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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 1.08M Montana population, 256.64K had German ancestry (23.81%), 243.21K had Unclassified ancestry (22.56%), and 181.26K had Other Groups ancestry (16.82%).

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.
Montana Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Other Groups
Irish
English
Norwegian
American
Italian
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Montana Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
German 256644 23.81
Unclassified 243213 22.56
Other Groups 181260 16.82
Irish 146233 13.57
English 129462 12.01
Norwegian 89699 8.32
American 52827 4.90
Italian 38889 3.61
French (except Basque) 32631 3.03
Scottish 29851 2.77
Swedish 29457 2.73
European 27919 2.59
Dutch 18982 1.76
Polish 18912 1.75
Scotch Irish 15201 1.41
Scandinavian 13014 1.21
Danish 11971 1.11
Welsh 9505 0.88
Russian 8805 0.82
French Canadian 7795 0.72
Finnish 7003 0.65
Czech 6760 0.63
British 6530 0.61
Northern European 5453 0.51
Swiss 5395 0.50
Austrian 4230 0.39
Hungarian 3673 0.34
Ukrainian 3463 0.32
Greek 2775 0.26
Croatian 2357 0.22
Belgian 2319 0.22
Eastern European 2166 0.20
Portuguese 2005 0.19
Canadian 1967 0.18
Czechoslovakian 1583 0.15
Lithuanian 1540 0.14
Yugoslavian 1533 0.14
Subsaharan African 1478 0.14
Slovak 1345 0.13
Slavic 1150 0.11
Romanian 928 0.09
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 887 0.08
Serbian 857 0.08
Slovene 856 0.08
African 839 0.08
Lebanese 772 0.07
Armenian 672 0.06
Basque 581 0.05
Pennsylvania German 579 0.05
Iranian 402 0.04
Australian 399 0.04
Bulgarian 384 0.04
German Russian 349 0.03
Turkish 305 0.03
Icelander 260 0.02
Ethiopian 232 0.02
Haitian 228 0.02
Celtic 220 0.02
Brazilian 203 0.02
Jamaican 197 0.02
Egyptian 181 0.02
West Indian 175 0.02
Luxembourger 158 0.02
Arab 148 0.01
South African 127 0.01
Alsatian 114 0.01
Dutch West Indian 99 0.01
Latvian 91 0.01
Albania 84 0.01
Nigerian 81 0.01
Israeli 74 0.01
Maltese 65 0.01
Belizean 64 0.01
Estonian 63 0.01
Macedonian 60 0.01
New Zealander 57 0.01
Syrian 54 0.01
Cajun 53 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 50 0.01
Iraqi 39 0.004
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 33 0.003
Palestinian 30 0.003
Guyanese 28 0.003
Cypriot 27 0.003
Bermudan 27 0.003
Barbadian 26 0.002
Bahamian 21 0.002
Moroccan 14 0.001
Ghanaian 14 0.001
Zimbabwean 9 0.001
Afghan 6 0.001