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Ancestry & detailed origins in the United States

118 groups with data · ACS 5-year · 2024

The full breakdown of the US population by reported ancestry and detailed origin. People can report more than one ancestry, so shares do not sum to 100%. Each group links to where it is most concentrated.

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63 groups

Ancestry

1German12.5%(41,767,410)

2English9.5%(31,698,663)

3Irish9.4%(31,613,628)

4American5.3%(17,776,954)

5Italian4.8%(16,176,874)

6Polish2.5%(8,344,993)

7French1.9%(6,412,949)

8Scottish1.7%(5,562,559)

9Subsaharan African1.3%(4,209,725)

10Norwegian1.2%(3,920,371)

11Swedish1%(3,335,881)

12West Indian1%(3,222,711)

13Dutch0.9%(3,106,773)

14Scotch-Irish0.8%(2,522,548)

15Arab0.7%(2,255,221)

16Russian0.7%(2,223,882)

17French Canadian0.5%(1,621,234)

18Welsh0.5%(1,586,180)

19Portuguese0.4%(1,349,093)

20Jamaican0.4%(1,272,037)

21Hungarian0.4%(1,251,604)

22British0.4%(1,244,871)

23Czech0.4%(1,226,980)

24Greek0.4%(1,203,356)

25Ukrainian0.3%(1,147,680)

26Danish0.3%(1,134,225)

27Haitian0.3%(1,131,642)

28Swiss0.3%(849,422)

29Nigerian0.2%(720,879)

30Finnish0.2%(614,125)

31Slovak0.2%(596,996)

32Lithuanian0.2%(596,968)

33Lebanese0.2%(596,629)

34Austrian0.2%(584,858)

35Brazilian0.2%(567,335)

36Canadian0.2%(555,262)

37Iranian0.2%(518,774)

38Armenian0.1%(462,097)

39Romanian0.1%(452,669)

40Croatian0.1%(402,767)

41Ethiopian0.1%(386,534)

42Egyptian0.1%(329,847)

43Belgian0.1%(314,975)

44Guyanese0.1%(259,052)

45Turkish0.1%(255,247)

46Trinidadian & Tobagonian0.1%(253,258)

47Ghanaian0.1%(217,120)

48Syrian0.1%(203,748)

49Serbian0.1%(189,085)

50Palestinian0.1%(170,920)

51Iraqi0.1%(170,396)

52Slovene0.1%(167,503)

53Somali0.1%(166,157)

54Moroccan0%(153,035)

55Israeli0%(147,395)

56Kenyan0%(123,234)

57Bulgarian0%(108,897)

58Cape Verdean0%(106,701)

59Jordanian0%(99,842)

60Australian0%(97,814)

61Latvian0%(85,406)

62Barbadian0%(72,430)

63Macedonian0%(66,755)

22 groups

Hispanic origin

1Mexican11.3%(37,921,535)

2Central American2%(6,775,931)

3Puerto Rican1.8%(5,965,360)

4South American1.5%(4,909,250)

5Cuban0.8%(2,593,343)

6Salvadoran0.8%(2,583,416)

7Dominican0.7%(2,422,597)

8Guatemalan0.6%(1,926,611)

9Colombian0.5%(1,563,695)

10Honduran0.4%(1,277,297)

11Spaniard0.3%(1,001,966)

12Ecuadorian0.3%(910,779)

13Venezuelan0.3%(842,372)

14Peruvian0.2%(780,902)

15Nicaraguan0.2%(520,566)

16Argentine0.1%(320,296)

17Panamanian0.1%(246,735)

18Chilean0.1%(210,247)

19Costa Rican0.1%(191,282)

20Bolivian0%(139,552)

21Uruguayan0%(77,438)

22Paraguayan0%(29,878)

25 groups

Asian origin

1Asian Indian1.4%(4,625,449)

2Chinese1.3%(4,284,036)

3Filipino0.9%(3,039,204)

4Vietnamese0.6%(1,918,848)

5Korean0.4%(1,495,031)

6Japanese0.2%(743,365)

7Pakistani0.2%(576,166)

8Hmong0.1%(344,001)

9Cambodian0.1%(273,513)

10Taiwanese0.1%(269,825)

11Bangladeshi0.1%(263,277)

12Nepalese0.1%(227,585)

13Burmese0.1%(222,221)

14Thai0.1%(192,229)

15Laotian0.1%(173,695)

16Kazakh0%(155,581)

17Indonesian0%(84,334)

18Sri Lankan0%(64,875)

19Mongolian0%(27,395)

20Malaysian0%(25,653)

21Bhutanese0%(23,528)

22Mien0%(17,884)

23Uzbek0%(14,613)

24Singaporean0%(7,807)

25Okinawan0%(6,827)

8 groups

Pacific Islander origin

1Native Hawaiian0.2%(689,045)

2Samoan0.1%(245,200)

3Chamorro0%(146,459)

4Tongan0%(78,846)

5Fijian0%(55,430)

6Marshallese0%(43,998)

7Guamanian0%(24,471)

8Chuukese0%(12,803)

About this data

Frequently asked

What is the largest ancestry group in the United States?

German is the most commonly reported ancestry in the US, claimed by about 41,767,410 residents (12.5% of the population) as of 2024, based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How many ancestry and origin groups does this cover?

This page lists every one of the 118 ancestry and detailed-origin groups the Census Bureau reports for the nation, spanning ancestry (B04006), Hispanic origin (B03001), Asian groups (B02015) and Pacific Islander groups (B02019). People can report more than one ancestry, so the shares do not sum to 100%.

Where does this ancestry data come from?

Every figure is summed from the state-level American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2024. Counts are the resident totals reporting each group; the share is that count divided by total population.

DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR · NATIONAL ROLLUP · UPDATED 2024

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