DeKalb, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of DeKalb, 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 | 10717 | 24.21% |
| 2. | Irish | 6947 | 15.69% |
| 3. | Mexican | 4500 | 10.16% |
| 4. | Polish | 3478 | 7.86% |
| 5. | English | 3190 | 7.21% |
| 6. | Italian | 2690 | 6.08% |
| 7. | Swedish | 2161 | 4.88% |
| 8. | Norwegian | 1381 | 3.12% |
| 9. | Asian Indian | 1008 | 2.28% |
| 10. | French (Except Basque) | 866 | 1.96% |
| 11. | Scotch-Irish | 731 | 1.65% |
| 12. | Dutch | 645 | 1.46% |
| 13. | Scottish | 551 | 1.24% |
| 14. | Puerto Rican | 529 | 1.19% |
| 15. | European | 515 | 1.16% |
| 16. | Russian | 469 | 1.06% |
| 17. | Danish | 425 | 0.96% |
| 18. | Greek | 412 | 0.93% |
| 19. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 383 | 0.87% |
| 20. | Lithuanian | 380 | 0.86% |
| 21. | Czech | 379 | 0.86% |
| 22. | British | 255 | 0.58% |
| 23. | Honduran | 234 | 0.53% |
| 24. | Filipino | 226 | 0.51% |
| 25. | Welsh | 207 | 0.47% |
| 26. | Iranian | 200 | 0.45% |
| 27. | Ukrainian | 178 | 0.40% |
| 28. | Finnish | 175 | 0.40% |
| 29. | Austrian | 164 | 0.37% |
| 30. | Belgian | 153 | 0.35% |
| 31. | Canadian | 151 | 0.34% |
| 32. | Swiss | 145 | 0.33% |
| 33. | French Canadian | 141 | 0.32% |
| 34. | Serbian | 140 | 0.32% |
| 35. | Peruvian | 124 | 0.28% |
| 36. | Scandinavian | 101 | 0.23% |
| 37. | Croatian | 96 | 0.22% |
| 38. | Korean | 96 | 0.22% |
| 39. | Cuban | 88 | 0.20% |
| 40. | Slovak | 78 | 0.18% |
| 41. | Jamaican | 66 | 0.15% |
| 42. | Romanian | 64 | 0.14% |
| 43. | Hungarian | 64 | 0.14% |
| 44. | Bulgarian | 63 | 0.14% |
| 45. | Native Hawaiian | 57 | 0.13% |
| 46. | Colombian | 57 | 0.13% |
| 47. | Syrian | 56 | 0.13% |
| 48. | Ethiopian | 56 | 0.13% |
| 49. | Yugoslavian | 51 | 0.12% |
| 50. | Eastern European | 50 | 0.11% |
| 51. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 49 | 0.11% |
| 52. | Czechoslovakian | 44 | 0.10% |
| 53. | Japanese | 43 | 0.10% |
| 54. | Vietnamese | 37 | 0.08% |
| 55. | Northern European | 37 | 0.08% |
| 56. | Lebanese | 36 | 0.08% |
| 57. | Indonesian | 34 | 0.08% |
| 58. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 30 | 0.07% |
| 59. | Israeli | 28 | 0.06% |
| 60. | Spaniard | 27 | 0.06% |
| 61. | Portuguese | 24 | 0.05% |
| 62. | Luxemburger | 21 | 0.05% |
| 63. | Cambodian | 21 | 0.05% |
| 64. | Armenian | 20 | 0.05% |
| 65. | Nigerian | 19 | 0.04% |
| 66. | Moroccan | 19 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Laotian | 17 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Australian | 16 | 0.04% |
| 69. | Haitian | 15 | 0.03% |
| 70. | Tlingit-Haida | 15 | 0.03% |
| 71. | Belizean | 15 | 0.03% |
| 72. | Pakistani | 15 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Chilean | 14 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Slovene | 14 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Albanian | 12 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Latvian | 12 | 0.03% |
| 77. | Pennsylvania German | 12 | 0.03% |
| 78. | Sudanese | 11 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Guatemalan | 10 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Venezuelan | 10 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Argentinean | 8 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Spanish | 7 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Salvadoran | 7 | 0.02% |