Des Plaines, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Des Plaines, Illinois 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. | German | 11744 | 20.28% |
| 2. | Polish | 9114 | 15.74% |
| 3. | Mexican | 8368 | 14.45% |
| 4. | Irish | 7808 | 13.48% |
| 5. | Italian | 5592 | 9.66% |
| 6. | Asian Indian | 2813 | 4.86% |
| 7. | English | 2116 | 3.65% |
| 8. | Filipino | 1832 | 3.16% |
| 9. | Swedish | 1755 | 3.03% |
| 10. | Greek | 1395 | 2.41% |
| 11. | Norwegian | 865 | 1.49% |
| 12. | Korean | 821 | 1.42% |
| 13. | Czech | 762 | 1.32% |
| 14. | French (Except Basque) | 755 | 1.30% |
| 15. | Romanian | 733 | 1.27% |
| 16. | Russian | 703 | 1.21% |
| 17. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 650 | 1.12% |
| 18. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 608 | 1.05% |
| 19. | Bulgarian | 513 | 0.89% |
| 20. | Ecuadorian | 469 | 0.81% |
| 21. | Lithuanian | 434 | 0.75% |
| 22. | Danish | 401 | 0.69% |
| 23. | Dutch | 390 | 0.67% |
| 24. | Croatian | 375 | 0.65% |
| 25. | Scottish | 365 | 0.63% |
| 26. | Scotch-Irish | 354 | 0.61% |
| 27. | Ukrainian | 325 | 0.56% |
| 28. | European | 323 | 0.56% |
| 29. | Serbian | 317 | 0.55% |
| 30. | Yugoslavian | 294 | 0.51% |
| 31. | Puerto Rican | 288 | 0.50% |
| 32. | Hungarian | 279 | 0.48% |
| 33. | Austrian | 257 | 0.44% |
| 34. | Slovak | 255 | 0.44% |
| 35. | Colombian | 221 | 0.38% |
| 36. | Welsh | 192 | 0.33% |
| 37. | Spaniard | 176 | 0.30% |
| 38. | Salvadoran | 152 | 0.26% |
| 39. | Turkish | 148 | 0.26% |
| 40. | French Canadian | 148 | 0.26% |
| 41. | Albanian | 146 | 0.25% |
| 42. | Peruvian | 137 | 0.24% |
| 43. | Luxemburger | 130 | 0.22% |
| 44. | Cuban | 124 | 0.21% |
| 45. | Moroccan | 120 | 0.21% |
| 46. | Canadian | 113 | 0.20% |
| 47. | Swiss | 112 | 0.19% |
| 48. | Guatemalan | 110 | 0.19% |
| 49. | Pakistani | 102 | 0.18% |
| 50. | Egyptian | 101 | 0.17% |
| 51. | Japanese | 83 | 0.14% |
| 52. | Finnish | 73 | 0.13% |
| 53. | Australian | 73 | 0.13% |
| 54. | Belgian | 71 | 0.12% |
| 55. | Latvian | 65 | 0.11% |
| 56. | Armenian | 64 | 0.11% |
| 57. | Iranian | 61 | 0.11% |
| 58. | Slovene | 53 | 0.09% |
| 59. | Czechoslovakian | 49 | 0.08% |
| 60. | Vietnamese | 49 | 0.08% |
| 61. | Iraqi | 48 | 0.08% |
| 62. | Slavic | 46 | 0.08% |
| 63. | Eastern European | 38 | 0.07% |
| 64. | Sioux | 37 | 0.06% |
| 65. | British | 35 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Macedonian | 33 | 0.06% |
| 67. | Spanish | 33 | 0.06% |
| 68. | Thai | 27 | 0.05% |
| 69. | Venezuelan | 22 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Scandinavian | 19 | 0.03% |
| 71. | Samoan | 16 | 0.03% |
| 72. | Nicaraguan | 15 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Northern European | 12 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Estonian | 12 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Cajun | 12 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Nigerian | 11 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Paraguayan | 10 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Honduran | 9 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Icelander | 9 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Cambodian | 7 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 5 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Celtic | 5 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Chilean | 4 | 0.01% |
| 85. | Palestinian | 4 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Cherokee | 3 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Lebanese | 3 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Ethiopian | 1 | 0.00% |