Asheville, North Carolina — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Asheville, North Carolina 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 | 12085 | 14.59% |
| 2. | English | 11883 | 14.35% |
| 3. | Irish | 9552 | 11.53% |
| 4. | Scotch-Irish | 4430 | 5.35% |
| 5. | Scottish | 3556 | 4.29% |
| 6. | Mexican | 2998 | 3.62% |
| 7. | Italian | 2929 | 3.54% |
| 8. | French (Except Basque) | 2805 | 3.39% |
| 9. | Polish | 2220 | 2.68% |
| 10. | European | 1442 | 1.74% |
| 11. | Dutch | 1364 | 1.65% |
| 12. | Welsh | 1285 | 1.55% |
| 13. | Russian | 952 | 1.15% |
| 14. | Ukrainian | 939 | 1.13% |
| 15. | Romanian | 785 | 0.95% |
| 16. | Salvadoran | 768 | 0.93% |
| 17. | Norwegian | 645 | 0.78% |
| 18. | British | 626 | 0.76% |
| 19. | Swedish | 534 | 0.64% |
| 20. | Greek | 500 | 0.60% |
| 21. | Puerto Rican | 348 | 0.42% |
| 22. | French Canadian | 327 | 0.39% |
| 23. | Swiss | 324 | 0.39% |
| 24. | Danish | 309 | 0.37% |
| 25. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 301 | 0.36% |
| 26. | Czech | 289 | 0.35% |
| 27. | Hungarian | 283 | 0.34% |
| 28. | Portuguese | 247 | 0.30% |
| 29. | Eastern European | 244 | 0.29% |
| 30. | Lebanese | 236 | 0.28% |
| 31. | Spaniard | 217 | 0.26% |
| 32. | Canadian | 214 | 0.26% |
| 33. | Asian Indian | 204 | 0.25% |
| 34. | Cuban | 201 | 0.24% |
| 35. | Lithuanian | 191 | 0.23% |
| 36. | Jamaican | 181 | 0.22% |
| 37. | Ecuadorian | 169 | 0.20% |
| 38. | Austrian | 166 | 0.20% |
| 39. | Scandinavian | 151 | 0.18% |
| 40. | Northern European | 144 | 0.17% |
| 41. | Filipino | 139 | 0.17% |
| 42. | Finnish | 123 | 0.15% |
| 43. | Vietnamese | 119 | 0.14% |
| 44. | Cherokee | 114 | 0.14% |
| 45. | Croatian | 111 | 0.13% |
| 46. | Belgian | 111 | 0.13% |
| 47. | Celtic | 95 | 0.11% |
| 48. | Korean | 86 | 0.10% |
| 49. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 84 | 0.10% |
| 50. | Armenian | 81 | 0.10% |
| 51. | Samoan | 81 | 0.10% |
| 52. | Guatemalan | 78 | 0.09% |
| 53. | Lumbee | 73 | 0.09% |
| 54. | Honduran | 69 | 0.08% |
| 55. | Spanish | 65 | 0.08% |
| 56. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 62 | 0.07% |
| 57. | Slavic | 58 | 0.07% |
| 58. | German Russian | 56 | 0.07% |
| 59. | Colombian | 52 | 0.06% |
| 60. | South African | 49 | 0.06% |
| 61. | Argentinean | 44 | 0.05% |
| 62. | Uruguayan | 38 | 0.05% |
| 63. | Laotian | 37 | 0.04% |
| 64. | Brazilian | 34 | 0.04% |
| 65. | Iranian | 34 | 0.04% |
| 66. | Japanese | 32 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Israeli | 29 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Alsatian | 25 | 0.03% |
| 69. | Turkish | 25 | 0.03% |
| 70. | Slovak | 24 | 0.03% |
| 71. | Czechoslovakian | 24 | 0.03% |
| 72. | Syrian | 23 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Chippewa | 23 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Latvian | 22 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Houma | 22 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Haitian | 21 | 0.03% |
| 77. | Costa Rican | 20 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Slovene | 18 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Cajun | 17 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Nicaraguan | 17 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Luxemburger | 17 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Ethiopian | 17 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Pennsylvania German | 16 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Peruvian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Bulgarian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Potawatomi | 13 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Thai | 13 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Osage | 11 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Micronesian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Yugoslavian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Albanian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Serbian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Icelander | 10 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Dutch West Indian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Palestinian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Jordanian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Native Hawaiian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Delaware | 8 | 0.01% |