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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 981.89K Delaware population, 282.46K had Other Groups ancestry (28.77%), 248.41K had Unclassified ancestry (25.30%), and 139.62K had Irish ancestry (14.22%).

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.
Delaware Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
Irish
German
English
Italian
American
Polish
Subsaharan African
Scottish
Delaware Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Other Groups 282461 28.77
Unclassified 248411 25.30
Irish 139618 14.22
German 119168 12.14
English 94290 9.60
Italian 84428 8.60
American 48994 4.99
Polish 39254 4.00
Subsaharan African 14937 1.52
Scottish 14898 1.52
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 13558 1.38
French (except Basque) 12204 1.24
European 10911 1.11
African 8584 0.87
Dutch 8246 0.84
Welsh 7371 0.75
Russian 7182 0.73
Swedish 6295 0.64
Scotch Irish 6162 0.63
British 5585 0.57
Jamaican 5479 0.56
Haitian 5441 0.55
Ukrainian 4954 0.51
Greek 4653 0.47
Norwegian 4475 0.46
Hungarian 3815 0.39
Eastern European 3409 0.35
French Canadian 3040 0.31
Nigerian 2641 0.27
Lithuanian 2560 0.26
Swiss 2243 0.23
Pennsylvania German 2141 0.22
Austrian 1946 0.20
Slovak 1564 0.16
Czech 1549 0.16
Turkish 1476 0.15
Portuguese 1451 0.15
Scandinavian 1449 0.15
Canadian 1406 0.14
Danish 1315 0.13
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 1295 0.13
Kenyan 1181 0.12
Northern European 997 0.10
West Indian 940 0.10
Lebanese 916 0.09
Belgian 801 0.08
Romanian 768 0.08
Ghanaian 676 0.07
Arab 672 0.07
Brazilian 588 0.06
Czechoslovakian 565 0.06
Croatian 563 0.06
Egyptian 551 0.06
Guyanese 542 0.06
Ethiopian 500 0.05
Iranian 467 0.05
Finnish 445 0.05
Liberian 419 0.04
Bulgarian 414 0.04
Serbian 396 0.04
Moroccan 346 0.04
Syrian 329 0.03
Slavic 318 0.03
British West Indian 308 0.03
Afghan 292 0.03
Barbadian 258 0.03
Yugoslavian 244 0.03
Estonian 236 0.02
Latvian 225 0.02
Armenian 219 0.02
South African 211 0.02
Slovene 188 0.02
Australian 172 0.02
Albania 163 0.02
Celtic 162 0.02
Israeli 156 0.02
Sierra Leonean 117 0.01
Cajun 100 0.01
Bermudan 98 0.01
Palestinian 85 0.01
German Russian 61 0.01
Maltese 58 0.01
Luxembourger 57 0.01
Cape Verdean 41 0.004
Dutch West Indian 35 0.004
Jordanian 34 0.004
Macedonian 33 0.003
Carpatho Rusyn 32 0.003
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 29 0.003
New Zealander 24 0.002
Alsatian 21 0.002
US Virgin Islander 20 0.002
Bahamian 15 0.002
Sudanese 14 0.001
Soviet Union 9 0.001
Icelander 8 0.001
Cypriot 3 0.000