Houston, Texas — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Houston, Texas 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. | Mexican | 689360 | 33.00% |
| 2. | German | 118151 | 5.66% |
| 3. | English | 91387 | 4.37% |
| 4. | Irish | 82967 | 3.97% |
| 5. | Salvadoran | 81291 | 3.89% |
| 6. | Vietnamese | 36906 | 1.77% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 35327 | 1.69% |
| 8. | Italian | 31552 | 1.51% |
| 9. | Honduran | 31404 | 1.50% |
| 10. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 27291 | 1.31% |
| 11. | Asian Indian | 25599 | 1.23% |
| 12. | Guatemalan | 23848 | 1.14% |
| 13. | Scottish | 21205 | 1.02% |
| 14. | Scotch-Irish | 20511 | 0.98% |
| 15. | Polish | 18693 | 0.89% |
| 16. | European | 13986 | 0.67% |
| 17. | Dutch | 11185 | 0.54% |
| 18. | Colombian | 11029 | 0.53% |
| 19. | Czech | 10799 | 0.52% |
| 20. | Russian | 9507 | 0.46% |
| 21. | Nigerian | 8611 | 0.41% |
| 22. | Filipino | 7898 | 0.38% |
| 23. | Puerto Rican | 7879 | 0.38% |
| 24. | Swedish | 7861 | 0.38% |
| 25. | Pakistani | 7647 | 0.37% |
| 26. | British | 7200 | 0.34% |
| 27. | Norwegian | 7151 | 0.34% |
| 28. | Cuban | 6597 | 0.32% |
| 29. | Korean | 6257 | 0.30% |
| 30. | Welsh | 5459 | 0.26% |
| 31. | Iranian | 5431 | 0.26% |
| 32. | Greek | 5313 | 0.25% |
| 33. | Spaniard | 4842 | 0.23% |
| 34. | Nicaraguan | 4421 | 0.21% |
| 35. | French Canadian | 4032 | 0.19% |
| 36. | Lebanese | 3845 | 0.18% |
| 37. | Venezuelan | 3558 | 0.17% |
| 38. | Peruvian | 3538 | 0.17% |
| 39. | Spanish | 3225 | 0.15% |
| 40. | Danish | 3209 | 0.15% |
| 41. | Swiss | 2573 | 0.12% |
| 42. | Jamaican | 2457 | 0.12% |
| 43. | Canadian | 2446 | 0.12% |
| 44. | Hungarian | 2366 | 0.11% |
| 45. | Ethiopian | 2216 | 0.11% |
| 46. | Turkish | 2131 | 0.10% |
| 47. | Austrian | 2004 | 0.10% |
| 48. | Eastern European | 1979 | 0.09% |
| 49. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 1972 | 0.09% |
| 50. | Romanian | 1965 | 0.09% |
| 51. | Japanese | 1933 | 0.09% |
| 52. | Taiwanese | 1910 | 0.09% |
| 53. | Portuguese | 1887 | 0.09% |
| 54. | Argentinean | 1811 | 0.09% |
| 55. | Ukrainian | 1805 | 0.09% |
| 56. | Thai | 1559 | 0.07% |
| 57. | Belizean | 1506 | 0.07% |
| 58. | Ecuadorian | 1491 | 0.07% |
| 59. | Scandinavian | 1453 | 0.07% |
| 60. | Yugoslavian | 1452 | 0.07% |
| 61. | Cajun | 1311 | 0.06% |
| 62. | Lithuanian | 1288 | 0.06% |
| 63. | Czechoslovakian | 1284 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Brazilian | 1250 | 0.06% |
| 65. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 1178 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Egyptian | 1119 | 0.05% |
| 67. | Haitian | 1084 | 0.05% |
| 68. | Northern European | 1064 | 0.05% |
| 69. | Belgian | 1058 | 0.05% |
| 70. | Costa Rican | 984 | 0.05% |
| 71. | Syrian | 848 | 0.04% |
| 72. | Bangladeshi | 840 | 0.04% |
| 73. | Israeli | 840 | 0.04% |
| 74. | Slovak | 832 | 0.04% |
| 75. | Moroccan | 832 | 0.04% |
| 76. | Uruguayan | 791 | 0.04% |
| 77. | Palestinian | 787 | 0.04% |
| 78. | Panamanian | 771 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Croatian | 769 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Armenian | 760 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Cherokee | 743 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Cambodian | 742 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Finnish | 725 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Somalian | 703 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Chilean | 658 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Australian | 653 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Guyanese | 648 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Bolivian | 638 | 0.03% |
| 89. | South African | 628 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Native Hawaiian | 594 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Sudanese | 531 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Iraqi | 502 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Jordanian | 481 | 0.02% |
| 94. | Indonesian | 478 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Albanian | 371 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Sri Lankan | 346 | 0.02% |
| 97. | Bulgarian | 343 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Kenyan | 321 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Latvian | 285 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Serbian | 252 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Liberian | 245 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Spanish American | 230 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Micronesian | 227 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Slovene | 226 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Choctaw | 219 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Ghanaian | 217 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Estonian | 212 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Apache | 209 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Laotian | 203 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Celtic | 198 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Basque | 187 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Slavic | 169 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Bahamian | 159 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Afghan | 159 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Dutch West Indian | 151 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Comanche | 150 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Barbadian | 145 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Pennsylvania German | 143 | 0.01% |
| 119. | New Zealander | 142 | 0.01% |
| 120. | British West Indian | 129 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Senegalese | 122 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Icelander | 120 | 0.01% |
| 123. | Sierra Leonean | 118 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Navajo | 112 | 0.01% |
| 125. | German Russian | 98 | 0.00% |
| 126. | Maltese | 92 | 0.00% |
| 127. | Blackfeet | 92 | 0.00% |
| 128. | Alsatian | 90 | 0.00% |
| 129. | Malaysian | 83 | 0.00% |
| 130. | Paraguayan | 80 | 0.00% |
| 131. | Luxemburger | 75 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Cheyenne | 69 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Fijian | 61 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Creek | 61 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Cape Verdean | 61 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Potawatomi | 57 | 0.00% |
| 137. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 52 | 0.00% |
| 138. | Iroquois | 51 | 0.00% |
| 139. | Kiowa | 49 | 0.00% |
| 140. | Aleut | 43 | 0.00% |
| 141. | Cypriot | 38 | 0.00% |
| 142. | Chippewa | 36 | 0.00% |
| 143. | Pueblo | 29 | 0.00% |
| 144. | Bermudan | 23 | 0.00% |
| 145. | Osage | 23 | 0.00% |
| 146. | Chickasaw | 21 | 0.00% |
| 147. | Alaskan Athabascan | 14 | 0.00% |
| 148. | Zimbabwean | 12 | 0.00% |
| 149. | Macedonian | 12 | 0.00% |
| 150. | Sioux | 9 | 0.00% |
| 151. | Yaqui | 7 | 0.00% |