Arkansas Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 3.01M Arkansas population, 1.03M had Other Groups ancestry (34.31%), 922.24K had Unclassified ancestry (30.68%), and 280.27K had German ancestry (9.32%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.

You can see similar information for other states.

NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Arkansas Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
Irish
American
English
Scottish
European
French (except Basque)
Italian
Arkansas Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Other Groups 1031546 34.31
Unclassified 922244 30.68
German 280274 9.32
Irish 279619 9.30
American 276583 9.20
English 270784 9.01
Scottish 50913 1.69
European 45961 1.53
French (except Basque) 45236 1.51
Italian 45165 1.50
Scotch Irish 30878 1.03
Dutch 28926 0.96
Subsaharan African 24333 0.81
Polish 22785 0.76
African 20937 0.70
British 16642 0.55
Norwegian 14334 0.48
Welsh 13943 0.46
Swedish 12502 0.42
Czech 6450 0.22
Scandinavian 5692 0.19
French Canadian 5625 0.19
Swiss 4724 0.16
Danish 4681 0.16
Russian 4210 0.14
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 3801 0.13
Northern European 3223 0.11
Greek 3189 0.11
Eastern European 3024 0.10
Portuguese 2946 0.10
Hungarian 2410 0.08
Austrian 2291 0.08
Canadian 2041 0.07
Ukrainian 1891 0.06
Cajun 1777 0.06
Czechoslovakian 1681 0.06
Lithuanian 1603 0.05
Finnish 1322 0.04
Dutch West Indian 1287 0.04
Lebanese 1236 0.04
Romanian 1127 0.04
Arab 1003 0.03
Slovak 988 0.03
Brazilian 968 0.03
Belgian 962 0.03
Nigerian 896 0.03
West Indian 885 0.03
Iranian 764 0.03
Armenian 603 0.02
Croatian 594 0.02
Egyptian 592 0.02
Pennsylvania German 588 0.02
Jamaican 577 0.02
South African 528 0.02
Haitian 488 0.02
Ghanaian 475 0.02
Syrian 465 0.02
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 450 0.02
Yugoslavian 422 0.01
Bulgarian 376 0.01
Australian 334 0.01
Israeli 307 0.01
Iraqi 293 0.01
Serbian 287 0.01
Celtic 280 0.01
Slovene 270 0.01
Moroccan 254 0.01
Palestinian 229 0.01
Jordanian 193 0.01
Slavic 193 0.01
Turkish 169 0.01
Senegalese 157 0.01
Sierra Leonean 153 0.01
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 150 0.01
Bermudan 125 0.004
Belizean 120 0.004
Basque 112 0.004
Latvian 99 0.003
Macedonian 91 0.003
Icelander 85 0.003
Kenyan 85 0.003
Bahamian 83 0.003
New Zealander 75 0.003
Estonian 62 0.002
Albania 59 0.002
US Virgin Islander 55 0.002
German Russian 54 0.002
Liberian 51 0.002
Ethiopian 49 0.002
Zimbabwean 44 0.002
Luxembourger 40 0.001
Maltese 40 0.001
British West Indian 37 0.001
Alsatian 34 0.001
Afghan 25 0.001
Cape Verdean 22 0.001
Ugandan 13 0.000
Carpatho Rusyn 12 0.000
Guyanese 12 0.000
Barbadian 6 0.000