Gastonia, North Carolina — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Gastonia, North 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. | German | 6828 | 9.56% |
| 2. | English | 5990 | 8.39% |
| 3. | Irish | 5537 | 7.75% |
| 4. | Mexican | 4812 | 6.74% |
| 5. | Scotch-Irish | 3217 | 4.51% |
| 6. | Scottish | 1626 | 2.28% |
| 7. | Italian | 1340 | 1.88% |
| 8. | Dutch | 1065 | 1.49% |
| 9. | Puerto Rican | 986 | 1.38% |
| 10. | Asian Indian | 704 | 0.99% |
| 11. | Polish | 675 | 0.95% |
| 12. | French (Except Basque) | 651 | 0.91% |
| 13. | Colombian | 627 | 0.88% |
| 14. | Greek | 495 | 0.69% |
| 15. | European | 437 | 0.61% |
| 16. | French Canadian | 430 | 0.60% |
| 17. | Welsh | 325 | 0.46% |
| 18. | Russian | 280 | 0.39% |
| 19. | British | 255 | 0.36% |
| 20. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 247 | 0.35% |
| 21. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 244 | 0.34% |
| 22. | Pakistani | 238 | 0.33% |
| 23. | Costa Rican | 237 | 0.33% |
| 24. | Swedish | 128 | 0.18% |
| 25. | Salvadoran | 126 | 0.18% |
| 26. | Ghanaian | 121 | 0.17% |
| 27. | Cuban | 118 | 0.17% |
| 28. | Cherokee | 114 | 0.16% |
| 29. | Syrian | 113 | 0.16% |
| 30. | Honduran | 113 | 0.16% |
| 31. | Ethiopian | 110 | 0.15% |
| 32. | Armenian | 93 | 0.13% |
| 33. | Czech | 86 | 0.12% |
| 34. | Japanese | 82 | 0.11% |
| 35. | Guatemalan | 82 | 0.11% |
| 36. | Bulgarian | 77 | 0.11% |
| 37. | Nigerian | 74 | 0.10% |
| 38. | Eastern European | 73 | 0.10% |
| 39. | Finnish | 68 | 0.10% |
| 40. | Cree | 66 | 0.09% |
| 41. | Portuguese | 66 | 0.09% |
| 42. | Swiss | 65 | 0.09% |
| 43. | Lumbee | 63 | 0.09% |
| 44. | Canadian | 62 | 0.09% |
| 45. | Spanish | 62 | 0.09% |
| 46. | Slovak | 57 | 0.08% |
| 47. | Czechoslovakian | 52 | 0.07% |
| 48. | Korean | 50 | 0.07% |
| 49. | Haitian | 49 | 0.07% |
| 50. | Filipino | 47 | 0.07% |
| 51. | Norwegian | 43 | 0.06% |
| 52. | Uruguayan | 35 | 0.05% |
| 53. | Laotian | 35 | 0.05% |
| 54. | South African | 29 | 0.04% |
| 55. | Senegalese | 29 | 0.04% |
| 56. | Nicaraguan | 28 | 0.04% |
| 57. | Scandinavian | 28 | 0.04% |
| 58. | Hungarian | 25 | 0.04% |
| 59. | Croatian | 24 | 0.03% |
| 60. | Bahamian | 23 | 0.03% |
| 61. | Yugoslavian | 20 | 0.03% |
| 62. | Danish | 18 | 0.03% |
| 63. | Chickasaw | 17 | 0.02% |
| 64. | Belgian | 17 | 0.02% |
| 65. | Pennsylvania German | 16 | 0.02% |
| 66. | Somalian | 14 | 0.02% |
| 67. | Moroccan | 14 | 0.02% |
| 68. | Panamanian | 14 | 0.02% |
| 69. | Lebanese | 13 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Cajun | 13 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Ukrainian | 13 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Romanian | 13 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Kenyan | 12 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Brazilian | 12 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Vietnamese | 12 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Austrian | 12 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Jamaican | 11 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Australian | 11 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Northern European | 11 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Argentinean | 10 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Turkish | 10 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Albanian | 6 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Spaniard | 5 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Malaysian | 5 | 0.01% |