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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 5.72M Colorado population, 1.71M had Other Groups ancestry (29.94%), 1.30M had Unclassified ancestry (22.72%), and 1.03M had German ancestry (18.01%).

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.
Colorado Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
English
Irish
Italian
American
European
Scottish
French (except Basque)
Colorado Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Other Groups 1713651 29.94
Unclassified 1300156 22.72
German 1030800 18.01
English 624984 10.92
Irish 620602 10.84
Italian 276530 4.83
American 205974 3.60
European 158944 2.78
Scottish 138211 2.42
French (except Basque) 137467 2.40
Polish 133378 2.33
Swedish 119954 2.10
Norwegian 117575 2.05
Dutch 83870 1.47
Scotch Irish 61950 1.08
Russian 55916 0.98
Subsaharan African 50162 0.88
Welsh 47568 0.83
British 43989 0.77
Danish 39800 0.70
Scandinavian 34100 0.60
Czech 34024 0.59
French Canadian 25975 0.45
Swiss 22442 0.39
Hungarian 20397 0.36
Greek 20217 0.35
Eastern European 20011 0.35
Austrian 17313 0.30
Northern European 16906 0.30
African 16840 0.29
Portuguese 14824 0.26
Ukrainian 14591 0.26
Lithuanian 12401 0.22
Finnish 12269 0.21
Ethiopian 11724 0.21
Canadian 11663 0.20
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 9296 0.16
Slovak 8268 0.14
Belgian 7308 0.13
Czechoslovakian 7172 0.13
Lebanese 7098 0.12
Croatian 6928 0.12
Slovene 6512 0.11
Romanian 6330 0.11
Iranian 6222 0.11
Armenian 5000 0.09
Jamaican 4652 0.08
Brazilian 4288 0.08
Yugoslavian 4150 0.07
Nigerian 4129 0.07
Slavic 3918 0.07
Somali 3426 0.06
Arab 3127 0.06
Serbian 3017 0.05
Turkish 2964 0.05
Australian 2812 0.05
Moroccan 2693 0.05
Ghanaian 2558 0.05
Israeli 2232 0.04
Basque 2069 0.04
Syrian 2034 0.04
Egyptian 2012 0.04
Iraqi 1905 0.03
Latvian 1902 0.03
South African 1875 0.03
Sudanese 1839 0.03
Bulgarian 1815 0.03
Pennsylvania German 1711 0.03
Celtic 1691 0.03
Icelander 1670 0.03
German Russian 1501 0.03
Palestinian 1392 0.02
Haitian 1381 0.02
West Indian 1284 0.02
Cajun 1229 0.02
Kenyan 1191 0.02
Afghan 1171 0.02
Albania 1126 0.02
New Zealander 1079 0.02
Luxembourger 1003 0.02
Estonian 863 0.02
Jordanian 848 0.02
Macedonian 601 0.01
Ugandan 568 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 553 0.01
Maltese 506 0.01
Belizean 465 0.01
Barbadian 450 0.01
Senegalese 404 0.01
Liberian 379 0.01
Cape Verdean 375 0.01
British West Indian 277 0.01
Sierra Leonean 255 0.005
Alsatian 251 0.004
Guyanese 226 0.004
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 151 0.003
Carpatho Rusyn 144 0.003
Zimbabwean 137 0.002
Dutch West Indian 132 0.002
US Virgin Islander 118 0.002
Cypriot 99 0.002
Bahamian 28 0.001
Bermudan 14 0.000
Soviet Union 6 0.000