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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 1.45M Hawaii population, 997.88K had Other Groups ancestry (68.65%), 224.69K had Unclassified ancestry (15.46%), and 83.36K had German ancestry (5.74%).

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.
Hawaii Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
Irish
English
Portuguese
Italian
French (except Basque)
American
European
Hawaii Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Other Groups 997882 68.65
Unclassified 224687 15.46
German 83362 5.74
Irish 63327 4.36
English 62389 4.29
Portuguese 49481 3.40
Italian 30272 2.08
French (except Basque) 19310 1.33
American 18598 1.28
European 14332 0.99
Scottish 13857 0.95
Polish 12894 0.89
Norwegian 10233 0.70
Swedish 9575 0.66
Dutch 6752 0.47
Russian 6442 0.44
Scotch Irish 5837 0.40
British 4337 0.30
Welsh 4297 0.30
Subsaharan African 4195 0.29
Danish 3054 0.21
French Canadian 2808 0.19
Scandinavian 2803 0.19
Greek 2739 0.19
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 2667 0.18
Hungarian 2554 0.18
Swiss 2522 0.17
African 2278 0.16
Czech 1934 0.13
Ukrainian 1825 0.13
Northern European 1760 0.12
Austrian 1724 0.12
Finnish 1673 0.12
Eastern European 1538 0.11
Canadian 1478 0.10
Jamaican 1008 0.07
Lithuanian 931 0.06
Brazilian 899 0.06
Iranian 872 0.06
Romanian 867 0.06
Haitian 790 0.05
Lebanese 772 0.05
Croatian 757 0.05
Australian 685 0.05
Belgian 638 0.04
Slovak 632 0.04
Bulgarian 607 0.04
Serbian 500 0.03
Czechoslovakian 434 0.03
West Indian 434 0.03
South African 392 0.03
Slavic 368 0.03
Arab 361 0.03
Yugoslavian 353 0.02
Basque 349 0.02
Nigerian 346 0.02
Slovene 335 0.02
Ghanaian 335 0.02
Egyptian 327 0.02
Armenian 293 0.02
Turkish 255 0.02
Syrian 235 0.02
Pennsylvania German 226 0.02
Israeli 215 0.02
Moroccan 210 0.01
New Zealander 204 0.01
Latvian 199 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 195 0.01
Icelander 185 0.01
Belizean 174 0.01
Guyanese 161 0.01
Estonian 157 0.01
Zimbabwean 147 0.01
Palestinian 125 0.01
Kenyan 94 0.01
Celtic 90 0.01
Cajun 83 0.01
Ethiopian 83 0.01
German Russian 81 0.01
Afghan 79 0.01
Luxembourger 77 0.01
British West Indian 68 0.01
Macedonian 64 0.004
Albania 62 0.004
Cape Verdean 56 0.004
Bermudan 56 0.004
Alsatian 55 0.004
Somali 49 0.003
Barbadian 46 0.003
Maltese 44 0.003
Liberian 37 0.003
Sudanese 34 0.002
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 28 0.002
Jordanian 19 0.001
Soviet Union 19 0.001
Iraqi 16 0.001
US Virgin Islander 4 0.000