Charleston, South Carolina — Nationalities & Ancestry

Nationalities & Ancestry

Breakdown of the population of Charleston, South Carolina by nationality. Data represents only those respondents who voluntarily listed an ancestry on their response form. Sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Nationalities & Ancestry
# Ancestry Population Percentage
1.English1480312.50%
2.German1440512.17%
3.Irish1263910.67%
4.Italian44783.78%
5.Scottish43433.67%
6.Scotch-Irish36703.10%
7.French (Except Basque)32922.78%
8.Polish19561.65%
9.Mexican16471.39%
10.European16081.36%
11.Dutch13461.14%
12.Russian10530.89%
13.Welsh8870.75%
14.Norwegian8410.71%
15.Swedish8300.70%
16.Greek8110.68%
17.Puerto Rican7830.66%
18.British7500.63%
19.Asian Indian5260.44%
20.Ukrainian4490.38%
21.French Canadian4400.37%
22.Hungarian4310.36%
23.Lebanese3480.29%
24.Czech3370.28%
25.Jordanian2890.24%
26.Korean2570.22%
27.Chinese , Except Taiwanese2540.21%
28.Colombian2370.20%
29.Slovak2330.20%
30.Filipino2310.20%
31.Swiss2220.19%
32.Japanese2000.17%
33.Scandinavian1930.16%
34.Cuban1820.15%
35.Lithuanian1810.15%
36.Canadian1760.15%
37.Danish1730.15%
38.Egyptian1710.14%
39.Austrian1530.13%
40.Nigerian1430.12%
41.Vietnamese1400.12%
42.Portuguese1360.11%
43.Micronesian1330.11%
44.Peruvian1330.11%
45.Spaniard1320.11%
46.Native Hawaiian1280.11%
47.Czechoslovakian1240.10%
48.Spanish1190.10%
49.Romanian1160.10%
50.Jamaican1010.09%
51.Iranian990.08%
52.Syrian960.08%
53.Eastern European900.08%
54.Northern European810.07%
55.Israeli600.05%
56.Belgian590.05%
57.Latvian580.05%
58.Bolivian480.04%
59.Iraqi470.04%
60.Finnish470.04%
61.Slovene450.04%
62.Cajun450.04%
63.Brazilian410.03%
64.Yugoslavian400.03%
65.Thai400.03%
66.Bulgarian380.03%
67.Armenian330.03%
68.Taiwanese300.03%
69.Spanish American280.02%
70.Malaysian250.02%
71.South African240.02%
72.Guatemalan240.02%
73.Indonesian230.02%
74.Pennsylvania German230.02%
75.Dominican (Dominican Republic)200.02%
76.Slavic200.02%
77.Turkish200.02%
78.U.S. Virgin Islander190.02%
79.Serbian170.01%
80.Croatian170.01%
81.Palestinian150.01%
82.Potawatomi150.01%
83.Estonian150.01%
84.Australian150.01%
85.Albanian140.01%
86.Trinidadian And Tobagonian120.01%
87.Venezuelan100.01%
88.Macedonian100.01%
89.Ethiopian90.01%
90.New Zealander80.01%
91.Chilean80.01%
92.Nicaraguan70.01%
93.Honduran60.01%
94.Argentinean50.00%
95.Basque40.00%
96.Ecuadorian30.00%
97.Pueblo20.00%
98.Cherokee10.00%