Missouri Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Missouri, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Missouri 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.
Missouri Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
4,995,527 |
5,000,875 |
5,004,537 |
5,008,342 |
5,015,904 |
4,978,046 |
African American |
697,022 |
701,896 |
703,061 |
704,896 |
701,334 |
698,043 |
German |
602,409 |
585,747 |
572,892 |
555,020 |
536,175 |
526,559 |
American |
561,456 |
526,303 |
495,849 |
469,472 |
445,581 |
418,109 |
Hispanic or Latino |
233,046 |
237,284 |
244,420 |
249,105 |
254,791 |
262,677 |
Irish |
202,151 |
197,856 |
191,120 |
187,430 |
186,255 |
186,238 |
English |
200,260 |
192,673 |
184,199 |
176,251 |
167,562 |
190,630 |
Mexican |
160,338 |
163,235 |
168,119 |
172,055 |
174,640 |
176,154 |
Asian |
106,537 |
107,953 |
112,959 |
116,720 |
120,654 |
123,810 |
Italian |
72,287 |
71,005 |
69,067 |
67,587 |
63,664 |
62,940 |
Some Other Race |
67,605 |
68,766 |
71,084 |
71,162 |
71,335 |
76,782 |
European |
54,845 |
55,835 |
60,148 |
69,534 |
81,072 |
89,082 |
French |
34,204 |
33,186 |
32,095 |
30,760 |
29,191 |
27,974 |
Scottish |
32,924 |
32,992 |
32,836 |
31,923 |
31,143 |
29,702 |
Polish |
29,684 |
29,726 |
28,687 |
27,557 |
26,194 |
26,400 |
Scotch-Irish |
28,596 |
27,368 |
26,508 |
25,019 |
24,775 |
24,105 |
Subsaharan African |
28,474 |
28,897 |
28,751 |
31,324 |
32,834 |
33,532 |
Asian Indian |
24,620 |
25,584 |
27,111 |
27,827 |
29,526 |
30,606 |
Chinese |
23,355 |
23,660 |
24,568 |
26,468 |
28,221 |
28,436 |
American Indian |
18,475 |
19,073 |
19,754 |
20,639 |
20,330 |
17,875 |
Dutch |
18,403 |
18,028 |
17,181 |
16,483 |
16,206 |
14,778 |
Swedish |
15,477 |
15,591 |
14,897 |
14,152 |
12,997 |
12,487 |
Puerto Rican |
15,117 |
14,375 |
15,166 |
15,855 |
15,429 |
18,141 |
African |
14,731 |
15,575 |
15,184 |
16,258 |
17,733 |
18,190 |
Norwegian |
14,453 |
14,066 |
13,841 |
13,924 |
13,995 |
14,218 |
Filipino |
12,785 |
12,288 |
12,606 |
12,610 |
14,283 |
14,303 |
Total Arab |
12,643 |
13,111 |
14,010 |
15,155 |
15,849 |
15,708 |
Yugoslavian |
12,328 |
12,059 |
12,371 |
11,832 |
11,909 |
12,413 |
Russian |
11,970 |
11,228 |
11,054 |
10,057 |
9,712 |
9,350 |
Korean |
9,964 |
9,393 |
9,803 |
9,789 |
9,600 |
9,309 |
British |
9,618 |
10,265 |
11,000 |
12,832 |
13,463 |
12,998 |
Welsh |
8,586 |
8,434 |
8,446 |
8,265 |
8,286 |
7,919 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
8,529 |
8,808 |
9,320 |
9,663 |
9,074 |
10,245 |
Guatemalan |
8,243 |
8,528 |
7,909 |
8,014 |
8,745 |
9,365 |
Czech |
7,829 |
7,049 |
6,608 |
6,301 |
6,136 |
5,889 |
Cuban |
6,468 |
6,412 |
6,991 |
6,717 |
7,591 |
7,460 |
Swiss |
6,466 |
6,518 |
6,119 |
7,460 |
6,664 |
5,718 |
Greek |
6,190 |
5,769 |
5,278 |
4,843 |
5,180 |
4,650 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
6,161 |
6,479 |
6,336 |
6,662 |
8,231 |
8,887 |
Salvadoran |
6,062 |
6,422 |
6,848 |
6,353 |
6,294 |
7,078 |
French Canadian |
5,818 |
5,838 |
5,418 |
5,077 |
4,685 |
4,293 |
Spaniard |
5,482 |
6,111 |
5,926 |
5,847 |
5,632 |
5,854 |
Danish |
4,630 |
4,351 |
4,391 |
4,152 |
4,058 |
4,622 |
Hungarian |
4,516 |
4,449 |
4,465 |
4,393 |
3,898 |
3,289 |
Ukrainian |
4,392 |
4,500 |
4,326 |
4,103 |
4,315 |
4,396 |
Northern European |
4,061 |
4,577 |
4,805 |
4,894 |
5,085 |
5,443 |
Pakistani |
3,864 |
3,860 |
4,834 |
4,776 |
3,485 |
3,892 |
Croatian |
3,802 |
3,658 |
3,206 |
3,305 |
3,320 |
3,497 |
Honduran |
3,758 |
4,134 |
5,261 |
5,124 |
6,050 |
5,655 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
3,639 |
3,443 |
3,802 |
4,241 |
5,338 |
5,090 |
Other Arab |
3,120 |
3,416 |
3,274 |
3,556 |
3,470 |
3,911 |
Romanian |
3,012 |
2,732 |
2,945 |
2,621 |
2,676 |
3,037 |
Japanese |
3,002 |
3,011 |
3,261 |
3,150 |
3,322 |
3,180 |
Ethiopian |
2,988 |
2,998 |
2,683 |
2,857 |
2,291 |
1,805 |
Spanish |
2,864 |
2,924 |
2,754 |
2,712 |
2,689 |
5,313 |
Nigerian |
2,851 |
2,402 |
2,631 |
2,677 |
3,168 |
3,387 |
Canadian |
2,840 |
2,821 |
3,023 |
2,784 |
2,567 |
2,502 |
Scandinavian |
2,663 |
3,001 |
2,940 |
3,363 |
4,295 |
5,840 |
Austrian |
2,658 |
2,916 |
2,877 |
2,800 |
2,802 |
2,294 |
Eastern European |
2,454 |
2,969 |
4,040 |
4,916 |
5,807 |
7,011 |
Colombian |
2,448 |
2,533 |
2,660 |
3,441 |
3,676 |
3,934 |
Peruvian |
2,298 |
2,278 |
2,244 |
1,986 |
2,077 |
1,653 |
Iranian |
2,209 |
2,255 |
2,118 |
2,235 |
2,364 |
2,166 |
Thai |
2,124 |
1,989 |
2,002 |
2,302 |
2,226 |
2,152 |
Dominican |
2,078 |
1,998 |
2,058 |
1,897 |
2,100 |
2,126 |
Czechoslovakian |
2,071 |
2,044 |
1,873 |
1,825 |
1,906 |
1,639 |
Belgian |
2,045 |
2,034 |
1,814 |
1,655 |
1,362 |
1,184 |
Arab |
2,038 |
1,601 |
1,721 |
2,033 |
2,057 |
2,181 |
Portuguese |
2,014 |
1,817 |
1,827 |
1,743 |
1,421 |
1,589 |
Lebanese |
1,939 |
2,120 |
2,758 |
2,558 |
2,272 |
1,801 |
Pennsylvania German |
1,910 |
2,495 |
2,590 |
2,442 |
2,686 |
2,184 |
Somali |
1,899 |
1,780 |
1,882 |
2,151 |
2,238 |
1,977 |
Nicaraguan |
1,860 |
1,514 |
1,434 |
1,312 |
1,148 |
1,534 |
Lithuanian |
1,682 |
1,616 |
1,443 |
1,525 |
1,390 |
1,401 |
Jamaican |
1,635 |
1,446 |
1,650 |
1,746 |
2,577 |
2,248 |
Slovak |
1,603 |
1,466 |
1,580 |
1,570 |
1,335 |
1,353 |
Iraqi |
1,591 |
1,768 |
1,605 |
1,609 |
2,109 |
1,916 |
Panamanian |
1,575 |
1,593 |
1,603 |
1,579 |
1,733 |
1,176 |
Hmong |
1,566 |
1,235 |
1,454 |
1,555 |
1,520 |
1,251 |
Other Subsaharan African |
1,512 |
1,551 |
1,206 |
1,785 |
1,946 |
2,206 |
Other Asian, not specified |
1,501 |
1,487 |
1,372 |
1,439 |
1,550 |
1,493 |
Two or more Asian |
1,448 |
1,632 |
1,812 |
2,056 |
2,148 |
2,650 |
Venezuelan |
1,445 |
1,573 |
1,679 |
1,889 |
2,277 |
2,083 |
Albanian |
1,421 |
1,314 |
1,408 |
1,481 |
1,156 |
1,225 |
Finnish |
1,381 |
1,001 |
1,066 |
1,216 |
1,152 |
1,131 |
Palestinian |
1,354 |
1,589 |
1,502 |
1,564 |
1,695 |
1,285 |
Kenyan |
1,342 |
1,424 |
1,558 |
1,971 |
1,705 |
2,187 |
Afghan |
1,248 |
912 |
656 |
817 |
909 |
911 |
Armenian |
1,228 |
1,239 |
1,006 |
1,011 |
942 |
756 |
Argentinean |
1,155 |
1,194 |
1,134 |
1,141 |
1,206 |
969 |
Turkish |
1,142 |
1,315 |
1,215 |
1,118 |
1,293 |
1,208 |
Nepalese |
1,137 |
1,363 |
1,696 |
1,868 |
1,896 |
2,000 |
Ecuadorian |
1,048 |
1,238 |
1,134 |
1,139 |
1,239 |
909 |
Cambodian |
1,041 |
1,158 |
1,388 |
1,558 |
1,378 |
1,449 |
Sudanese |
1,018 |
870 |
925 |
847 |
643 |
362 |
Burmese |
1,000 |
1,430 |
1,403 |
1,879 |
1,725 |
1,727 |
Taiwanese |
976 |
1,075 |
1,122 |
1,156 |
1,371 |
1,771 |
Egyptian |
925 |
801 |
906 |
1,056 |
866 |
1,055 |
Bulgarian |
886 |
977 |
884 |
1,554 |
1,368 |
1,431 |
Jordanian |
844 |
692 |
744 |
901 |
1,023 |
511 |
Serbian |
834 |
863 |
788 |
823 |
991 |
1,021 |
Haitian |
829 |
1,004 |
961 |
1,425 |
1,509 |
1,723 |
Slavic |
822 |
828 |
740 |
702 |
699 |
526 |
Laotian |
805 |
839 |
735 |
665 |
839 |
638 |
Liberian |
785 |
854 |
1,002 |
890 |
754 |
799 |
Costa Rican |
746 |
643 |
765 |
806 |
1,019 |
975 |
Brazilian |
736 |
681 |
1,039 |
1,069 |
943 |
1,246 |
Chilean |
650 |
568 |
450 |
456 |
1,068 |
1,067 |
Cajun |
612 |
405 |
397 |
261 |
271 |
246 |
Indonesian |
597 |
491 |
448 |
342 |
295 |
309 |
Bangladeshi |
589 |
607 |
608 |
546 |
635 |
572 |
Ghanaian |
583 |
751 |
750 |
916 |
1,265 |
1,490 |
Israeli |
545 |
479 |
461 |
339 |
461 |
456 |
Bolivian |
528 |
717 |
525 |
626 |
640 |
511 |
Moroccan |
464 |
635 |
808 |
810 |
731 |
1,111 |
Slovene |
447 |
440 |
334 |
465 |
420 |
525 |
South African |
387 |
390 |
467 |
406 |
424 |
504 |
Sri Lankan |
368 |
352 |
300 |
308 |
188 |
177 |
Syrian |
368 |
489 |
692 |
1,068 |
1,626 |
1,937 |
Australian |
347 |
351 |
403 |
519 |
545 |
609 |
Celtic |
304 |
358 |
328 |
299 |
377 |
433 |
West Indian |
280 |
224 |
270 |
256 |
249 |
157 |
Latvian |
277 |
292 |
338 |
371 |
354 |
304 |
Bhutanese |
233 |
233 |
315 |
75 |
88 |
6 |
Dutch West Indian |
203 |
138 |
187 |
157 |
233 |
117 |
Alaska Native tribes |
182 |
204 |
210 |
244 |
312 |
232 |
Ugandan |
176 |
125 |
150 |
168 |
190 |
102 |
Macedonian |
171 |
209 |
237 |
239 |
261 |
208 |
Guyanese |
166 |
175 |
176 |
134 |
121 |
75 |
Bahamian |
166 |
184 |
135 |
96 |
125 |
131 |
Mongolian |
160 |
173 |
289 |
336 |
194 |
157 |
Estonian |
137 |
128 |
169 |
125 |
107 |
89 |
British West Indian |
130 |
124 |
99 |
68 |
95 |
74 |
Senegalese |
120 |
70 |
177 |
174 |
190 |
148 |
Barbadian |
113 |
81 |
95 |
74 |
18 |
9 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
112 |
64 |
105 |
104 |
180 |
252 |
Belizean |
109 |
122 |
126 |
145 |
146 |
133 |
Luxembourger |
101 |
114 |
110 |
81 |
76 |
62 |
New Zealander |
97 |
63 |
47 |
44 |
65 |
141 |
Uruguayan |
85 |
110 |
176 |
191 |
166 |
182 |
Spanish American |
85 |
69 |
33 |
40 |
57 |
78 |
Malaysian |
82 |
106 |
107 |
164 |
165 |
151 |
Other South American |
71 |
85 |
37 |
59 |
56 |
96 |
Icelander |
67 |
48 |
71 |
86 |
125 |
199 |
Other Central American |
62 |
100 |
92 |
66 |
85 |
58 |
Paraguayan |
51 |
122 |
102 |
137 |
100 |
61 |
Basque |
51 |
50 |
82 |
64 |
59 |
49 |
Zimbabwean |
51 |
48 |
50 |
40 |
32 |
48 |
Alsatian |
42 |
52 |
56 |
60 |
66 |
42 |
Maltese |
40 |
74 |
75 |
116 |
120 |
97 |
German Russian |
34 |
80 |
100 |
125 |
162 |
285 |
Other West Indian |
32 |
33 |
32 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
Soviet Union |
31 |
31 |
24 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
Sierra Leonean |
31 |
59 |
77 |
172 |
243 |
283 |
United States Virgin Islander |
30 |
23 |
115 |
123 |
179 |
218 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
23 |
17 |
61 |
69 |
95 |
117 |
Okinawan |
20 |
27 |
39 |
47 |
41 |
35 |
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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