Maryland Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on April 15, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 6.15M Maryland population, 2.40M had Other Groups ancestry (38.95%), 1.25M had Unclassified ancestry (20.35%), and 727.23K had German ancestry (11.83%).
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.
Related Topics: Maryland ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Maryland Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Population (%) |
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| Other Groups | 2394601 | 38.95 |
| Unclassified | 1251339 | 20.35 |
| German | 727234 | 11.83 |
| Irish | 593042 | 9.65 |
| English | 464068 | 7.55 |
| Italian | 291420 | 4.74 |
| American | 276228 | 4.49 |
| Subsaharan African | 259144 | 4.22 |
| Polish | 172300 | 2.80 |
| African | 101783 | 1.66 |
| European | 96246 | 1.57 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 94792 | 1.54 |
| Scottish | 85766 | 1.40 |
| French (except Basque) | 83429 | 1.36 |
| Russian | 62465 | 1.02 |
| Nigerian | 52818 | 0.86 |
| Jamaican | 47180 | 0.77 |
| British | 39652 | 0.65 |
| Scotch Irish | 39333 | 0.64 |
| Dutch | 38667 | 0.63 |
| Ethiopian | 34566 | 0.56 |
| Eastern European | 34553 | 0.56 |
| Welsh | 34545 | 0.56 |
| Swedish | 31152 | 0.51 |
| Greek | 30940 | 0.50 |
| Norwegian | 26992 | 0.44 |
| Hungarian | 21419 | 0.35 |
| Ukrainian | 20694 | 0.34 |
| French Canadian | 16769 | 0.27 |
| Czech | 16704 | 0.27 |
| Iranian | 16597 | 0.27 |
| Haitian | 16452 | 0.27 |
| Lithuanian | 16113 | 0.26 |
| Ghanaian | 13589 | 0.22 |
| Austrian | 12533 | 0.20 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 12503 | 0.20 |
| Portuguese | 12489 | 0.20 |
| Scandinavian | 11887 | 0.19 |
| Slovak | 11782 | 0.19 |
| West Indian | 11444 | 0.19 |
| Swiss | 11322 | 0.18 |
| Brazilian | 10936 | 0.18 |
| Guyanese | 9192 | 0.15 |
| Danish | 9117 | 0.15 |
| Northern European | 8421 | 0.14 |
| Lebanese | 7144 | 0.12 |
| Romanian | 7101 | 0.12 |
| Sierra Leonean | 6805 | 0.11 |
| Egyptian | 6566 | 0.11 |
| Turkish | 6538 | 0.11 |
| Finnish | 6329 | 0.10 |
| Canadian | 6200 | 0.10 |
| Kenyan | 5840 | 0.10 |
| Czechoslovakian | 5221 | 0.09 |
| Liberian | 4936 | 0.08 |
| Arab | 4805 | 0.08 |
| Armenian | 4259 | 0.07 |
| British West Indian | 4205 | 0.07 |
| Croatian | 4038 | 0.07 |
| Afghan | 4014 | 0.07 |
| Belgian | 3740 | 0.06 |
| Israeli | 3661 | 0.06 |
| Syrian | 3522 | 0.06 |
| Moroccan | 3405 | 0.06 |
| Pennsylvania German | 3015 | 0.05 |
| Serbian | 2997 | 0.05 |
| Slovene | 2384 | 0.04 |
| Sudanese | 2374 | 0.04 |
| Barbadian | 2361 | 0.04 |
| Bulgarian | 2359 | 0.04 |
| Slavic | 2271 | 0.04 |
| Palestinian | 2269 | 0.04 |
| Latvian | 2244 | 0.04 |
| Albania | 1855 | 0.03 |
| South African | 1849 | 0.03 |
| Australian | 1841 | 0.03 |
| Senegalese | 1781 | 0.03 |
| Yugoslavian | 1350 | 0.02 |
| Cape Verdean | 1310 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 1299 | 0.02 |
| Iraqi | 1242 | 0.02 |
| Ugandan | 1226 | 0.02 |
| Bahamian | 1094 | 0.02 |
| Celtic | 917 | 0.02 |
| Icelander | 811 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 772 | 0.01 |
| Zimbabwean | 753 | 0.01 |
| Bermudan | 698 | 0.01 |
| US Virgin Islander | 671 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 579 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 529 | 0.01 |
| Somali | 504 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 398 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 371 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 319 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 283 | 0.01 |
| Macedonian | 280 | 0.01 |
| Maltese | 249 | 0.004 |
| Cypriot | 246 | 0.004 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 224 | 0.004 |
| Soviet Union | 173 | 0.003 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 171 | 0.003 |
| Alsatian | 141 | 0.002 |
| Dutch West Indian | 97 | 0.002 |
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