Petersburg, Virginia — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Petersburg, 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. | English | 1724 | 5.33% |
| 2. | Irish | 700 | 2.16% |
| 3. | Mexican | 672 | 2.08% |
| 4. | German | 649 | 2.01% |
| 5. | Puerto Rican | 410 | 1.27% |
| 6. | Italian | 307 | 0.95% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 233 | 0.72% |
| 8. | Scottish | 219 | 0.68% |
| 9. | Dutch | 158 | 0.49% |
| 10. | Scotch-Irish | 150 | 0.46% |
| 11. | Polish | 72 | 0.22% |
| 12. | Korean | 64 | 0.20% |
| 13. | British | 63 | 0.19% |
| 14. | Colombian | 63 | 0.19% |
| 15. | Laotian | 61 | 0.19% |
| 16. | Welsh | 47 | 0.15% |
| 17. | Czechoslovakian | 45 | 0.14% |
| 18. | Ukrainian | 42 | 0.13% |
| 19. | Austrian | 42 | 0.13% |
| 20. | Russian | 39 | 0.12% |
| 21. | Jamaican | 37 | 0.11% |
| 22. | Norwegian | 36 | 0.11% |
| 23. | British West Indian | 34 | 0.11% |
| 24. | Scandinavian | 30 | 0.09% |
| 25. | Swedish | 27 | 0.08% |
| 26. | Czech | 25 | 0.08% |
| 27. | Israeli | 25 | 0.08% |
| 28. | Cherokee | 25 | 0.08% |
| 29. | European | 24 | 0.07% |
| 30. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 23 | 0.07% |
| 31. | Asian Indian | 22 | 0.07% |
| 32. | Hungarian | 20 | 0.06% |
| 33. | Ethiopian | 20 | 0.06% |
| 34. | Japanese | 18 | 0.06% |
| 35. | Greek | 15 | 0.05% |
| 36. | Finnish | 14 | 0.04% |
| 37. | Thai | 14 | 0.04% |
| 38. | Portuguese | 13 | 0.04% |
| 39. | Guyanese | 12 | 0.04% |
| 40. | Venezuelan | 12 | 0.04% |
| 41. | Costa Rican | 10 | 0.03% |
| 42. | Slovak | 9 | 0.03% |
| 43. | Swiss | 9 | 0.03% |
| 44. | Native Hawaiian | 8 | 0.02% |
| 45. | Latvian | 8 | 0.02% |
| 46. | Moroccan | 8 | 0.02% |
| 47. | Lumbee | 7 | 0.02% |
| 48. | Soviet Union | 7 | 0.02% |
| 49. | Spaniard | 7 | 0.02% |
| 50. | Estonian | 7 | 0.02% |
| 51. | French Canadian | 6 | 0.02% |
| 52. | Bolivian | 6 | 0.02% |
| 53. | Argentinean | 6 | 0.02% |
| 54. | Salvadoran | 6 | 0.02% |
| 55. | Brazilian | 6 | 0.02% |
| 56. | Croatian | 5 | 0.02% |
| 57. | Slavic | 3 | 0.01% |
| 58. | Cuban | 3 | 0.01% |