Grand Rapids, Michigan — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Grand Rapids, 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. | German | 30578 | 16.11% |
| 2. | Dutch | 27936 | 14.71% |
| 3. | Mexican | 20500 | 10.80% |
| 4. | Irish | 17755 | 9.35% |
| 5. | Polish | 14582 | 7.68% |
| 6. | English | 14284 | 7.52% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 5260 | 2.77% |
| 8. | Italian | 4752 | 2.50% |
| 9. | Swedish | 3454 | 1.82% |
| 10. | Guatemalan | 3370 | 1.78% |
| 11. | Puerto Rican | 2991 | 1.58% |
| 12. | Scottish | 2444 | 1.29% |
| 13. | Scotch-Irish | 2172 | 1.14% |
| 14. | European | 2098 | 1.11% |
| 15. | French Canadian | 1284 | 0.68% |
| 16. | Norwegian | 1212 | 0.64% |
| 17. | Vietnamese | 1173 | 0.62% |
| 18. | Danish | 1136 | 0.60% |
| 19. | Russian | 1115 | 0.59% |
| 20. | Lithuanian | 1113 | 0.59% |
| 21. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 805 | 0.42% |
| 22. | Welsh | 766 | 0.40% |
| 23. | Finnish | 746 | 0.39% |
| 24. | Czech | 694 | 0.37% |
| 25. | British | 672 | 0.35% |
| 26. | Canadian | 627 | 0.33% |
| 27. | Hungarian | 623 | 0.33% |
| 28. | Korean | 609 | 0.32% |
| 29. | Ethiopian | 584 | 0.31% |
| 30. | Yugoslavian | 472 | 0.25% |
| 31. | Swiss | 443 | 0.23% |
| 32. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 439 | 0.23% |
| 33. | Greek | 412 | 0.22% |
| 34. | Somalian | 408 | 0.21% |
| 35. | Ukrainian | 398 | 0.21% |
| 36. | Cuban | 392 | 0.21% |
| 37. | Belgian | 361 | 0.19% |
| 38. | Lebanese | 332 | 0.17% |
| 39. | Asian Indian | 287 | 0.15% |
| 40. | Latvian | 280 | 0.15% |
| 41. | Salvadoran | 279 | 0.15% |
| 42. | Chippewa | 272 | 0.14% |
| 43. | Austrian | 269 | 0.14% |
| 44. | Spaniard | 262 | 0.14% |
| 45. | Czechoslovakian | 254 | 0.13% |
| 46. | Croatian | 247 | 0.13% |
| 47. | Romanian | 245 | 0.13% |
| 48. | Slovak | 209 | 0.11% |
| 49. | Sudanese | 200 | 0.11% |
| 50. | Eastern European | 169 | 0.09% |
| 51. | Scandinavian | 160 | 0.08% |
| 52. | Filipino | 142 | 0.07% |
| 53. | Jamaican | 136 | 0.07% |
| 54. | Bangladeshi | 124 | 0.07% |
| 55. | Syrian | 120 | 0.06% |
| 56. | Iranian | 113 | 0.06% |
| 57. | Samoan | 104 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Slavic | 94 | 0.05% |
| 59. | Pennsylvania German | 93 | 0.05% |
| 60. | Northern European | 85 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Colombian | 84 | 0.04% |
| 62. | Portuguese | 82 | 0.04% |
| 63. | Brazilian | 80 | 0.04% |
| 64. | Peruvian | 75 | 0.04% |
| 65. | South African | 68 | 0.04% |
| 66. | Luxemburger | 67 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Cape Verdean | 67 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Bolivian | 64 | 0.03% |
| 69. | Panamanian | 62 | 0.03% |
| 70. | Laotian | 59 | 0.03% |
| 71. | Honduran | 58 | 0.03% |
| 72. | Spanish | 57 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Cherokee | 56 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Ottawa | 53 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Kenyan | 45 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Albanian | 42 | 0.02% |
| 77. | German Russian | 39 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Pakistani | 37 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Egyptian | 36 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Liberian | 36 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Micronesian | 35 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Thai | 31 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Yaqui | 30 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Australian | 30 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Japanese | 28 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Argentinean | 28 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Haitian | 27 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Venezuelan | 23 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Macedonian | 22 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Slovene | 19 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Armenian | 19 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Native Hawaiian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Jordanian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Maltese | 17 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Dutch West Indian | 16 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Cree | 16 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Turkish | 16 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Nigerian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Bulgarian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 100. | New Zealander | 13 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Indonesian | 12 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Navajo | 12 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Paraguayan | 11 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Serbian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Estonian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Taiwanese | 9 | 0.00% |
| 107. | Israeli | 9 | 0.00% |
| 108. | Celtic | 9 | 0.00% |
| 109. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 8 | 0.00% |
| 110. | Chilean | 8 | 0.00% |
| 111. | Spanish American | 4 | 0.00% |
| 112. | Senegalese | 4 | 0.00% |