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.German1208514.59%
2.English1188314.35%
3.Irish955211.53%
4.Scotch-Irish44305.35%
5.Scottish35564.29%
6.Mexican29983.62%
7.Italian29293.54%
8.French (Except Basque)28053.39%
9.Polish22202.68%
10.European14421.74%
11.Dutch13641.65%
12.Welsh12851.55%
13.Russian9521.15%
14.Ukrainian9391.13%
15.Romanian7850.95%
16.Salvadoran7680.93%
17.Norwegian6450.78%
18.British6260.76%
19.Swedish5340.64%
20.Greek5000.60%
21.Puerto Rican3480.42%
22.French Canadian3270.39%
23.Swiss3240.39%
24.Danish3090.37%
25.Chinese , Except Taiwanese3010.36%
26.Czech2890.35%
27.Hungarian2830.34%
28.Portuguese2470.30%
29.Eastern European2440.29%
30.Lebanese2360.28%
31.Spaniard2170.26%
32.Canadian2140.26%
33.Asian Indian2040.25%
34.Cuban2010.24%
35.Lithuanian1910.23%
36.Jamaican1810.22%
37.Ecuadorian1690.20%
38.Austrian1660.20%
39.Scandinavian1510.18%
40.Northern European1440.17%
41.Filipino1390.17%
42.Finnish1230.15%
43.Vietnamese1190.14%
44.Cherokee1140.14%
45.Croatian1110.13%
46.Belgian1110.13%
47.Celtic950.11%
48.Korean860.10%
49.Trinidadian And Tobagonian840.10%
50.Armenian810.10%
51.Samoan810.10%
52.Guatemalan780.09%
53.Lumbee730.09%
54.Honduran690.08%
55.Spanish650.08%
56.Dominican (Dominican Republic)620.07%
57.Slavic580.07%
58.German Russian560.07%
59.Colombian520.06%
60.South African490.06%
61.Argentinean440.05%
62.Uruguayan380.05%
63.Laotian370.04%
64.Brazilian340.04%
65.Iranian340.04%
66.Japanese320.04%
67.Israeli290.04%
68.Alsatian250.03%
69.Turkish250.03%
70.Slovak240.03%
71.Czechoslovakian240.03%
72.Syrian230.03%
73.Chippewa230.03%
74.Latvian220.03%
75.Houma220.03%
76.Haitian210.03%
77.Costa Rican200.02%
78.Slovene180.02%
79.Cajun170.02%
80.Nicaraguan170.02%
81.Luxemburger170.02%
82.Ethiopian170.02%
83.Pennsylvania German160.02%
84.Peruvian150.02%
85.Bulgarian150.02%
86.Potawatomi130.02%
87.Thai130.02%
88.Osage110.01%
89.Micronesian110.01%
90.Yugoslavian100.01%
91.Albanian100.01%
92.Serbian100.01%
93.Icelander100.01%
94.Dutch West Indian90.01%
95.Palestinian90.01%
96.Jordanian90.01%
97.Native Hawaiian80.01%
98.Delaware80.01%