Newport News, Virginia — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Newport News, Virginia 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 | 18595 | 10.27% |
| 2. | English | 16065 | 8.88% |
| 3. | Irish | 15003 | 8.29% |
| 4. | Italian | 6523 | 3.60% |
| 5. | Mexican | 4507 | 2.49% |
| 6. | Puerto Rican | 4148 | 2.29% |
| 7. | Scottish | 3478 | 1.92% |
| 8. | French (Except Basque) | 2659 | 1.47% |
| 9. | Scotch-Irish | 2631 | 1.45% |
| 10. | Polish | 2560 | 1.41% |
| 11. | Filipino | 1799 | 0.99% |
| 12. | European | 1577 | 0.87% |
| 13. | Dutch | 1546 | 0.85% |
| 14. | Swedish | 1194 | 0.66% |
| 15. | Welsh | 1147 | 0.63% |
| 16. | Korean | 1105 | 0.61% |
| 17. | Russian | 1076 | 0.59% |
| 18. | Norwegian | 870 | 0.48% |
| 19. | British | 808 | 0.45% |
| 20. | French Canadian | 788 | 0.44% |
| 21. | Panamanian | 770 | 0.43% |
| 22. | Jamaican | 750 | 0.41% |
| 23. | Portuguese | 653 | 0.36% |
| 24. | Asian Indian | 588 | 0.32% |
| 25. | Greek | 573 | 0.32% |
| 26. | Cuban | 572 | 0.32% |
| 27. | Colombian | 539 | 0.30% |
| 28. | Honduran | 538 | 0.30% |
| 29. | Canadian | 521 | 0.29% |
| 30. | Vietnamese | 496 | 0.27% |
| 31. | Austrian | 433 | 0.24% |
| 32. | Hungarian | 419 | 0.23% |
| 33. | Japanese | 336 | 0.19% |
| 34. | Swiss | 321 | 0.18% |
| 35. | Czech | 317 | 0.18% |
| 36. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 293 | 0.16% |
| 37. | Lithuanian | 267 | 0.15% |
| 38. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 265 | 0.15% |
| 39. | Slovak | 255 | 0.14% |
| 40. | Salvadoran | 254 | 0.14% |
| 41. | Belizean | 245 | 0.14% |
| 42. | Danish | 231 | 0.13% |
| 43. | Haitian | 195 | 0.11% |
| 44. | Micronesian | 195 | 0.11% |
| 45. | Cherokee | 195 | 0.11% |
| 46. | Cape Verdean | 195 | 0.11% |
| 47. | Scandinavian | 192 | 0.11% |
| 48. | Finnish | 179 | 0.10% |
| 49. | Pennsylvania German | 171 | 0.09% |
| 50. | Nicaraguan | 166 | 0.09% |
| 51. | Ukrainian | 166 | 0.09% |
| 52. | Moroccan | 150 | 0.08% |
| 53. | Lebanese | 147 | 0.08% |
| 54. | Ethiopian | 147 | 0.08% |
| 55. | Sudanese | 144 | 0.08% |
| 56. | Native Hawaiian | 142 | 0.08% |
| 57. | Cambodian | 140 | 0.08% |
| 58. | Guatemalan | 137 | 0.08% |
| 59. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 137 | 0.08% |
| 60. | Egyptian | 130 | 0.07% |
| 61. | Peruvian | 122 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Kenyan | 115 | 0.06% |
| 63. | Czechoslovakian | 114 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Chilean | 110 | 0.06% |
| 65. | Eastern European | 107 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Spaniard | 104 | 0.06% |
| 67. | British West Indian | 103 | 0.06% |
| 68. | Turkish | 96 | 0.05% |
| 69. | Armenian | 94 | 0.05% |
| 70. | Northern European | 90 | 0.05% |
| 71. | Yugoslavian | 88 | 0.05% |
| 72. | Romanian | 87 | 0.05% |
| 73. | Spanish | 86 | 0.05% |
| 74. | Australian | 86 | 0.05% |
| 75. | Belgian | 83 | 0.05% |
| 76. | Guyanese | 79 | 0.04% |
| 77. | Slovene | 72 | 0.04% |
| 78. | German Russian | 69 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Icelander | 67 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Bangladeshi | 62 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Ghanaian | 60 | 0.03% |
| 82. | Serbian | 57 | 0.03% |
| 83. | Croatian | 54 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Thai | 53 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Slavic | 50 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Albanian | 48 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Bolivian | 47 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Argentinean | 44 | 0.02% |
| 89. | Somalian | 44 | 0.02% |
| 90. | Lumbee | 42 | 0.02% |
| 91. | Pakistani | 40 | 0.02% |
| 92. | Nigerian | 36 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Venezuelan | 36 | 0.02% |
| 94. | Barbadian | 33 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Choctaw | 30 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Laotian | 30 | 0.02% |
| 97. | Blackfeet | 28 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Bahamian | 26 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Latvian | 23 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Iraqi | 23 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Navajo | 23 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Costa Rican | 22 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Brazilian | 20 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Samoan | 16 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Alsatian | 16 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Cajun | 16 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Paraguayan | 15 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Liberian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Taiwanese | 14 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 13 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Sioux | 13 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Palestinian | 12 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Celtic | 11 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Maltese | 10 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Israeli | 10 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Uruguayan | 9 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Iranian | 6 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Afghan | 6 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Ecuadorian | 5 | 0.00% |
| 120. | Bulgarian | 5 | 0.00% |