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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 6.75M Indiana population, 2.00M had Unclassified ancestry (29.67%), 1.52M had Other Groups ancestry (22.55%), and 1.36M had German ancestry (20.19%).

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.
Indiana Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Unclassified
Other Groups
German
Irish
English
American
Polish
Italian
European
French (except Basque)
Indiana Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Unclassified 2003336 29.67
Other Groups 1522481 22.55
German 1363122 20.19
Irish 701018 10.38
English 631598 9.36
American 494352 7.32
Polish 197807 2.93
Italian 175812 2.60
European 134566 1.99
French (except Basque) 126726 1.88
Scottish 110661 1.64
Dutch 103064 1.53
Subsaharan African 65848 0.98
Swedish 51987 0.77
Scotch Irish 51019 0.76
African 39348 0.58
Welsh 38599 0.57
Swiss 38433 0.57
British 38058 0.56
Norwegian 34843 0.52
Hungarian 30785 0.46
Greek 21054 0.31
Russian 18334 0.27
Slovak 18307 0.27
Czech 15301 0.23
French Canadian 14478 0.21
Scandinavian 13939 0.21
Eastern European 11876 0.18
Nigerian 11505 0.17
Pennsylvania German 11430 0.17
Danish 11231 0.17
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 11113 0.17
Croatian 10744 0.16
Belgian 10110 0.15
Lithuanian 9611 0.14
Serbian 9509 0.14
Austrian 9333 0.14
Ukrainian 8618 0.13
Romanian 8255 0.12
Canadian 8137 0.12
Northern European 6878 0.10
Finnish 6401 0.10
Lebanese 4776 0.07
Haitian 4556 0.07
Portuguese 4372 0.07
Macedonian 4211 0.06
Czechoslovakian 3695 0.06
Arab 3537 0.05
Slovene 3420 0.05
Jamaican 3361 0.05
Iranian 3303 0.05
Ethiopian 3290 0.05
Yugoslavian 3124 0.05
Egyptian 2938 0.04
Slavic 2709 0.04
Kenyan 2382 0.04
Brazilian 2280 0.03
Bulgarian 1892 0.03
Jordanian 1842 0.03
Syrian 1689 0.03
Turkish 1543 0.02
Armenian 1530 0.02
Latvian 1480 0.02
Palestinian 1434 0.02
Ghanaian 1097 0.02
South African 1078 0.02
Australian 1051 0.02
West Indian 1014 0.02
Moroccan 946 0.01
Celtic 878 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 799 0.01
Albania 679 0.01
Israeli 677 0.01
Liberian 649 0.01
Zimbabwean 604 0.01
Sudanese 529 0.01
Cajun 486 0.01
Iraqi 483 0.01
Luxembourger 468 0.01
Guyanese 416 0.01
Somali 416 0.01
Afghan 413 0.01
Senegalese 405 0.01
Barbadian 388 0.01
New Zealander 371 0.01
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 319 0.01
Estonian 293 0.004
Icelander 279 0.004
Belizean 273 0.004
Bahamian 242 0.004
Maltese 235 0.004
Alsatian 212 0.003
Cape Verdean 201 0.003
German Russian 173 0.003
Dutch West Indian 164 0.002
Sierra Leonean 159 0.002
Basque 158 0.002
British West Indian 106 0.002
Ugandan 91 0.001
Bermudan 90 0.001
Carpatho Rusyn 58 0.001
US Virgin Islander 50 0.001
Cypriot 20 0.000
Soviet Union 9 0.000