Foster City, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Foster City, 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. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 6132 | 20.35% |
| 2. | Asian Indian | 2976 | 9.88% |
| 3. | German | 2538 | 8.42% |
| 4. | Irish | 1844 | 6.12% |
| 5. | Filipino | 1744 | 5.79% |
| 6. | English | 1617 | 5.37% |
| 7. | Italian | 1539 | 5.11% |
| 8. | Japanese | 1168 | 3.88% |
| 9. | Russian | 1106 | 3.67% |
| 10. | Mexican | 999 | 3.32% |
| 11. | French (Except Basque) | 809 | 2.68% |
| 12. | Korean | 783 | 2.60% |
| 13. | Polish | 579 | 1.92% |
| 14. | Iranian | 526 | 1.75% |
| 15. | European | 448 | 1.49% |
| 16. | Scottish | 406 | 1.35% |
| 17. | Lebanese | 373 | 1.24% |
| 18. | Swedish | 318 | 1.06% |
| 19. | Egyptian | 279 | 0.93% |
| 20. | Salvadoran | 268 | 0.89% |
| 21. | Scotch-Irish | 261 | 0.87% |
| 22. | Norwegian | 252 | 0.84% |
| 23. | Dutch | 231 | 0.77% |
| 24. | British | 224 | 0.74% |
| 25. | Portuguese | 201 | 0.67% |
| 26. | Nicaraguan | 189 | 0.63% |
| 27. | Ukrainian | 188 | 0.62% |
| 28. | Taiwanese | 176 | 0.58% |
| 29. | Greek | 150 | 0.50% |
| 30. | Welsh | 143 | 0.47% |
| 31. | Danish | 142 | 0.47% |
| 32. | Bolivian | 127 | 0.42% |
| 33. | Czech | 123 | 0.41% |
| 34. | Swiss | 122 | 0.40% |
| 35. | Armenian | 117 | 0.39% |
| 36. | Turkish | 104 | 0.35% |
| 37. | Eastern European | 98 | 0.33% |
| 38. | Vietnamese | 93 | 0.31% |
| 39. | Israeli | 84 | 0.28% |
| 40. | Austrian | 83 | 0.28% |
| 41. | Puerto Rican | 79 | 0.26% |
| 42. | French Canadian | 69 | 0.23% |
| 43. | Slovak | 68 | 0.23% |
| 44. | Indonesian | 68 | 0.23% |
| 45. | Palestinian | 67 | 0.22% |
| 46. | Pakistani | 57 | 0.19% |
| 47. | Croatian | 50 | 0.17% |
| 48. | Argentinean | 50 | 0.17% |
| 49. | Peruvian | 50 | 0.17% |
| 50. | Micronesian | 50 | 0.17% |
| 51. | Jordanian | 49 | 0.16% |
| 52. | Czechoslovakian | 48 | 0.16% |
| 53. | Hungarian | 44 | 0.15% |
| 54. | Slavic | 41 | 0.14% |
| 55. | Jamaican | 40 | 0.13% |
| 56. | Thai | 39 | 0.13% |
| 57. | Tongan | 39 | 0.13% |
| 58. | Colombian | 36 | 0.12% |
| 59. | Samoan | 36 | 0.12% |
| 60. | Afghan | 36 | 0.12% |
| 61. | Liberian | 33 | 0.11% |
| 62. | Moroccan | 32 | 0.11% |
| 63. | Spaniard | 25 | 0.08% |
| 64. | Lithuanian | 24 | 0.08% |
| 65. | Macedonian | 22 | 0.07% |
| 66. | Basque | 20 | 0.07% |
| 67. | Canadian | 20 | 0.07% |
| 68. | Paraguayan | 20 | 0.07% |
| 69. | Scandinavian | 19 | 0.06% |
| 70. | Maltese | 19 | 0.06% |
| 71. | Belgian | 19 | 0.06% |
| 72. | Romanian | 17 | 0.06% |
| 73. | Native Hawaiian | 17 | 0.06% |
| 74. | Brazilian | 16 | 0.05% |
| 75. | Costa Rican | 14 | 0.05% |
| 76. | Serbian | 12 | 0.04% |
| 77. | Slovene | 12 | 0.04% |
| 78. | Spanish | 11 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Sioux | 11 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Celtic | 9 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Finnish | 9 | 0.03% |
| 82. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 9 | 0.03% |
| 83. | Northern European | 7 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Laotian | 6 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Cherokee | 5 | 0.02% |