Decatur, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Decatur, Illinois 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. | German | 14176 | 18.58% |
| 2. | Irish | 8998 | 11.80% |
| 3. | English | 7452 | 9.77% |
| 4. | Italian | 1801 | 2.36% |
| 5. | French (Except Basque) | 1478 | 1.94% |
| 6. | Scotch-Irish | 1441 | 1.89% |
| 7. | Polish | 1426 | 1.87% |
| 8. | Dutch | 1281 | 1.68% |
| 9. | Scottish | 1205 | 1.58% |
| 10. | Mexican | 1023 | 1.34% |
| 11. | Swedish | 669 | 0.88% |
| 12. | European | 593 | 0.78% |
| 13. | Norwegian | 588 | 0.77% |
| 14. | Greek | 366 | 0.48% |
| 15. | Welsh | 316 | 0.41% |
| 16. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 280 | 0.37% |
| 17. | Hungarian | 278 | 0.36% |
| 18. | Asian Indian | 250 | 0.33% |
| 19. | Czech | 229 | 0.30% |
| 20. | French Canadian | 198 | 0.26% |
| 21. | British | 196 | 0.26% |
| 22. | Colombian | 166 | 0.22% |
| 23. | Austrian | 160 | 0.21% |
| 24. | Canadian | 151 | 0.20% |
| 25. | Swiss | 133 | 0.17% |
| 26. | Danish | 125 | 0.16% |
| 27. | Filipino | 97 | 0.13% |
| 28. | Puerto Rican | 85 | 0.11% |
| 29. | Costa Rican | 80 | 0.10% |
| 30. | Palestinian | 76 | 0.10% |
| 31. | Thai | 76 | 0.10% |
| 32. | Scandinavian | 73 | 0.10% |
| 33. | Ukrainian | 71 | 0.09% |
| 34. | Russian | 68 | 0.09% |
| 35. | Lebanese | 64 | 0.08% |
| 36. | Lithuanian | 61 | 0.08% |
| 37. | Australian | 61 | 0.08% |
| 38. | Korean | 61 | 0.08% |
| 39. | Belgian | 59 | 0.08% |
| 40. | Croatian | 54 | 0.07% |
| 41. | Slovak | 53 | 0.07% |
| 42. | Haitian | 53 | 0.07% |
| 43. | Apache | 52 | 0.07% |
| 44. | Peruvian | 44 | 0.06% |
| 45. | Jamaican | 44 | 0.06% |
| 46. | Portuguese | 41 | 0.05% |
| 47. | Pennsylvania German | 39 | 0.05% |
| 48. | Guatemalan | 38 | 0.05% |
| 49. | Nicaraguan | 34 | 0.04% |
| 50. | Spaniard | 33 | 0.04% |
| 51. | Pakistani | 29 | 0.04% |
| 52. | Slavic | 28 | 0.04% |
| 53. | Luxemburger | 26 | 0.03% |
| 54. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 22 | 0.03% |
| 55. | Spanish | 21 | 0.03% |
| 56. | Serbian | 18 | 0.02% |
| 57. | Maltese | 16 | 0.02% |
| 58. | Czechoslovakian | 14 | 0.02% |
| 59. | Cuban | 13 | 0.02% |
| 60. | Egyptian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 61. | Cherokee | 11 | 0.01% |
| 62. | Finnish | 11 | 0.01% |
| 63. | Potawatomi | 10 | 0.01% |
| 64. | Yugoslavian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 65. | Ghanaian | 7 | 0.01% |
| 66. | Micronesian | 6 | 0.01% |
| 67. | Moroccan | 5 | 0.01% |
| 68. | Native Hawaiian | 5 | 0.01% |
| 69. | Sioux | 4 | 0.01% |