Tennessee Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on April 15, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 6.86M Tennessee population, 1.98M had Other Groups ancestry (28.92%), 1.91M had Unclassified ancestry (27.90%), and 825.83K had American ancestry (12.04%).
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: Tennessee ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Tennessee Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Population (%) |
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| Other Groups | 1984023 | 28.92 |
| Unclassified | 1914017 | 27.90 |
| American | 825830 | 12.04 |
| English | 709191 | 10.34 |
| Irish | 638141 | 9.30 |
| German | 627269 | 9.15 |
| Italian | 155802 | 2.27 |
| European | 152985 | 2.23 |
| Scottish | 138721 | 2.02 |
| Scotch Irish | 135910 | 1.98 |
| French (except Basque) | 99271 | 1.45 |
| Subsaharan African | 84036 | 1.23 |
| Polish | 74289 | 1.08 |
| Dutch | 60818 | 0.89 |
| African | 54313 | 0.79 |
| British | 43745 | 0.64 |
| Welsh | 41596 | 0.61 |
| Norwegian | 30607 | 0.45 |
| Swedish | 30086 | 0.44 |
| Russian | 18413 | 0.27 |
| French Canadian | 16621 | 0.24 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 14911 | 0.22 |
| Scandinavian | 14766 | 0.22 |
| Egyptian | 12743 | 0.19 |
| Swiss | 12173 | 0.18 |
| Greek | 12109 | 0.18 |
| Hungarian | 11827 | 0.17 |
| Eastern European | 10840 | 0.16 |
| Czech | 9767 | 0.14 |
| Danish | 8481 | 0.12 |
| Nigerian | 8393 | 0.12 |
| Ukrainian | 8282 | 0.12 |
| Northern European | 7377 | 0.11 |
| Austrian | 7103 | 0.10 |
| Canadian | 6958 | 0.10 |
| Lebanese | 6241 | 0.09 |
| Portuguese | 6057 | 0.09 |
| Jamaican | 5664 | 0.08 |
| Ethiopian | 5135 | 0.08 |
| Finnish | 4893 | 0.07 |
| Romanian | 4849 | 0.07 |
| Arab | 4564 | 0.07 |
| Lithuanian | 4537 | 0.07 |
| Iranian | 4389 | 0.06 |
| Slovak | 3784 | 0.06 |
| Haitian | 3751 | 0.06 |
| Iraqi | 3535 | 0.05 |
| Sudanese | 3258 | 0.05 |
| Croatian | 3131 | 0.05 |
| Brazilian | 2883 | 0.04 |
| Belgian | 2769 | 0.04 |
| Yugoslavian | 2501 | 0.04 |
| Somali | 2418 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakian | 2161 | 0.03 |
| Palestinian | 2070 | 0.03 |
| Serbian | 1841 | 0.03 |
| Ghanaian | 1745 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 1605 | 0.02 |
| Armenian | 1551 | 0.02 |
| Slavic | 1413 | 0.02 |
| Turkish | 1373 | 0.02 |
| West Indian | 1366 | 0.02 |
| Albania | 1345 | 0.02 |
| Syrian | 1296 | 0.02 |
| Pennsylvania German | 1268 | 0.02 |
| Latvian | 1264 | 0.02 |
| Australian | 1248 | 0.02 |
| Cajun | 1096 | 0.02 |
| South African | 1077 | 0.02 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 986 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 959 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 896 | 0.01 |
| Dutch West Indian | 747 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 734 | 0.01 |
| Liberian | 689 | 0.01 |
| Moroccan | 675 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 603 | 0.01 |
| Belizean | 579 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 571 | 0.01 |
| Afghan | 570 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 523 | 0.01 |
| Israeli | 507 | 0.01 |
| Bahamian | 481 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 431 | 0.01 |
| New Zealander | 359 | 0.01 |
| Guyanese | 333 | 0.01 |
| German Russian | 324 | 0.01 |
| Basque | 301 | 0.004 |
| Macedonian | 295 | 0.004 |
| Luxembourger | 276 | 0.004 |
| US Virgin Islander | 234 | 0.003 |
| Maltese | 231 | 0.003 |
| Barbadian | 209 | 0.003 |
| Estonian | 198 | 0.003 |
| Cape Verdean | 188 | 0.003 |
| Ugandan | 187 | 0.003 |
| Zimbabwean | 137 | 0.002 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 116 | 0.002 |
| Alsatian | 93 | 0.001 |
| Cypriot | 39 | 0.001 |
| Sierra Leonean | 39 | 0.001 |
| Bermudan | 22 | 0.000 |
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