Detroit, Michigan — Nationalities & Ancestry

Nationalities & Ancestry

Breakdown of the population of Detroit, Michigan 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.Mexican377485.11%
2.Irish106631.44%
3.German99861.35%
4.Polish99101.34%
5.English52190.71%
6.Puerto Rican50160.68%
7.Italian43240.59%
8.French (Except Basque)38500.52%
9.Asian Indian34730.47%
10.Jamaican20830.28%
11.Bangladeshi15120.20%
12.Hungarian12190.17%
13.Nigerian12090.16%
14.Scottish11490.16%
15.Scotch-Irish11160.15%
16.Dutch11100.15%
17.European10950.15%
18.French Canadian9680.13%
19.Iraqi9110.12%
20.Swedish8220.11%
21.Canadian7740.10%
22.Guatemalan7740.10%
23.Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac6640.09%
24.Russian6620.09%
25.Hmong6530.09%
26.Cuban6460.09%
27.Finnish6450.09%
28.Lebanese6130.08%
29.Ukrainian5960.08%
30.Chippewa5790.08%
31.Dominican (Dominican Republic)5460.07%
32.Chinese , Except Taiwanese5050.07%
33.Honduran4850.07%
34.Salvadoran4660.06%
35.Romanian4630.06%
36.Greek4260.06%
37.Czech4000.05%
38.British3950.05%
39.Kenyan3920.05%
40.Welsh3810.05%
41.Spaniard3690.05%
42.Belgian3650.05%
43.Korean3370.05%
44.Moroccan3250.04%
45.Lithuanian3070.04%
46.Slovak3010.04%
47.Norwegian2990.04%
48.Filipino2710.04%
49.Maltese2540.03%
50.Croatian2360.03%
51.Haitian2320.03%
52.Danish2310.03%
53.Albanian2180.03%
54.Cherokee2050.03%
55.Palestinian2010.03%
56.Armenian1920.03%
57.Colombian1830.02%
58.Vietnamese1680.02%
59.Pakistani1380.02%
60.Japanese1320.02%
61.Australian1300.02%
62.Egyptian1240.02%
63.Peruvian1230.02%
64.Panamanian1220.02%
65.Spanish1190.02%
66.Swiss1190.02%
67.Ethiopian1130.02%
68.Jordanian1010.01%
69.German Russian980.01%
70.Scandinavian970.01%
71.Trinidadian And Tobagonian940.01%
72.Austrian930.01%
73.Serbian910.01%
74.Somalian740.01%
75.Iranian710.01%
76.Iroquois710.01%
77.Cajun690.01%
78.Yugoslavian670.01%
79.Eastern European610.01%
80.Sri Lankan570.01%
81.Czechoslovakian560.01%
82.South African540.01%
83.Thai540.01%
84.Ottawa540.01%
85.Blackfeet530.01%
86.Slavic530.01%
87.Bulgarian520.01%
88.Ghanaian510.01%
89.Macedonian490.01%
90.Portuguese480.01%
91.Yakama470.01%
92.Laotian460.01%
93.Liberian460.01%
94.Lumbee460.01%
95.Syrian440.01%
96.Costa Rican440.01%
97.Bahamian430.01%
98.Guyanese410.01%
99.Ecuadorian380.01%
100.Venezuelan350.00%
101.Sudanese340.00%
102.Turkish320.00%
103.Argentinean280.00%
104.Northern European270.00%
105.Belizean250.00%
106.Micronesian230.00%
107.Chilean230.00%
108.Menominee200.00%
109.Navajo180.00%
110.Taiwanese180.00%
111.Celtic170.00%
112.Potawatomi140.00%
113.Senegalese130.00%
114.Pennsylvania German130.00%
115.Latvian130.00%
116.Bolivian120.00%
117.Luxemburger110.00%
118.Slovene100.00%
119.Basque100.00%
120.Estonian100.00%
121.Barbadian90.00%
122.Uruguayan70.00%
123.Chickasaw60.00%
124.Cape Verdean60.00%
125.Native Hawaiian40.00%
126.British West Indian10.00%