Columbia, South Carolina — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Columbia, 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 | 12343 | 9.58% |
| 2. | German | 12138 | 9.43% |
| 3. | Irish | 11911 | 9.25% |
| 4. | Scotch-Irish | 4487 | 3.48% |
| 5. | Scottish | 3629 | 2.82% |
| 6. | Italian | 3188 | 2.48% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 2700 | 2.10% |
| 8. | Mexican | 2325 | 1.81% |
| 9. | Polish | 1740 | 1.35% |
| 10. | Puerto Rican | 1446 | 1.12% |
| 11. | European | 1259 | 0.98% |
| 12. | Dutch | 1140 | 0.89% |
| 13. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1018 | 0.79% |
| 14. | Norwegian | 794 | 0.62% |
| 15. | British | 778 | 0.60% |
| 16. | Welsh | 749 | 0.58% |
| 17. | Russian | 633 | 0.49% |
| 18. | Asian Indian | 628 | 0.49% |
| 19. | Korean | 567 | 0.44% |
| 20. | Swedish | 503 | 0.39% |
| 21. | Jamaican | 462 | 0.36% |
| 22. | French Canadian | 456 | 0.35% |
| 23. | Greek | 387 | 0.30% |
| 24. | Swiss | 329 | 0.26% |
| 25. | Lebanese | 312 | 0.24% |
| 26. | Cuban | 264 | 0.21% |
| 27. | Hungarian | 255 | 0.20% |
| 28. | Czech | 227 | 0.18% |
| 29. | Spaniard | 213 | 0.17% |
| 30. | Canadian | 201 | 0.16% |
| 31. | Panamanian | 186 | 0.14% |
| 32. | Vietnamese | 159 | 0.12% |
| 33. | Austrian | 153 | 0.12% |
| 34. | Danish | 148 | 0.11% |
| 35. | Portuguese | 144 | 0.11% |
| 36. | Finnish | 135 | 0.10% |
| 37. | Colombian | 131 | 0.10% |
| 38. | Filipino | 126 | 0.10% |
| 39. | Lithuanian | 113 | 0.09% |
| 40. | Egyptian | 112 | 0.09% |
| 41. | Czechoslovakian | 112 | 0.09% |
| 42. | Guyanese | 110 | 0.09% |
| 43. | Ethiopian | 109 | 0.08% |
| 44. | Slavic | 106 | 0.08% |
| 45. | Northern European | 106 | 0.08% |
| 46. | Thai | 102 | 0.08% |
| 47. | Romanian | 95 | 0.07% |
| 48. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 93 | 0.07% |
| 49. | Haitian | 91 | 0.07% |
| 50. | Bahamian | 87 | 0.07% |
| 51. | Slovak | 86 | 0.07% |
| 52. | Scandinavian | 85 | 0.07% |
| 53. | Pakistani | 82 | 0.06% |
| 54. | Serbian | 81 | 0.06% |
| 55. | Nigerian | 70 | 0.05% |
| 56. | Slovene | 68 | 0.05% |
| 57. | Iroquois | 68 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Ukrainian | 66 | 0.05% |
| 59. | Yugoslavian | 63 | 0.05% |
| 60. | Ecuadorian | 62 | 0.05% |
| 61. | Cherokee | 62 | 0.05% |
| 62. | Taiwanese | 60 | 0.05% |
| 63. | Samoan | 57 | 0.04% |
| 64. | Liberian | 56 | 0.04% |
| 65. | Eastern European | 56 | 0.04% |
| 66. | Bulgarian | 55 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 53 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Japanese | 52 | 0.04% |
| 69. | Croatian | 52 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Kenyan | 50 | 0.04% |
| 71. | Peruvian | 49 | 0.04% |
| 72. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 49 | 0.04% |
| 73. | Argentinean | 48 | 0.04% |
| 74. | Costa Rican | 47 | 0.04% |
| 75. | Micronesian | 45 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Belgian | 45 | 0.03% |
| 77. | Iranian | 45 | 0.03% |
| 78. | Guatemalan | 45 | 0.03% |
| 79. | Cajun | 40 | 0.03% |
| 80. | Australian | 40 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Luxemburger | 39 | 0.03% |
| 82. | Salvadoran | 37 | 0.03% |
| 83. | Tohono O'odham | 31 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Turkish | 29 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Bolivian | 27 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Celtic | 26 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Venezuelan | 24 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Brazilian | 22 | 0.02% |
| 89. | Crow | 19 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Syrian | 19 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Spanish | 19 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Sudanese | 17 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Chilean | 16 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Iraqi | 15 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Bangladeshi | 15 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Icelander | 13 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Sioux | 12 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Apache | 11 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Estonian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Armenian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Cypriot | 10 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Cape Verdean | 9 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Israeli | 9 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Moroccan | 9 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Pueblo | 8 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Pennsylvania German | 8 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Tongan | 7 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Ghanaian | 7 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Belizean | 6 | 0.00% |
| 110. | Cambodian | 6 | 0.00% |
| 111. | Honduran | 6 | 0.00% |
| 112. | Laotian | 5 | 0.00% |
| 113. | Barbadian | 4 | 0.00% |
| 114. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 3 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Palestinian | 3 | 0.00% |
| 116. | New Zealander | 3 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Native Hawaiian | 3 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Navajo | 2 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Nicaraguan | 1 | 0.00% |