River Forest, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of River Forest, Illinois 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. | Irish | 3139 | 28.12% |
| 2. | German | 2882 | 25.82% |
| 3. | English | 1402 | 12.56% |
| 4. | Italian | 1213 | 10.87% |
| 5. | Polish | 1011 | 9.06% |
| 6. | Swedish | 465 | 4.17% |
| 7. | Norwegian | 324 | 2.90% |
| 8. | European | 273 | 2.45% |
| 9. | Russian | 261 | 2.34% |
| 10. | Mexican | 256 | 2.29% |
| 11. | Czech | 203 | 1.82% |
| 12. | Scottish | 173 | 1.55% |
| 13. | Asian Indian | 158 | 1.42% |
| 14. | French (Except Basque) | 150 | 1.34% |
| 15. | Scotch-Irish | 139 | 1.25% |
| 16. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 131 | 1.17% |
| 17. | Ukrainian | 129 | 1.16% |
| 18. | Lithuanian | 112 | 1.00% |
| 19. | Dutch | 109 | 0.98% |
| 20. | Scandinavian | 96 | 0.86% |
| 21. | Puerto Rican | 95 | 0.85% |
| 22. | Filipino | 84 | 0.75% |
| 23. | Swiss | 82 | 0.73% |
| 24. | Croatian | 82 | 0.73% |
| 25. | Greek | 77 | 0.69% |
| 26. | British | 66 | 0.59% |
| 27. | Eastern European | 64 | 0.57% |
| 28. | Iranian | 54 | 0.48% |
| 29. | Hungarian | 53 | 0.47% |
| 30. | Canadian | 45 | 0.40% |
| 31. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 40 | 0.36% |
| 32. | Finnish | 38 | 0.34% |
| 33. | Thai | 37 | 0.33% |
| 34. | Northern European | 36 | 0.32% |
| 35. | Serbian | 33 | 0.30% |
| 36. | Austrian | 32 | 0.29% |
| 37. | Slovak | 28 | 0.25% |
| 38. | Welsh | 26 | 0.23% |
| 39. | Brazilian | 25 | 0.22% |
| 40. | Danish | 19 | 0.17% |
| 41. | Pakistani | 17 | 0.15% |
| 42. | Jamaican | 17 | 0.15% |
| 43. | Syrian | 15 | 0.13% |
| 44. | French Canadian | 14 | 0.13% |
| 45. | Peruvian | 13 | 0.12% |
| 46. | Turkish | 13 | 0.12% |
| 47. | Pennsylvania German | 11 | 0.10% |
| 48. | Cuban | 11 | 0.10% |
| 49. | Lebanese | 11 | 0.10% |
| 50. | Romanian | 10 | 0.09% |
| 51. | Icelander | 10 | 0.09% |
| 52. | Cherokee | 10 | 0.09% |
| 53. | Celtic | 9 | 0.08% |
| 54. | Ghanaian | 7 | 0.06% |
| 55. | Armenian | 7 | 0.06% |
| 56. | Macedonian | 6 | 0.05% |
| 57. | Colombian | 6 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Israeli | 6 | 0.05% |
| 59. | New Zealander | 5 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Korean | 5 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Vietnamese | 3 | 0.03% |