Jersey City, New Jersey — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Jersey City, New Jersey 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. | Puerto Rican | 27399 | 11.17% |
| 2. | Asian Indian | 26277 | 10.72% |
| 3. | Filipino | 15649 | 6.38% |
| 4. | Italian | 12981 | 5.29% |
| 5. | Irish | 12645 | 5.16% |
| 6. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 12077 | 4.92% |
| 7. | German | 8423 | 3.43% |
| 8. | Ecuadorian | 7144 | 2.91% |
| 9. | Polish | 6307 | 2.57% |
| 10. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 5839 | 2.38% |
| 11. | Egyptian | 4331 | 1.77% |
| 12. | Mexican | 4248 | 1.73% |
| 13. | English | 3875 | 1.58% |
| 14. | Honduran | 3463 | 1.41% |
| 15. | Guyanese | 2968 | 1.21% |
| 16. | Vietnamese | 2572 | 1.05% |
| 17. | Colombian | 2545 | 1.04% |
| 18. | Haitian | 2513 | 1.02% |
| 19. | Russian | 2396 | 0.98% |
| 20. | Korean | 2031 | 0.83% |
| 21. | Cuban | 1697 | 0.69% |
| 22. | Pakistani | 1580 | 0.64% |
| 23. | Jamaican | 1571 | 0.64% |
| 24. | Guatemalan | 1408 | 0.57% |
| 25. | French (Except Basque) | 1392 | 0.57% |
| 26. | Peruvian | 1378 | 0.56% |
| 27. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 1213 | 0.49% |
| 28. | Moroccan | 990 | 0.40% |
| 29. | Salvadoran | 930 | 0.38% |
| 30. | Ukrainian | 918 | 0.37% |
| 31. | Scottish | 838 | 0.34% |
| 32. | Nigerian | 729 | 0.30% |
| 33. | European | 683 | 0.28% |
| 34. | Argentinean | 670 | 0.27% |
| 35. | Japanese | 664 | 0.27% |
| 36. | Nicaraguan | 655 | 0.27% |
| 37. | British | 633 | 0.26% |
| 38. | Swedish | 600 | 0.24% |
| 39. | Scotch-Irish | 600 | 0.24% |
| 40. | British West Indian | 599 | 0.24% |
| 41. | Dutch | 591 | 0.24% |
| 42. | Hungarian | 577 | 0.24% |
| 43. | Greek | 576 | 0.23% |
| 44. | Panamanian | 516 | 0.21% |
| 45. | Portuguese | 469 | 0.19% |
| 46. | Barbadian | 447 | 0.18% |
| 47. | Costa Rican | 431 | 0.18% |
| 48. | Welsh | 425 | 0.17% |
| 49. | Turkish | 424 | 0.17% |
| 50. | Eastern European | 420 | 0.17% |
| 51. | Cape Verdean | 388 | 0.16% |
| 52. | Austrian | 373 | 0.15% |
| 53. | Kenyan | 365 | 0.15% |
| 54. | Czech | 363 | 0.15% |
| 55. | Ghanaian | 353 | 0.14% |
| 56. | Norwegian | 313 | 0.13% |
| 57. | Brazilian | 300 | 0.12% |
| 58. | Slovak | 288 | 0.12% |
| 59. | Croatian | 284 | 0.12% |
| 60. | Chilean | 275 | 0.11% |
| 61. | French Canadian | 271 | 0.11% |
| 62. | Spanish | 267 | 0.11% |
| 63. | Lithuanian | 266 | 0.11% |
| 64. | Romanian | 256 | 0.10% |
| 65. | Latvian | 253 | 0.10% |
| 66. | Canadian | 247 | 0.10% |
| 67. | Sudanese | 241 | 0.10% |
| 68. | Spaniard | 218 | 0.09% |
| 69. | Bolivian | 213 | 0.09% |
| 70. | Bangladeshi | 200 | 0.08% |
| 71. | Australian | 198 | 0.08% |
| 72. | Lebanese | 186 | 0.08% |
| 73. | Belizean | 178 | 0.07% |
| 74. | Iranian | 155 | 0.06% |
| 75. | Belgian | 151 | 0.06% |
| 76. | Jordanian | 149 | 0.06% |
| 77. | Taiwanese | 146 | 0.06% |
| 78. | Ethiopian | 141 | 0.06% |
| 79. | Israeli | 139 | 0.06% |
| 80. | Afghan | 134 | 0.05% |
| 81. | Paraguayan | 125 | 0.05% |
| 82. | Venezuelan | 123 | 0.05% |
| 83. | Thai | 115 | 0.05% |
| 84. | Malaysian | 114 | 0.05% |
| 85. | Uruguayan | 112 | 0.05% |
| 86. | Swiss | 105 | 0.04% |
| 87. | Syrian | 98 | 0.04% |
| 88. | Bulgarian | 95 | 0.04% |
| 89. | Northern European | 86 | 0.04% |
| 90. | Slavic | 83 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Armenian | 79 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Scandinavian | 79 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Liberian | 79 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Czechoslovakian | 78 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Senegalese | 73 | 0.03% |
| 96. | Estonian | 72 | 0.03% |
| 97. | Danish | 68 | 0.03% |
| 98. | Finnish | 68 | 0.03% |
| 99. | Palestinian | 65 | 0.03% |
| 100. | Albanian | 62 | 0.03% |
| 101. | Indonesian | 59 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Yugoslavian | 57 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Iraqi | 56 | 0.02% |
| 104. | South African | 54 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Cajun | 49 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Serbian | 46 | 0.02% |
| 107. | Icelander | 39 | 0.02% |
| 108. | Luxemburger | 34 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Cherokee | 30 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Macedonian | 30 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Pennsylvania German | 30 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Choctaw | 24 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Cambodian | 24 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Dutch West Indian | 23 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Cypriot | 23 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Slovene | 21 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Bahamian | 20 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Spanish American | 17 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Lumbee | 11 | 0.00% |
| 120. | Ugandan | 11 | 0.00% |
| 121. | Maltese | 10 | 0.00% |
| 122. | Somalian | 10 | 0.00% |
| 123. | Zimbabwean | 9 | 0.00% |
| 124. | Sri Lankan | 8 | 0.00% |
| 125. | Basque | 8 | 0.00% |
| 126. | Native Hawaiian | 4 | 0.00% |