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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 11.77M Ohio population, 2.83M had Unclassified ancestry (24.00%), 2.71M had German ancestry (22.98%), and 2.63M had Other Groups ancestry (22.37%).

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.
Ohio Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Unclassified
German
Other Groups
Irish
English
American
Italian
Polish
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Ohio Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Unclassified 2825220 24.00
German 2704923 22.98
Other Groups 2632802 22.37
Irish 1485000 12.62
English 1085882 9.23
American 734330 6.24
Italian 709661 6.03
Polish 414587 3.52
French (except Basque) 218707 1.86
Scottish 207528 1.76
European 181592 1.54
Hungarian 172974 1.47
Subsaharan African 154346 1.31
Dutch 129813 1.10
Welsh 115253 0.98
Slovak 107450 0.91
Scotch Irish 104678 0.89
African 79350 0.67
Swiss 66605 0.57
British 66268 0.56
Swedish 65045 0.55
Russian 63112 0.54
Czech 55158 0.47
Greek 51783 0.44
Slovene 49461 0.42
Norwegian 44799 0.38
Ukrainian 40551 0.35
Eastern European 36935 0.31
Croatian 36315 0.31
Pennsylvania German 32116 0.27
French Canadian 27938 0.24
Lebanese 26570 0.23
Romanian 26011 0.22
Scandinavian 24368 0.21
Austrian 23553 0.20
Lithuanian 21984 0.19
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 21552 0.18
Somali 21051 0.18
Czechoslovakian 18832 0.16
Finnish 18020 0.15
Serbian 17283 0.15
Danish 16264 0.14
Canadian 14337 0.12
Nigerian 12342 0.11
Arab 11888 0.10
Ethiopian 11275 0.10
Jamaican 11018 0.09
Northern European 10652 0.09
Palestinian 10090 0.09
Portuguese 9507 0.08
Ghanaian 8404 0.07
Belgian 8362 0.07
Yugoslavian 7908 0.07
Syrian 7901 0.07
Egyptian 7094 0.06
Turkish 6041 0.05
Slavic 5984 0.05
Iranian 5495 0.05
Macedonian 5023 0.04
Armenian 4991 0.04
Jordanian 4806 0.04
Brazilian 4313 0.04
Haitian 4214 0.04
Albania 3949 0.03
Moroccan 3880 0.03
Bulgarian 3260 0.03
West Indian 3101 0.03
Iraqi 2787 0.02
Liberian 2771 0.02
Australian 2699 0.02
Latvian 2647 0.02
Israeli 2235 0.02
Celtic 1999 0.02
Guyanese 1749 0.02
Kenyan 1517 0.01
Sierra Leonean 1513 0.01
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 1464 0.01
South African 1263 0.01
Senegalese 1177 0.01
Sudanese 1170 0.01
Icelander 1004 0.01
Afghan 892 0.01
German Russian 807 0.01
Carpatho Rusyn 702 0.01
Alsatian 669 0.01
New Zealander 563 0.01
Estonian 562 0.01
Barbadian 557 0.01
Maltese 542 0.01
Luxembourger 536 0.01
Zimbabwean 504 0.004
Belizean 449 0.004
Bahamian 411 0.004
Cape Verdean 379 0.003
Cajun 272 0.002
Ugandan 234 0.002
British West Indian 205 0.002
Cypriot 190 0.002
Bermudan 182 0.002
US Virgin Islander 165 0.001
Basque 136 0.001
Dutch West Indian 128 0.001
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 109 0.001
Soviet Union 55 0.001