Cambridge, Massachusetts — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Cambridge, Massachusetts 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 | 15467 | 14.83% |
| 2. | English | 10117 | 9.70% |
| 3. | German | 9709 | 9.31% |
| 4. | Italian | 9355 | 8.97% |
| 5. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 5463 | 5.24% |
| 6. | Polish | 4628 | 4.44% |
| 7. | Russian | 3799 | 3.64% |
| 8. | French (Except Basque) | 3439 | 3.30% |
| 9. | Asian Indian | 3228 | 3.09% |
| 10. | Scottish | 2763 | 2.65% |
| 11. | Haitian | 2714 | 2.60% |
| 12. | European | 2220 | 2.13% |
| 13. | Portuguese | 2185 | 2.09% |
| 14. | French Canadian | 1947 | 1.87% |
| 15. | Korean | 1868 | 1.79% |
| 16. | Scotch-Irish | 1670 | 1.60% |
| 17. | Puerto Rican | 1609 | 1.54% |
| 18. | Swedish | 1570 | 1.50% |
| 19. | Mexican | 1407 | 1.35% |
| 20. | Eastern European | 1385 | 1.33% |
| 21. | Ethiopian | 1340 | 1.28% |
| 22. | British | 1137 | 1.09% |
| 23. | Dutch | 1062 | 1.02% |
| 24. | Greek | 916 | 0.88% |
| 25. | Japanese | 892 | 0.86% |
| 26. | Norwegian | 888 | 0.85% |
| 27. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 753 | 0.72% |
| 28. | Taiwanese | 697 | 0.67% |
| 29. | Lithuanian | 646 | 0.62% |
| 30. | Welsh | 619 | 0.59% |
| 31. | Ukrainian | 614 | 0.59% |
| 32. | Armenian | 612 | 0.59% |
| 33. | Canadian | 610 | 0.58% |
| 34. | Hungarian | 592 | 0.57% |
| 35. | Czech | 584 | 0.56% |
| 36. | Salvadoran | 580 | 0.56% |
| 37. | Barbadian | 464 | 0.44% |
| 38. | Northern European | 449 | 0.43% |
| 39. | Romanian | 432 | 0.41% |
| 40. | Jamaican | 430 | 0.41% |
| 41. | Austrian | 426 | 0.41% |
| 42. | Danish | 411 | 0.39% |
| 43. | Argentinean | 409 | 0.39% |
| 44. | Swiss | 406 | 0.39% |
| 45. | Vietnamese | 387 | 0.37% |
| 46. | Lebanese | 362 | 0.35% |
| 47. | Belgian | 361 | 0.35% |
| 48. | Israeli | 356 | 0.34% |
| 49. | Bangladeshi | 329 | 0.32% |
| 50. | Filipino | 321 | 0.31% |
| 51. | Cape Verdean | 318 | 0.30% |
| 52. | Pakistani | 318 | 0.30% |
| 53. | Peruvian | 309 | 0.30% |
| 54. | Turkish | 307 | 0.29% |
| 55. | Iranian | 301 | 0.29% |
| 56. | Brazilian | 287 | 0.28% |
| 57. | Spaniard | 270 | 0.26% |
| 58. | Venezuelan | 266 | 0.25% |
| 59. | Colombian | 254 | 0.24% |
| 60. | Guatemalan | 233 | 0.22% |
| 61. | Cuban | 219 | 0.21% |
| 62. | Nigerian | 216 | 0.21% |
| 63. | Scandinavian | 216 | 0.21% |
| 64. | Slovak | 210 | 0.20% |
| 65. | Bulgarian | 200 | 0.19% |
| 66. | Ecuadorian | 195 | 0.19% |
| 67. | Panamanian | 191 | 0.18% |
| 68. | Somalian | 174 | 0.17% |
| 69. | Spanish | 155 | 0.15% |
| 70. | Thai | 142 | 0.14% |
| 71. | Croatian | 139 | 0.13% |
| 72. | Finnish | 133 | 0.13% |
| 73. | Chilean | 133 | 0.13% |
| 74. | Albanian | 127 | 0.12% |
| 75. | Syrian | 125 | 0.12% |
| 76. | Serbian | 123 | 0.12% |
| 77. | Honduran | 117 | 0.11% |
| 78. | Latvian | 108 | 0.10% |
| 79. | Slovene | 97 | 0.09% |
| 80. | Cajun | 97 | 0.09% |
| 81. | Egyptian | 93 | 0.09% |
| 82. | Australian | 91 | 0.09% |
| 83. | South African | 86 | 0.08% |
| 84. | Moroccan | 77 | 0.07% |
| 85. | Sri Lankan | 70 | 0.07% |
| 86. | Macedonian | 66 | 0.06% |
| 87. | Cypriot | 65 | 0.06% |
| 88. | Czechoslovakian | 61 | 0.06% |
| 89. | Costa Rican | 51 | 0.05% |
| 90. | Cambodian | 51 | 0.05% |
| 91. | Celtic | 48 | 0.05% |
| 92. | Bolivian | 46 | 0.04% |
| 93. | Micronesian | 43 | 0.04% |
| 94. | Nicaraguan | 42 | 0.04% |
| 95. | Basque | 42 | 0.04% |
| 96. | Yugoslavian | 40 | 0.04% |
| 97. | Indonesian | 38 | 0.04% |
| 98. | Ghanaian | 35 | 0.03% |
| 99. | New Zealander | 34 | 0.03% |
| 100. | Palestinian | 32 | 0.03% |
| 101. | Iraqi | 31 | 0.03% |
| 102. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 30 | 0.03% |
| 103. | Slavic | 28 | 0.03% |
| 104. | Pennsylvania German | 26 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Estonian | 25 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Delaware | 24 | 0.02% |
| 107. | Native Hawaiian | 24 | 0.02% |
| 108. | Jordanian | 22 | 0.02% |
| 109. | Blackfeet | 22 | 0.02% |
| 110. | Icelander | 21 | 0.02% |
| 111. | Dutch West Indian | 21 | 0.02% |
| 112. | Cherokee | 18 | 0.02% |
| 113. | Alsatian | 16 | 0.02% |
| 114. | Samoan | 16 | 0.02% |
| 115. | Creek | 14 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Bermudan | 14 | 0.01% |
| 117. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 14 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Laotian | 12 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Afghan | 12 | 0.01% |
| 120. | Carpatho Rusyn | 11 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Sudanese | 11 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Soviet Union | 9 | 0.01% |
| 123. | Malaysian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Chippewa | 8 | 0.01% |
| 125. | Potawatomi | 6 | 0.01% |
| 126. | Iroquois | 6 | 0.01% |
| 127. | Guyanese | 5 | 0.00% |
| 128. | Navajo | 3 | 0.00% |
| 129. | Liberian | 2 | 0.00% |
| 130. | Inupiat | 2 | 0.00% |