Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Milwaukee, Wisconsin 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 | 113578 | 19.19% |
| 2. | Mexican | 69022 | 11.66% |
| 3. | Polish | 46274 | 7.82% |
| 4. | Irish | 38103 | 6.44% |
| 5. | Puerto Rican | 22059 | 3.73% |
| 6. | Italian | 16424 | 2.77% |
| 7. | English | 15517 | 2.62% |
| 8. | Norwegian | 12215 | 2.06% |
| 9. | Hmong | 10321 | 1.74% |
| 10. | French (Except Basque) | 9816 | 1.66% |
| 11. | Swedish | 5683 | 0.96% |
| 12. | Dutch | 3997 | 0.68% |
| 13. | Czech | 3602 | 0.61% |
| 14. | Scottish | 3302 | 0.56% |
| 15. | Russian | 3237 | 0.55% |
| 16. | European | 3168 | 0.54% |
| 17. | Asian Indian | 2435 | 0.41% |
| 18. | Scotch-Irish | 2362 | 0.40% |
| 19. | Hungarian | 2318 | 0.39% |
| 20. | French Canadian | 2220 | 0.38% |
| 21. | Austrian | 1957 | 0.33% |
| 22. | Serbian | 1842 | 0.31% |
| 23. | Danish | 1746 | 0.29% |
| 24. | Laotian | 1741 | 0.29% |
| 25. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1562 | 0.26% |
| 26. | Croatian | 1562 | 0.26% |
| 27. | Finnish | 1532 | 0.26% |
| 28. | Swiss | 1517 | 0.26% |
| 29. | Greek | 1308 | 0.22% |
| 30. | Chippewa | 1294 | 0.22% |
| 31. | Slovak | 1235 | 0.21% |
| 32. | Welsh | 1218 | 0.21% |
| 33. | Jamaican | 1210 | 0.20% |
| 34. | Belgian | 1183 | 0.20% |
| 35. | Filipino | 1071 | 0.18% |
| 36. | Ukrainian | 871 | 0.15% |
| 37. | Salvadoran | 809 | 0.14% |
| 38. | Cuban | 777 | 0.13% |
| 39. | Vietnamese | 770 | 0.13% |
| 40. | Slovene | 761 | 0.13% |
| 41. | Spaniard | 666 | 0.11% |
| 42. | Yugoslavian | 662 | 0.11% |
| 43. | Palestinian | 661 | 0.11% |
| 44. | Scandinavian | 654 | 0.11% |
| 45. | British | 650 | 0.11% |
| 46. | Colombian | 628 | 0.11% |
| 47. | Lithuanian | 613 | 0.10% |
| 48. | Guatemalan | 588 | 0.10% |
| 49. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 581 | 0.10% |
| 50. | Nigerian | 574 | 0.10% |
| 51. | Jordanian | 569 | 0.10% |
| 52. | German Russian | 555 | 0.09% |
| 53. | Pakistani | 523 | 0.09% |
| 54. | Korean | 518 | 0.09% |
| 55. | Spanish | 517 | 0.09% |
| 56. | Nicaraguan | 498 | 0.08% |
| 57. | Somalian | 493 | 0.08% |
| 58. | Canadian | 452 | 0.08% |
| 59. | Czechoslovakian | 423 | 0.07% |
| 60. | Iroquois | 399 | 0.07% |
| 61. | Latvian | 376 | 0.06% |
| 62. | Honduran | 358 | 0.06% |
| 63. | Portuguese | 333 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Romanian | 276 | 0.05% |
| 65. | Panamanian | 276 | 0.05% |
| 66. | Eastern European | 273 | 0.05% |
| 67. | Peruvian | 265 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Micronesian | 253 | 0.04% |
| 69. | Japanese | 249 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Ecuadorian | 248 | 0.04% |
| 71. | Northern European | 242 | 0.04% |
| 72. | Menominee | 239 | 0.04% |
| 73. | Slavic | 211 | 0.04% |
| 74. | Luxemburger | 206 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Costa Rican | 195 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Venezuelan | 194 | 0.03% |
| 77. | Moroccan | 189 | 0.03% |
| 78. | South African | 186 | 0.03% |
| 79. | Armenian | 184 | 0.03% |
| 80. | Turkish | 169 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Haitian | 167 | 0.03% |
| 82. | Israeli | 156 | 0.03% |
| 83. | Chilean | 155 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Australian | 154 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Albanian | 153 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Lebanese | 137 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Egyptian | 120 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Thai | 113 | 0.02% |
| 89. | Argentinean | 105 | 0.02% |
| 90. | Ethiopian | 105 | 0.02% |
| 91. | Iranian | 101 | 0.02% |
| 92. | Potawatomi | 92 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Iraqi | 80 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Cambodian | 71 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Sri Lankan | 70 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Barbadian | 64 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Cherokee | 63 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Brazilian | 62 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Ottawa | 56 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Pennsylvania German | 51 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Belizean | 48 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Native Hawaiian | 48 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Estonian | 44 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Macedonian | 40 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Liberian | 35 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Bulgarian | 35 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Kenyan | 35 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Ugandan | 34 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Bolivian | 33 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Bangladeshi | 32 | 0.01% |
| 111. | British West Indian | 30 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 30 | 0.01% |
| 113. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 29 | 0.00% |
| 114. | Basque | 28 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 28 | 0.00% |
| 116. | Alsatian | 27 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Malaysian | 27 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Choctaw | 26 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Afghan | 25 | 0.00% |
| 120. | Bahamian | 25 | 0.00% |
| 121. | Senegalese | 23 | 0.00% |
| 122. | Ghanaian | 22 | 0.00% |
| 123. | Syrian | 20 | 0.00% |
| 124. | Paraguayan | 17 | 0.00% |
| 125. | Sudanese | 16 | 0.00% |
| 126. | Zimbabwean | 16 | 0.00% |
| 127. | Chickasaw | 15 | 0.00% |
| 128. | Uruguayan | 14 | 0.00% |
| 129. | Cajun | 12 | 0.00% |
| 130. | Icelander | 11 | 0.00% |
| 131. | Taiwanese | 9 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Inupiat | 8 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Apache | 7 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Alaskan Athabascan | 7 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Cree | 4 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Sioux | 4 | 0.00% |