Melrose, Massachusetts — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Melrose, Massachusetts 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. | Irish | 9422 | 35.07% |
| 2. | Italian | 6474 | 24.10% |
| 3. | English | 3332 | 12.40% |
| 4. | German | 2123 | 7.90% |
| 5. | French (Except Basque) | 1738 | 6.47% |
| 6. | Polish | 982 | 3.66% |
| 7. | French Canadian | 867 | 3.23% |
| 8. | Portuguese | 715 | 2.66% |
| 9. | Brazilian | 638 | 2.37% |
| 10. | Scotch-Irish | 576 | 2.14% |
| 11. | Swedish | 556 | 2.07% |
| 12. | Scottish | 536 | 2.00% |
| 13. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 466 | 1.73% |
| 14. | Canadian | 447 | 1.66% |
| 15. | Russian | 332 | 1.24% |
| 16. | European | 296 | 1.10% |
| 17. | Greek | 292 | 1.09% |
| 18. | Vietnamese | 285 | 1.06% |
| 19. | Asian Indian | 238 | 0.89% |
| 20. | Norwegian | 236 | 0.88% |
| 21. | British | 231 | 0.86% |
| 22. | Turkish | 218 | 0.81% |
| 23. | Eastern European | 215 | 0.80% |
| 24. | Mexican | 214 | 0.80% |
| 25. | Colombian | 195 | 0.73% |
| 26. | Dutch | 187 | 0.70% |
| 27. | Puerto Rican | 155 | 0.58% |
| 28. | Welsh | 122 | 0.45% |
| 29. | Moroccan | 109 | 0.41% |
| 30. | Bangladeshi | 106 | 0.39% |
| 31. | Armenian | 101 | 0.38% |
| 32. | Filipino | 96 | 0.36% |
| 33. | Haitian | 95 | 0.35% |
| 34. | Romanian | 83 | 0.31% |
| 35. | Danish | 78 | 0.29% |
| 36. | Austrian | 77 | 0.29% |
| 37. | Finnish | 77 | 0.29% |
| 38. | Czechoslovakian | 72 | 0.27% |
| 39. | Korean | 70 | 0.26% |
| 40. | Ukrainian | 68 | 0.25% |
| 41. | Iranian | 67 | 0.25% |
| 42. | Hungarian | 62 | 0.23% |
| 43. | Lebanese | 60 | 0.22% |
| 44. | Lithuanian | 56 | 0.21% |
| 45. | Ethiopian | 49 | 0.18% |
| 46. | Northern European | 45 | 0.17% |
| 47. | Japanese | 43 | 0.16% |
| 48. | Nicaraguan | 40 | 0.15% |
| 49. | Swiss | 35 | 0.13% |
| 50. | Cuban | 34 | 0.13% |
| 51. | Albanian | 32 | 0.12% |
| 52. | Belgian | 32 | 0.12% |
| 53. | Syrian | 29 | 0.11% |
| 54. | Egyptian | 29 | 0.11% |
| 55. | Peruvian | 28 | 0.10% |
| 56. | Guatemalan | 27 | 0.10% |
| 57. | Yugoslavian | 27 | 0.10% |
| 58. | Argentinean | 23 | 0.09% |
| 59. | Salvadoran | 22 | 0.08% |
| 60. | Slovak | 21 | 0.08% |
| 61. | Taiwanese | 20 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Scandinavian | 18 | 0.07% |
| 63. | Cape Verdean | 12 | 0.04% |
| 64. | Croatian | 12 | 0.04% |
| 65. | Jamaican | 11 | 0.04% |
| 66. | Czech | 10 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 10 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Pakistani | 7 | 0.03% |