Utah Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Utah, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Utah 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.
Utah Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
2,544,735 |
2,572,595 |
2,600,077 |
2,632,056 |
2,676,482 |
2,682,881 |
Hispanic or Latino |
389,856 |
397,915 |
409,311 |
422,123 |
434,832 |
446,067 |
English |
320,797 |
315,449 |
304,515 |
290,166 |
276,491 |
301,170 |
Mexican |
287,428 |
291,895 |
299,819 |
306,375 |
315,278 |
314,819 |
American |
162,538 |
156,528 |
147,739 |
142,022 |
137,628 |
123,960 |
Some Other Race |
129,907 |
141,374 |
150,596 |
157,990 |
156,229 |
160,786 |
European |
104,409 |
110,159 |
115,165 |
129,296 |
138,167 |
136,342 |
German |
89,998 |
87,385 |
83,568 |
79,399 |
76,474 |
77,307 |
Asian |
64,102 |
66,039 |
67,545 |
69,810 |
71,977 |
73,190 |
Irish |
42,411 |
41,517 |
40,388 |
38,111 |
37,297 |
41,175 |
Danish |
38,727 |
38,929 |
37,762 |
35,003 |
34,359 |
32,625 |
Scottish |
33,643 |
33,200 |
32,702 |
30,987 |
29,941 |
29,443 |
African American |
31,909 |
32,512 |
33,619 |
35,862 |
36,849 |
38,059 |
Swedish |
27,799 |
26,701 |
26,385 |
25,628 |
23,718 |
23,764 |
American Indian |
27,772 |
27,569 |
27,963 |
28,886 |
29,640 |
28,935 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
26,147 |
26,411 |
26,742 |
27,096 |
27,554 |
29,450 |
Italian |
25,723 |
24,692 |
25,098 |
24,220 |
23,979 |
24,774 |
Norwegian |
23,322 |
23,201 |
23,008 |
22,779 |
22,661 |
21,380 |
British |
20,363 |
20,588 |
22,224 |
25,783 |
28,424 |
29,403 |
Dutch |
19,579 |
19,269 |
18,521 |
17,295 |
16,494 |
15,283 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
12,907 |
13,605 |
14,849 |
14,765 |
15,486 |
16,653 |
Scandinavian |
12,697 |
13,770 |
14,946 |
15,808 |
16,928 |
16,594 |
Chinese |
12,565 |
13,240 |
14,384 |
13,977 |
14,363 |
14,081 |
Salvadoran |
12,364 |
12,837 |
13,206 |
13,064 |
12,901 |
14,216 |
Welsh |
12,016 |
12,153 |
12,122 |
11,986 |
11,557 |
11,050 |
Spaniard |
10,749 |
10,692 |
11,566 |
12,144 |
11,820 |
13,004 |
French |
9,239 |
9,555 |
9,476 |
9,277 |
8,964 |
8,302 |
Subsaharan African |
9,026 |
8,506 |
9,447 |
10,595 |
11,674 |
11,804 |
Swiss |
8,785 |
8,634 |
8,269 |
7,921 |
7,560 |
7,113 |
Spanish |
8,581 |
8,459 |
7,423 |
7,991 |
7,410 |
10,100 |
Guatemalan |
7,998 |
8,323 |
8,627 |
8,524 |
9,173 |
9,310 |
Peruvian |
7,878 |
7,966 |
7,791 |
8,942 |
9,221 |
11,242 |
Puerto Rican |
7,594 |
8,678 |
9,952 |
10,898 |
11,738 |
12,716 |
Scotch-Irish |
7,563 |
8,106 |
7,310 |
7,321 |
7,658 |
7,515 |
Polish |
7,386 |
6,982 |
6,990 |
6,623 |
6,466 |
6,376 |
Asian Indian |
7,379 |
8,632 |
9,046 |
10,258 |
11,328 |
12,249 |
Filipino |
7,299 |
6,804 |
7,157 |
7,780 |
8,592 |
8,222 |
Japanese |
6,885 |
6,883 |
6,396 |
5,992 |
6,356 |
5,833 |
Argentinean |
5,965 |
5,814 |
5,371 |
5,672 |
5,325 |
5,972 |
Korean |
5,836 |
6,332 |
5,894 |
5,764 |
5,825 |
6,072 |
Chilean |
5,451 |
4,805 |
4,678 |
4,731 |
4,853 |
4,347 |
Northern European |
5,153 |
5,436 |
6,849 |
7,309 |
8,431 |
8,153 |
Greek |
5,076 |
5,025 |
5,152 |
5,365 |
4,903 |
4,683 |
Canadian |
4,476 |
4,657 |
5,084 |
4,948 |
4,898 |
4,838 |
Colombian |
4,175 |
4,240 |
4,312 |
4,871 |
6,011 |
5,637 |
African |
4,127 |
3,421 |
3,222 |
3,288 |
3,048 |
3,074 |
Total Arab |
4,112 |
4,797 |
4,643 |
4,896 |
4,549 |
4,848 |
Yugoslavian |
3,873 |
3,162 |
2,828 |
2,533 |
3,311 |
2,928 |
Russian |
3,272 |
3,563 |
3,598 |
3,426 |
3,028 |
3,032 |
Venezuelan |
2,935 |
3,297 |
3,758 |
5,362 |
6,159 |
7,619 |
Laotian |
2,840 |
2,661 |
3,031 |
2,915 |
2,600 |
1,937 |
French Canadian |
2,745 |
2,714 |
2,947 |
2,685 |
2,737 |
2,808 |
Honduran |
2,697 |
3,245 |
3,922 |
4,158 |
4,197 |
4,101 |
Ecuadorian |
2,561 |
3,225 |
3,320 |
3,537 |
3,982 |
4,432 |
Cuban |
2,420 |
2,418 |
2,432 |
2,735 |
2,862 |
3,399 |
Cambodian |
2,279 |
2,248 |
2,182 |
2,049 |
2,191 |
2,013 |
Dominican |
2,248 |
2,287 |
2,012 |
2,314 |
2,186 |
2,262 |
Brazilian |
2,005 |
2,340 |
2,686 |
3,219 |
4,040 |
4,012 |
Czech |
1,774 |
1,653 |
1,683 |
1,808 |
1,748 |
1,892 |
Iranian |
1,729 |
1,412 |
1,539 |
1,561 |
1,666 |
2,442 |
Nepalese |
1,721 |
2,257 |
1,678 |
1,527 |
1,274 |
1,740 |
Two or more Asian |
1,720 |
2,018 |
2,092 |
2,017 |
2,095 |
2,348 |
Thai |
1,711 |
1,662 |
1,603 |
2,235 |
2,421 |
2,357 |
Armenian |
1,647 |
1,611 |
1,714 |
1,799 |
1,655 |
1,696 |
Finnish |
1,593 |
1,476 |
1,504 |
1,413 |
1,333 |
1,132 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
1,516 |
1,785 |
1,810 |
1,737 |
1,493 |
1,256 |
Burmese |
1,483 |
1,878 |
1,481 |
1,500 |
1,145 |
1,418 |
Portuguese |
1,422 |
1,476 |
1,432 |
1,505 |
1,638 |
1,859 |
Nicaraguan |
1,394 |
1,550 |
1,199 |
1,133 |
946 |
968 |
Somali |
1,363 |
1,685 |
2,194 |
2,442 |
3,075 |
2,705 |
Bolivian |
1,284 |
1,511 |
1,401 |
1,480 |
1,679 |
1,787 |
Other Arab |
1,270 |
1,483 |
1,550 |
1,296 |
1,000 |
994 |
Austrian |
1,191 |
1,175 |
1,018 |
830 |
839 |
727 |
Eastern European |
1,181 |
1,375 |
1,801 |
2,043 |
2,428 |
2,676 |
Hungarian |
1,181 |
1,327 |
1,533 |
1,514 |
1,262 |
1,465 |
Ukrainian |
1,169 |
1,369 |
1,270 |
1,281 |
1,230 |
1,106 |
Icelander |
1,133 |
1,053 |
959 |
898 |
848 |
847 |
Iraqi |
1,116 |
1,460 |
1,554 |
1,904 |
1,720 |
1,815 |
Uruguayan |
1,063 |
991 |
1,283 |
1,201 |
1,173 |
991 |
Croatian |
971 |
1,020 |
1,084 |
907 |
972 |
1,246 |
Basque |
779 |
801 |
740 |
761 |
764 |
741 |
Australian |
760 |
883 |
947 |
824 |
762 |
805 |
Romanian |
739 |
782 |
762 |
681 |
813 |
972 |
Sudanese |
730 |
735 |
774 |
1,114 |
1,253 |
1,334 |
Pakistani |
712 |
577 |
674 |
751 |
1,016 |
1,364 |
Other Asian, not specified |
704 |
554 |
869 |
1,392 |
1,729 |
2,091 |
Lebanese |
671 |
752 |
711 |
643 |
645 |
679 |
Taiwanese |
630 |
591 |
677 |
670 |
538 |
539 |
Afghan |
595 |
749 |
632 |
850 |
608 |
474 |
Costa Rican |
590 |
792 |
880 |
713 |
810 |
1,016 |
Lithuanian |
573 |
534 |
493 |
589 |
482 |
307 |
Belgian |
535 |
501 |
605 |
562 |
628 |
612 |
Bhutanese |
516 |
646 |
652 |
514 |
425 |
224 |
Turkish |
513 |
467 |
496 |
462 |
445 |
454 |
Panamanian |
511 |
432 |
629 |
598 |
604 |
576 |
Slovene |
510 |
517 |
512 |
193 |
235 |
254 |
Other Subsaharan African |
510 |
605 |
969 |
1,230 |
1,547 |
2,052 |
South African |
506 |
480 |
483 |
368 |
338 |
280 |
Slovak |
493 |
515 |
508 |
522 |
523 |
410 |
Czechoslovakian |
484 |
459 |
460 |
469 |
419 |
437 |
Ethiopian |
461 |
724 |
687 |
708 |
838 |
836 |
Nigerian |
458 |
380 |
407 |
483 |
579 |
354 |
Ghanaian |
437 |
145 |
265 |
345 |
379 |
303 |
Slavic |
431 |
484 |
546 |
508 |
376 |
290 |
Haitian |
411 |
550 |
565 |
447 |
247 |
301 |
Jamaican |
398 |
490 |
519 |
582 |
645 |
487 |
West Indian |
355 |
432 |
358 |
345 |
169 |
81 |
Alaska Native tribes |
340 |
483 |
453 |
243 |
270 |
317 |
Arab |
329 |
276 |
261 |
277 |
332 |
309 |
Indonesian |
325 |
339 |
169 |
507 |
579 |
481 |
Mongolian |
319 |
297 |
284 |
294 |
367 |
273 |
Spanish American |
318 |
266 |
261 |
323 |
319 |
294 |
Bulgarian |
289 |
450 |
415 |
433 |
395 |
333 |
Albanian |
280 |
221 |
251 |
78 |
102 |
160 |
Other Central American |
274 |
87 |
128 |
165 |
278 |
255 |
Other South American |
254 |
234 |
244 |
165 |
123 |
143 |
Serbian |
240 |
283 |
318 |
371 |
633 |
546 |
New Zealander |
238 |
272 |
352 |
269 |
273 |
260 |
Palestinian |
222 |
259 |
203 |
154 |
151 |
157 |
Paraguayan |
217 |
266 |
248 |
262 |
298 |
208 |
Kenyan |
212 |
197 |
272 |
288 |
357 |
628 |
Moroccan |
209 |
265 |
52 |
52 |
97 |
119 |
Bangladeshi |
205 |
260 |
271 |
92 |
118 |
146 |
Celtic |
175 |
319 |
359 |
283 |
321 |
275 |
Egyptian |
160 |
174 |
145 |
374 |
413 |
508 |
Hmong |
135 |
80 |
106 |
159 |
241 |
357 |
Israeli |
132 |
159 |
133 |
134 |
126 |
133 |
Syrian |
108 |
92 |
98 |
103 |
110 |
168 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
100 |
54 |
38 |
63 |
81 |
75 |
Pennsylvania German |
95 |
152 |
97 |
83 |
100 |
120 |
Okinawan |
90 |
71 |
57 |
58 |
69 |
0 |
Bahamian |
85 |
97 |
21 |
28 |
18 |
36 |
Estonian |
82 |
91 |
80 |
63 |
21 |
13 |
British West Indian |
81 |
52 |
74 |
57 |
33 |
34 |
Liberian |
77 |
15 |
52 |
111 |
103 |
116 |
Ugandan |
73 |
64 |
60 |
60 |
0 |
39 |
Sri Lankan |
68 |
72 |
103 |
128 |
129 |
109 |
Cajun |
67 |
90 |
85 |
75 |
108 |
208 |
Latvian |
59 |
30 |
64 |
65 |
121 |
120 |
Sierra Leonean |
59 |
43 |
34 |
140 |
144 |
24 |
Malaysian |
41 |
97 |
161 |
170 |
211 |
340 |
German Russian |
34 |
36 |
66 |
58 |
44 |
44 |
Other West Indian |
32 |
30 |
28 |
15 |
15 |
0 |
Guyanese |
31 |
39 |
47 |
18 |
35 |
50 |
Jordanian |
27 |
36 |
69 |
93 |
81 |
99 |
Belizean |
24 |
52 |
104 |
88 |
155 |
158 |
Soviet Union |
22 |
27 |
42 |
43 |
30 |
0 |
Dutch West Indian |
16 |
18 |
29 |
24 |
30 |
39 |
Cape Verdean |
13 |
12 |
28 |
18 |
13 |
4 |
Barbadian |
12 |
8 |
74 |
88 |
100 |
45 |
Alsatian |
8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
Luxembourger |
8 |
29 |
29 |
27 |
18 |
18 |
Macedonian |
8 |
9 |
13 |
0 |
10 |
13 |
Bermudan |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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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