Durham, North Carolina — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Durham, North 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. | German | 17986 | 8.00% |
| 2. | English | 17607 | 7.83% |
| 3. | Mexican | 16787 | 7.46% |
| 4. | Irish | 13797 | 6.13% |
| 5. | Italian | 6320 | 2.81% |
| 6. | Scotch-Irish | 5894 | 2.62% |
| 7. | Scottish | 4810 | 2.14% |
| 8. | Polish | 4047 | 1.80% |
| 9. | Honduran | 3866 | 1.72% |
| 10. | French (Except Basque) | 3623 | 1.61% |
| 11. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 3526 | 1.57% |
| 12. | Asian Indian | 3190 | 1.42% |
| 13. | European | 2712 | 1.21% |
| 14. | Salvadoran | 2530 | 1.12% |
| 15. | Puerto Rican | 2212 | 0.98% |
| 16. | Russian | 1719 | 0.76% |
| 17. | British | 1628 | 0.72% |
| 18. | Dutch | 1591 | 0.71% |
| 19. | Norwegian | 1460 | 0.65% |
| 20. | Swedish | 1365 | 0.61% |
| 21. | Guatemalan | 1235 | 0.55% |
| 22. | Welsh | 1194 | 0.53% |
| 23. | Korean | 1175 | 0.52% |
| 24. | Colombian | 900 | 0.40% |
| 25. | Canadian | 726 | 0.32% |
| 26. | Filipino | 725 | 0.32% |
| 27. | Jamaican | 718 | 0.32% |
| 28. | French Canadian | 718 | 0.32% |
| 29. | Sudanese | 696 | 0.31% |
| 30. | Ukrainian | 567 | 0.25% |
| 31. | Hungarian | 562 | 0.25% |
| 32. | Vietnamese | 559 | 0.25% |
| 33. | Czech | 558 | 0.25% |
| 34. | Nigerian | 542 | 0.24% |
| 35. | Greek | 481 | 0.21% |
| 36. | Romanian | 433 | 0.19% |
| 37. | Austrian | 428 | 0.19% |
| 38. | Turkish | 410 | 0.18% |
| 39. | Swiss | 370 | 0.16% |
| 40. | Eastern European | 370 | 0.16% |
| 41. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 369 | 0.16% |
| 42. | Cuban | 318 | 0.14% |
| 43. | Ecuadorian | 314 | 0.14% |
| 44. | Danish | 311 | 0.14% |
| 45. | Venezuelan | 283 | 0.13% |
| 46. | Portuguese | 281 | 0.12% |
| 47. | Armenian | 278 | 0.12% |
| 48. | Spaniard | 273 | 0.12% |
| 49. | Slovak | 267 | 0.12% |
| 50. | Bangladeshi | 258 | 0.11% |
| 51. | Liberian | 245 | 0.11% |
| 52. | Northern European | 245 | 0.11% |
| 53. | Haitian | 239 | 0.11% |
| 54. | Lithuanian | 234 | 0.10% |
| 55. | Scandinavian | 233 | 0.10% |
| 56. | Taiwanese | 233 | 0.10% |
| 57. | Thai | 228 | 0.10% |
| 58. | Finnish | 222 | 0.10% |
| 59. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 202 | 0.09% |
| 60. | Panamanian | 176 | 0.08% |
| 61. | Ghanaian | 168 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Japanese | 166 | 0.07% |
| 63. | Pakistani | 165 | 0.07% |
| 64. | Israeli | 160 | 0.07% |
| 65. | Iranian | 152 | 0.07% |
| 66. | Croatian | 141 | 0.06% |
| 67. | Australian | 137 | 0.06% |
| 68. | Egyptian | 130 | 0.06% |
| 69. | Somalian | 130 | 0.06% |
| 70. | Ethiopian | 128 | 0.06% |
| 71. | Peruvian | 116 | 0.05% |
| 72. | Guyanese | 112 | 0.05% |
| 73. | Laotian | 109 | 0.05% |
| 74. | Spanish | 107 | 0.05% |
| 75. | Lebanese | 106 | 0.05% |
| 76. | Slovene | 102 | 0.05% |
| 77. | Serbian | 97 | 0.04% |
| 78. | South African | 93 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Chilean | 87 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Lumbee | 86 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Brazilian | 79 | 0.04% |
| 82. | British West Indian | 79 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Indonesian | 78 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Micronesian | 72 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Bolivian | 70 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Moroccan | 64 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Cherokee | 60 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Pennsylvania German | 59 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Dutch West Indian | 58 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Celtic | 58 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Syrian | 57 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Latvian | 57 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Sierra Leonean | 55 | 0.02% |
| 94. | Czechoslovakian | 52 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Zimbabwean | 52 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Costa Rican | 50 | 0.02% |
| 97. | Argentinean | 46 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Slavic | 46 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Estonian | 42 | 0.02% |
| 100. | German Russian | 39 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Yugoslavian | 36 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Bulgarian | 35 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Nicaraguan | 32 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Samoan | 27 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Kenyan | 26 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Albanian | 24 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Belgian | 22 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Iraqi | 21 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Palestinian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Jordanian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Basque | 15 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Bahamian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Barbadian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 114. | New Zealander | 14 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Cree | 12 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Macedonian | 10 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Senegalese | 10 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Ottawa | 7 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Cambodian | 3 | 0.00% |