Ranking of Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.91M people in Virginia with Unclassified ancestry (22.19% of Virginia population). Among all Virginia cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Stuarts Draft CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (36.62%), followed by Waynesboro city (32.58%), and Salem city (31.50%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Virginia.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Stuarts Draft CDP
Waynesboro city
Salem city
Front Royal town
Triangle CDP
Roanoke city
Colonial Heights city
Timberlake CDP
Hopewell city
Staunton city
Ranking of Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Stuarts Draft CDP 36.62
2 Waynesboro city 32.58
3 Salem city 31.50
4 Front Royal town 31.07
5 Triangle CDP 29.92
6 Roanoke city 29.29
7 Colonial Heights city 29.19
8 Timberlake CDP 29.02
9 Hopewell city 28.82
10 Staunton city 28.77
11 Hollins CDP 28.52
12 Culpeper town 28.16
13 Winchester city 28.15
14 New Baltimore CDP 27.96
15 Christiansburg town 27.53
16 Mechanicsville CDP 27.50
17 Chester CDP 27.03
18 Harrisonburg city 26.65
19 Forest CDP 26.62
20 Laurel CDP 26.24
21 Blacksburg town 25.93
22 Bristol city 25.68
23 Radford city 25.14
24 Suffolk city 25.01
25 Warrenton town 24.38
26 Madison Heights CDP 23.63
27 Cave Spring CDP 23.51
28 Linton Hall CDP 23.48
29 Poquoson city 23.40
30 Woodbridge CDP 23.19
31 Petersburg city 23.00
32 Lynchburg city 22.95
33 Montclair CDP 22.81
34 Dale City CDP 22.76
35 Portsmouth city 22.71
36 Highland Springs CDP 22.70
37 Hampton city 22.56
38 Chesapeake city 22.45
39 Yorkshire CDP 22.28
40 Glen Allen CDP 22.07
41 Richmond city 21.91
42 Virginia Beach city 21.73
43 Meadowbrook CDP 21.49
44 Tuckahoe CDP 21.39
45 Midlothian CDP 21.26
46 Difficult Run CDP 21.14
47 Charlottesville city 21.13
48 Sterling CDP 21.07
49 Bon Air CDP 20.96
50 Newport News city 20.84
51 Lowes Island CDP 20.83
52 Groveton CDP 20.57
53 Manassas city 20.31
53 Stone Ridge CDP 20.31
54 Cascades CDP 20.22
55 Lake Ridge CDP 19.81
56 Cherry Hill CDP 19.72
57 Norfolk city 19.67
58 Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) 19.51
59 Fredericksburg city 19.50
60 Gainesville CDP 19.44
61 Kings Park West CDP 19.36
62 Lakeside CDP 19.17
63 Leesylvania CDP 19.08
64 Gloucester Point CDP 18.99
65 Danville city 18.82
66 Buckhall CDP 18.43
67 Manassas Park city 18.02
68 East Highland Park CDP 17.99
69 Manchester CDP 17.89
70 Fairfax Station CDP 17.73
71 Martinsville city 17.66
72 Dranesville CDP 17.59
73 Wakefield CDP 17.42
74 Newington CDP 17.33
75 Centreville CDP 17.32
76 Leesburg town 17.26
77 Ashburn CDP 17.12
78 Franconia CDP 17.06
79 Vienna town 17.00
80 West Falls Church CDP 16.58
81 South Riding CDP 16.53
82 Wyndham CDP 16.44
83 Fort Hunt CDP 16.41
84 Short Pump CDP 16.39
85 Oakton CDP 16.35
86 Lansdowne CDP 16.25
87 Sugarland Run CDP 15.87
88 Lake Monticello CDP 15.83
89 Newington Forest CDP 15.81
90 Brandermill CDP 15.63
91 Bailey's Crossroads CDP 15.62
92 Williamsburg city 15.43
93 McNair CDP 15.28
94 Brambleton CDP 15.27
95 Fairfax city 14.97
96 Merrifield CDP 14.92
97 Mount Vernon CDP 14.89
98 Lake Barcroft CDP 14.71
99 West Springfield CDP 14.70
100 Rose Hill CDP (Fairfax County) 14.67
101 Arlington CDP 14.59
102 Wolf Trap CDP 14.55
103 Huntington CDP 14.44
104 Franklin Farm CDP 14.38
105 Annandale CDP 14.33
106 Great Falls CDP 14.28
107 Chantilly CDP 14.26
108 Fair Oaks CDP 14.07
109 Burke Centre CDP 13.91
110 Idylwood CDP 13.85
111 Alexandria city 13.78
112 Reston CDP 13.70
113 Sudley CDP 13.62
114 McLean CDP 13.59
115 Woodlawn CDP (Fairfax County) 13.41
116 Burke CDP 13.40
117 Hybla Valley CDP 13.36
118 Springfield CDP 13.12
119 Woodburn CDP 12.98
120 Lorton CDP 12.87
121 Herndon town 12.72
122 Broadlands CDP 12.25
123 Lincolnia CDP 11.55
124 Falls Church city 11.51
125 Kingstowne CDP 11.31
126 Tysons CDP 10.92
127 Loudoun Valley Estates CDP 10.59