West Virginia Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on April 15, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 1.80M West Virginia population, 658.19K had Unclassified ancestry (36.55%), 271.17K had German ancestry (15.06%), and 258.55K had Other Groups ancestry (14.36%).
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: West Virginia ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
West Virginia Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Population (%) |
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| Unclassified | 658187 | 36.55 |
| German | 271174 | 15.06 |
| Other Groups | 258552 | 14.36 |
| Irish | 227982 | 12.66 |
| English | 221067 | 12.27 |
| American | 183821 | 10.21 |
| Italian | 77066 | 4.28 |
| Scottish | 36001 | 2.00 |
| Scotch Irish | 31551 | 1.75 |
| Polish | 28241 | 1.57 |
| European | 27199 | 1.51 |
| French (except Basque) | 23317 | 1.30 |
| Dutch | 21756 | 1.21 |
| Welsh | 15208 | 0.84 |
| British | 9075 | 0.50 |
| Hungarian | 7940 | 0.44 |
| Subsaharan African | 7159 | 0.40 |
| Russian | 5807 | 0.32 |
| Swedish | 5731 | 0.32 |
| African | 5007 | 0.28 |
| Greek | 4599 | 0.26 |
| Norwegian | 4325 | 0.24 |
| Slovak | 3963 | 0.22 |
| Scandinavian | 3542 | 0.20 |
| Eastern European | 3384 | 0.19 |
| Lebanese | 3037 | 0.17 |
| Swiss | 3002 | 0.17 |
| Czech | 2597 | 0.14 |
| Croatian | 2181 | 0.12 |
| French Canadian | 2169 | 0.12 |
| Austrian | 1846 | 0.10 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 1761 | 0.10 |
| Northern European | 1627 | 0.09 |
| Ukrainian | 1451 | 0.08 |
| Canadian | 1423 | 0.08 |
| Danish | 1400 | 0.08 |
| Lithuanian | 1280 | 0.07 |
| Belgian | 1273 | 0.07 |
| Syrian | 1184 | 0.07 |
| Serbian | 1176 | 0.07 |
| Czechoslovakian | 1156 | 0.06 |
| Jamaican | 1095 | 0.06 |
| Romanian | 1094 | 0.06 |
| Finnish | 1008 | 0.06 |
| Slavic | 941 | 0.05 |
| Portuguese | 920 | 0.05 |
| Arab | 846 | 0.05 |
| Iranian | 807 | 0.05 |
| Nigerian | 784 | 0.04 |
| Celtic | 680 | 0.04 |
| Pennsylvania German | 610 | 0.03 |
| Egyptian | 563 | 0.03 |
| Yugoslavian | 531 | 0.03 |
| Palestinian | 452 | 0.03 |
| Slovene | 451 | 0.03 |
| Guyanese | 331 | 0.02 |
| Brazilian | 301 | 0.02 |
| Ghanaian | 298 | 0.02 |
| Moroccan | 241 | 0.01 |
| Armenian | 237 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 215 | 0.01 |
| Ethiopian | 208 | 0.01 |
| Sudanese | 190 | 0.01 |
| Turkish | 188 | 0.01 |
| West Indian | 179 | 0.01 |
| Haitian | 172 | 0.01 |
| Cajun | 164 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 154 | 0.01 |
| Bahamian | 118 | 0.01 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 105 | 0.01 |
| Israeli | 99 | 0.01 |
| Senegalese | 99 | 0.01 |
| Icelander | 98 | 0.01 |
| Iraqi | 94 | 0.01 |
| Kenyan | 87 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourger | 84 | 0.01 |
| Liberian | 83 | 0.01 |
| British West Indian | 72 | 0.004 |
| Albania | 61 | 0.003 |
| Latvian | 58 | 0.003 |
| Zimbabwean | 54 | 0.003 |
| South African | 45 | 0.003 |
| Estonian | 44 | 0.002 |
| Alsatian | 42 | 0.002 |
| German Russian | 40 | 0.002 |
| Dutch West Indian | 39 | 0.002 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 33 | 0.002 |
| Macedonian | 29 | 0.002 |
| US Virgin Islander | 26 | 0.001 |
| Bulgarian | 20 | 0.001 |
| New Zealander | 16 | 0.001 |
| Belizean | 15 | 0.001 |
| Cypriot | 12 | 0.001 |
| Carpatho Rusyn | 10 | 0.001 |
| Maltese | 9 | 0.001 |
| Basque | 7 | 0.000 |
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