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

Updated on April 15, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 4.21M Oregon population, 1.19M had Other Groups ancestry (28.16%), 897.72K had Unclassified ancestry (21.34%), and 713.62K had German ancestry (16.96%).

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.
Oregon Percentage of Ancestry Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
German
English
Irish
American
European
Italian
Norwegian
Scottish
Oregon Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Population Percent of Population (%)
Other Groups 1184535 28.16
Unclassified 897720 21.34
German 713615 16.96
English 515619 12.26
Irish 463718 11.02
American 192062 4.57
European 161006 3.83
Italian 154612 3.68
Norwegian 138546 3.29
Scottish 116273 2.76
French (except Basque) 115902 2.76
Swedish 95700 2.28
Dutch 71398 1.70
Polish 68963 1.64
Scotch Irish 50615 1.20
British 44373 1.06
Russian 42575 1.01
Welsh 39517 0.94
Danish 38634 0.92
Scandinavian 37646 0.90
Swiss 26751 0.64
French Canadian 25377 0.60
Subsaharan African 24779 0.59
Ukrainian 21337 0.51
Finnish 21291 0.51
Northern European 20644 0.49
Portuguese 19184 0.46
Czech 18586 0.44
Eastern European 15003 0.36
Greek 14308 0.34
Hungarian 14165 0.34
Canadian 12677 0.30
Austrian 11167 0.27
African 10520 0.25
Romanian 9898 0.24
Iranian 7011 0.17
Croatian 6193 0.15
Lithuanian 6061 0.14
Belgian 5688 0.14
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 5637 0.13
Czechoslovakian 5416 0.13
Lebanese 5375 0.13
Ethiopian 4857 0.12
Slovak 3460 0.08
Armenian 3211 0.08
Yugoslavian 2848 0.07
Basque 2830 0.07
Brazilian 2565 0.06
Egyptian 2562 0.06
Slavic 2275 0.05
Arab 2260 0.05
Somali 2241 0.05
Jamaican 2210 0.05
Australian 2099 0.05
Turkish 2000 0.05
Syrian 1996 0.05
Israeli 1789 0.04
Iraqi 1777 0.04
Slovene 1760 0.04
Latvian 1671 0.04
Serbian 1653 0.04
Icelander 1633 0.04
Nigerian 1497 0.04
Bulgarian 1416 0.03
Celtic 1364 0.03
Pennsylvania German 1300 0.03
Ghanaian 1134 0.03
Estonian 1132 0.03
South African 1132 0.03
Haitian 1053 0.03
Afghan 1005 0.02
Cajun 989 0.02
Kenyan 947 0.02
Palestinian 932 0.02
Moroccan 823 0.02
New Zealander 785 0.02
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 697 0.02
West Indian 615 0.02
Luxembourger 496 0.01
Albania 482 0.01
Belizean 477 0.01
Macedonian 461 0.01
Maltese 422 0.01
Jordanian 392 0.01
Ugandan 376 0.01
Dutch West Indian 352 0.01
Guyanese 319 0.01
German Russian 301 0.01
Alsatian 278 0.01
Liberian 189 0.005
Senegalese 186 0.004
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac 173 0.004
Zimbabwean 164 0.004
Barbadian 101 0.002
Sierra Leonean 91 0.002
British West Indian 85 0.002
Cypriot 84 0.002
Sudanese 83 0.002
Soviet Union 74 0.002
Bahamian 25 0.001
US Virgin Islander 16 0.000
Bermudan 8 0.000
Carpatho Rusyn 7 0.000