Lake Charles, Louisiana — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Lake Charles, Louisiana 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. | French (Except Basque) | 8574 | 11.97% |
| 2. | Irish | 5261 | 7.34% |
| 3. | English | 4409 | 6.16% |
| 4. | German | 4287 | 5.98% |
| 5. | French Canadian | 2778 | 3.88% |
| 6. | Italian | 2367 | 3.30% |
| 7. | Cajun | 1001 | 1.40% |
| 8. | Scotch-Irish | 906 | 1.26% |
| 9. | Mexican | 795 | 1.11% |
| 10. | Scottish | 689 | 0.96% |
| 11. | Dutch | 556 | 0.78% |
| 12. | Asian Indian | 402 | 0.56% |
| 13. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 350 | 0.49% |
| 14. | European | 334 | 0.47% |
| 15. | Puerto Rican | 314 | 0.44% |
| 16. | Portuguese | 277 | 0.39% |
| 17. | Polish | 276 | 0.39% |
| 18. | Houma | 268 | 0.37% |
| 19. | Jamaican | 233 | 0.33% |
| 20. | Norwegian | 224 | 0.31% |
| 21. | Filipino | 210 | 0.29% |
| 22. | Lebanese | 196 | 0.27% |
| 23. | Vietnamese | 171 | 0.24% |
| 24. | Canadian | 163 | 0.23% |
| 25. | British | 156 | 0.22% |
| 26. | Honduran | 111 | 0.15% |
| 27. | Swedish | 110 | 0.15% |
| 28. | Greek | 108 | 0.15% |
| 29. | Welsh | 106 | 0.15% |
| 30. | Romanian | 98 | 0.14% |
| 31. | Guatemalan | 96 | 0.13% |
| 32. | Turkish | 87 | 0.12% |
| 33. | Swiss | 85 | 0.12% |
| 34. | Thai | 84 | 0.12% |
| 35. | Indonesian | 81 | 0.11% |
| 36. | Russian | 67 | 0.09% |
| 37. | Lithuanian | 60 | 0.08% |
| 38. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 57 | 0.08% |
| 39. | Cuban | 56 | 0.08% |
| 40. | Bangladeshi | 50 | 0.07% |
| 41. | Spanish | 45 | 0.06% |
| 42. | Ukrainian | 44 | 0.06% |
| 43. | Nicaraguan | 42 | 0.06% |
| 44. | Spaniard | 42 | 0.06% |
| 45. | Danish | 38 | 0.05% |
| 46. | Cherokee | 37 | 0.05% |
| 47. | Korean | 36 | 0.05% |
| 48. | Celtic | 36 | 0.05% |
| 49. | Argentinean | 32 | 0.04% |
| 50. | Czech | 30 | 0.04% |
| 51. | Austrian | 29 | 0.04% |
| 52. | Native Hawaiian | 29 | 0.04% |
| 53. | Slovak | 27 | 0.04% |
| 54. | Peruvian | 23 | 0.03% |
| 55. | Scandinavian | 22 | 0.03% |
| 56. | Serbian | 22 | 0.03% |
| 57. | Panamanian | 19 | 0.03% |
| 58. | Belgian | 18 | 0.03% |
| 59. | Venezuelan | 18 | 0.03% |
| 60. | Finnish | 18 | 0.03% |
| 61. | Syrian | 16 | 0.02% |
| 62. | Iranian | 16 | 0.02% |
| 63. | Dutch West Indian | 13 | 0.02% |
| 64. | Kenyan | 12 | 0.02% |
| 65. | Croatian | 11 | 0.02% |
| 66. | Czechoslovakian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 67. | Uruguayan | 8 | 0.01% |
| 68. | Salvadoran | 8 | 0.01% |
| 69. | South African | 7 | 0.01% |
| 70. | Slavic | 6 | 0.01% |
| 71. | Northern European | 6 | 0.01% |
| 72. | Japanese | 4 | 0.01% |
| 73. | Nigerian | 4 | 0.01% |