Charleston, South Carolina — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Charleston, South 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. | English | 14803 | 12.50% |
| 2. | German | 14405 | 12.17% |
| 3. | Irish | 12639 | 10.67% |
| 4. | Italian | 4478 | 3.78% |
| 5. | Scottish | 4343 | 3.67% |
| 6. | Scotch-Irish | 3670 | 3.10% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 3292 | 2.78% |
| 8. | Polish | 1956 | 1.65% |
| 9. | Mexican | 1647 | 1.39% |
| 10. | European | 1608 | 1.36% |
| 11. | Dutch | 1346 | 1.14% |
| 12. | Russian | 1053 | 0.89% |
| 13. | Welsh | 887 | 0.75% |
| 14. | Norwegian | 841 | 0.71% |
| 15. | Swedish | 830 | 0.70% |
| 16. | Greek | 811 | 0.68% |
| 17. | Puerto Rican | 783 | 0.66% |
| 18. | British | 750 | 0.63% |
| 19. | Asian Indian | 526 | 0.44% |
| 20. | Ukrainian | 449 | 0.38% |
| 21. | French Canadian | 440 | 0.37% |
| 22. | Hungarian | 431 | 0.36% |
| 23. | Lebanese | 348 | 0.29% |
| 24. | Czech | 337 | 0.28% |
| 25. | Jordanian | 289 | 0.24% |
| 26. | Korean | 257 | 0.22% |
| 27. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 254 | 0.21% |
| 28. | Colombian | 237 | 0.20% |
| 29. | Slovak | 233 | 0.20% |
| 30. | Filipino | 231 | 0.20% |
| 31. | Swiss | 222 | 0.19% |
| 32. | Japanese | 200 | 0.17% |
| 33. | Scandinavian | 193 | 0.16% |
| 34. | Cuban | 182 | 0.15% |
| 35. | Lithuanian | 181 | 0.15% |
| 36. | Canadian | 176 | 0.15% |
| 37. | Danish | 173 | 0.15% |
| 38. | Egyptian | 171 | 0.14% |
| 39. | Austrian | 153 | 0.13% |
| 40. | Nigerian | 143 | 0.12% |
| 41. | Vietnamese | 140 | 0.12% |
| 42. | Portuguese | 136 | 0.11% |
| 43. | Micronesian | 133 | 0.11% |
| 44. | Peruvian | 133 | 0.11% |
| 45. | Spaniard | 132 | 0.11% |
| 46. | Native Hawaiian | 128 | 0.11% |
| 47. | Czechoslovakian | 124 | 0.10% |
| 48. | Spanish | 119 | 0.10% |
| 49. | Romanian | 116 | 0.10% |
| 50. | Jamaican | 101 | 0.09% |
| 51. | Iranian | 99 | 0.08% |
| 52. | Syrian | 96 | 0.08% |
| 53. | Eastern European | 90 | 0.08% |
| 54. | Northern European | 81 | 0.07% |
| 55. | Israeli | 60 | 0.05% |
| 56. | Belgian | 59 | 0.05% |
| 57. | Latvian | 58 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Bolivian | 48 | 0.04% |
| 59. | Iraqi | 47 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Finnish | 47 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Slovene | 45 | 0.04% |
| 62. | Cajun | 45 | 0.04% |
| 63. | Brazilian | 41 | 0.03% |
| 64. | Yugoslavian | 40 | 0.03% |
| 65. | Thai | 40 | 0.03% |
| 66. | Bulgarian | 38 | 0.03% |
| 67. | Armenian | 33 | 0.03% |
| 68. | Taiwanese | 30 | 0.03% |
| 69. | Spanish American | 28 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Malaysian | 25 | 0.02% |
| 71. | South African | 24 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Guatemalan | 24 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Indonesian | 23 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Pennsylvania German | 23 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 20 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Slavic | 20 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Turkish | 20 | 0.02% |
| 78. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 19 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Serbian | 17 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Croatian | 17 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Palestinian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Potawatomi | 15 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Estonian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Australian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 85. | Albanian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 12 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Venezuelan | 10 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Macedonian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Ethiopian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 90. | New Zealander | 8 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Chilean | 8 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Nicaraguan | 7 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Honduran | 6 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Argentinean | 5 | 0.00% |
| 95. | Basque | 4 | 0.00% |
| 96. | Ecuadorian | 3 | 0.00% |
| 97. | Pueblo | 2 | 0.00% |
| 98. | Cherokee | 1 | 0.00% |