Costa Mesa, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Costa Mesa, California 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. | Mexican | 32289 | 29.41% |
| 2. | German | 15259 | 13.90% |
| 3. | Irish | 11443 | 10.42% |
| 4. | English | 9974 | 9.08% |
| 5. | Italian | 5757 | 5.24% |
| 6. | French (Except Basque) | 2974 | 2.71% |
| 7. | Vietnamese | 2385 | 2.17% |
| 8. | Scottish | 2267 | 2.06% |
| 9. | Polish | 2150 | 1.96% |
| 10. | Norwegian | 2001 | 1.82% |
| 11. | Filipino | 1915 | 1.74% |
| 12. | Swedish | 1898 | 1.73% |
| 13. | Dutch | 1869 | 1.70% |
| 14. | Scotch-Irish | 1707 | 1.55% |
| 15. | European | 1594 | 1.45% |
| 16. | Salvadoran | 1593 | 1.45% |
| 17. | Russian | 1348 | 1.23% |
| 18. | Japanese | 1144 | 1.04% |
| 19. | Asian Indian | 1082 | 0.99% |
| 20. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1012 | 0.92% |
| 21. | Korean | 861 | 0.78% |
| 22. | Hungarian | 821 | 0.75% |
| 23. | British | 812 | 0.74% |
| 24. | Greek | 769 | 0.70% |
| 25. | Colombian | 729 | 0.66% |
| 26. | Welsh | 695 | 0.63% |
| 27. | Portuguese | 639 | 0.58% |
| 28. | French Canadian | 595 | 0.54% |
| 29. | Czech | 568 | 0.52% |
| 30. | Armenian | 546 | 0.50% |
| 31. | Swiss | 517 | 0.47% |
| 32. | Puerto Rican | 506 | 0.46% |
| 33. | Canadian | 501 | 0.46% |
| 34. | Scandinavian | 496 | 0.45% |
| 35. | Danish | 481 | 0.44% |
| 36. | Iranian | 430 | 0.39% |
| 37. | Guatemalan | 403 | 0.37% |
| 38. | Spanish | 319 | 0.29% |
| 39. | Peruvian | 306 | 0.28% |
| 40. | Cuban | 293 | 0.27% |
| 41. | Lithuanian | 289 | 0.26% |
| 42. | Austrian | 265 | 0.24% |
| 43. | Native Hawaiian | 264 | 0.24% |
| 44. | Cambodian | 257 | 0.23% |
| 45. | Egyptian | 227 | 0.21% |
| 46. | Croatian | 224 | 0.20% |
| 47. | Finnish | 207 | 0.19% |
| 48. | Slovak | 205 | 0.19% |
| 49. | Laotian | 203 | 0.18% |
| 50. | Samoan | 200 | 0.18% |
| 51. | Eastern European | 192 | 0.17% |
| 52. | Ukrainian | 184 | 0.17% |
| 53. | Romanian | 182 | 0.17% |
| 54. | Spaniard | 179 | 0.16% |
| 55. | Ecuadorian | 177 | 0.16% |
| 56. | Argentinean | 162 | 0.15% |
| 57. | Pakistani | 159 | 0.14% |
| 58. | Brazilian | 153 | 0.14% |
| 59. | Australian | 149 | 0.14% |
| 60. | Jamaican | 145 | 0.13% |
| 61. | Taiwanese | 143 | 0.13% |
| 62. | Yugoslavian | 121 | 0.11% |
| 63. | Honduran | 117 | 0.11% |
| 64. | Costa Rican | 111 | 0.10% |
| 65. | Israeli | 87 | 0.08% |
| 66. | Thai | 76 | 0.07% |
| 67. | Micronesian | 75 | 0.07% |
| 68. | Lebanese | 72 | 0.07% |
| 69. | Nicaraguan | 69 | 0.06% |
| 70. | New Zealander | 67 | 0.06% |
| 71. | Turkish | 65 | 0.06% |
| 72. | Alaskan Athabascan | 65 | 0.06% |
| 73. | Czechoslovakian | 64 | 0.06% |
| 74. | Bolivian | 62 | 0.06% |
| 75. | Chilean | 60 | 0.05% |
| 76. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 58 | 0.05% |
| 77. | Basque | 54 | 0.05% |
| 78. | Jordanian | 49 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Slovene | 48 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Latvian | 47 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Palestinian | 46 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Apache | 46 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Syrian | 43 | 0.04% |
| 84. | Icelander | 42 | 0.04% |
| 85. | Belgian | 36 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Uruguayan | 34 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Serbian | 34 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Alsatian | 30 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Cherokee | 30 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Pennsylvania German | 30 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Bulgarian | 28 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Pima | 23 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Slavic | 23 | 0.02% |
| 94. | South African | 22 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Venezuelan | 21 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Sri Lankan | 20 | 0.02% |
| 97. | Tongan | 19 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Paraguayan | 18 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Celtic | 18 | 0.02% |
| 100. | Albanian | 17 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Somalian | 17 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Belizean | 17 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Pueblo | 17 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Inupiat | 16 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Navajo | 15 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Macedonian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Menominee | 13 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Maltese | 11 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Malaysian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Crow | 9 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Barbadian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Moroccan | 9 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Afghan | 9 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Estonian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Indonesian | 7 | 0.01% |
| 116. | British West Indian | 1 | 0.00% |