican |
1,043 |
1,204 |
1,100 |
903 |
992 |
1,143 |
Two or more Asian |
1,027 |
1,042 |
1,158 |
1,027 |
1,127 |
1,332 |
Thai |
973 |
1,195 |
1,107 |
1,146 |
1,074 |
800 |
Romanian |
931 |
867 |
768 |
970 |
1,087 |
1,166 |
Argentinean |
923 |
894 |
1,011 |
866 |
779 |
755 |
Swiss |
914 |
922 |
859 |
840 |
755 |
580 |
Czechoslovakian |
802 |
751 |
595 |
571 |
549 |
406 |
Eastern European |
760 |
1,042 |
1,546 |
1,811 |
2,080 |
2,012 |
Ukrainian |
735 |
735 |
824 |
870 |
753 |
747 |
Turkish |
721 |
473 |
402 |
343 |
439 |
392 |
Chilean |
682 |
608 |
606 |
614 |
583 |
516 |
Other Central American |
659 |
773 |
635 |
542 |
1,416 |
1,957 |
Yugoslavian |
626 |
688 |
689 |
706 |
623 |
394 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
506 |
534 |
288 |
315 |
350 |
319 |
Indonesian |
487 |
424 |
693 |
678 |
546 |
415 |
Ethiopian |
480 |
436 |
531 |
575 |
538 |
1,027 |
Finnish |
466 |
422 |
416 |
446 |
473 |
328 |
West Indian |
460 |
610 |
767 |
682 |
605 |
819 |
Nepalese |
442 |
609 |
684 |
639 |
652 |
809 |
Lithuanian |
442 |
483 |
475 |
346 |
337 |
313 |
Cambodian |
435 |
530 |
535 |
626 |
715 |
850 |
Jordanian |
429 |
560 |
574 |
992 |
1,394 |
1,917 |
Austrian |
413 |
425 |
477 |
546 |
578 |
559 |
Sri Lankan |
409 |
436 |
473 |
294 |
266 |
200 |
Other Subsaharan African |
393 |
596 |
617 |
822 |
815 |
884 |
Iraqi |
391 |
368 |
302 |
425 |
189 |
205 |
Burmese |
389 |
94 |
321 |
292 |
451 |
505 |
Syrian |
372 |
554 |
641 |
513 |
424 |
603 |
Taiwanese |
371 |
442 |
399 |
484 |
501 |
370 |
Ghanaian |
368 |
246 |
263 |
300 |
254 |
488 |
Bangladeshi |
348 |
281 |
241 |
226 |
138 |
128 |
Bulgarian |
306 |
315 |
447 |
503 |
428 |
502 |
Bolivian |
302 |
263 |
444 |
560 |
651 |
548 |
Israeli |
286 |
257 |
261 |
178 |
339 |
366 |
Slavic |
266 |
316 |
147 |
221 |
210 |
209 |
Belizean |
262 |
234 |
282 |
327 |
269 |
340 |
Serbian |
249 |
413 |
320 |
339 |
280 |
280 |
South African |
245 |
311 |
392 |
185 |
104 |
101 |
Moroccan |
240 |
222 |
160 |
191 |
167 |
151 |
Armenian |
237 |
262 |
175 |
149 |
234 |
281 |
Slovak |
233 |
286 |
262 |
248 |
234 |
208 |
Uruguayan |
194 |
183 |
138 |
169 |
241 |
193 |
Kenyan |
187 |
111 |
146 |
311 |
287 |
150 |
Guyanese |
176 |
136 |
81 |
88 |
78 |
190 |
Alaska Native tribes |
161 |
159 |
148 |
165 |
160 |
75 |
Hmong |
153 |
124 |
134 |
108 |
103 |
34 |
Paraguayan |
153 |
99 |
92 |
39 |
29 |
9 |
British West Indian |
146 |
157 |
224 |
261 |
158 |
622 |
Malaysian |
145 |
111 |
86 |
90 |
48 |
72 |
Spanish American |
145 |
117 |
27 |
8 |
0 |
19 |
Basque |
144 |
124 |
108 |
130 |
136 |
96 |
Slovene |
143 |
120 |
135 |
118 |
90 |
107 |
Albanian |
130 |
78 |
96 |
76 |
99 |
56 |
Barbadian |
130 |
122 |
47 |
100 |
106 |
246 |
German Russian |
117 |
36 |
65 |
52 |
54 |
39 |
Australian |
113 |
170 |
165 |
217 |
198 |
454 |
Celtic |
112 |
115 |
164 |
160 |
137 |
92 |
Dutch West Indian |
108 |
102 |
80 |
85 |
88 |
63 |
Sudanese |
100 |
207 |
216 |
298 |
280 |
50 |
Macedonian |
95 |
112 |
36 |
25 |
89 |
104 |
Afghan |
89 |
91 |
67 |
21 |
24 |
14 |
Other South American |
80 |
55 |
46 |
53 |
106 |
120 |
Bahamian |
77 |
117 |
169 |
176 |
122 |
107 |
New Zealander |
74 |
115 |
132 |
128 |
139 |
55 |
Pennsylvania German |
67 |
61 |
54 |
86 |
82 |
56 |
Somali |
53 |
76 |
75 |
90 |
92 |
65 |
Latvian |
49 |
30 |
41 |
39 |
87 |
114 |
Alsatian |
48 |
34 |
37 |
21 |
7 |
1 |
Icelander |
48 |
392 |
292 |
212 |
425 |
195 |
Liberian |
45 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other West Indian |
43 |
44 |
33 |
5 |
32 |
20 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
42 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Estonian |
37 |
61 |
39 |
37 |
35 |
29 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
36 |
25 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Ugandan |
35 |
61 |
93 |
50 |
129 |
159 |
Cape Verdean |
33 |
30 |
43 |
42 |
49 |
4 |
Luxembourger |
21 |
20 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Senegalese |
20 |
36 |
24 |
121 |
118 |
25 |
Cypriot |
19 |
26 |
23 |
25 |
22 |
6 |
Maltese |
15 |
7 |
13 |
12 |
19 |
16 |
Other Asian, specified |
12 |
24 |
16 |
13 |
6 |
217 |
United States Virgin Islander |
9 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Sierra Leonean |
8 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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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