Modesto, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Modesto, 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. | Mexican | 65230 | 32.31% |
| 2. | German | 22841 | 11.31% |
| 3. | Irish | 18442 | 9.13% |
| 4. | English | 13661 | 6.77% |
| 5. | Italian | 8975 | 4.45% |
| 6. | Portuguese | 6741 | 3.34% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 5422 | 2.69% |
| 8. | Dutch | 4170 | 2.07% |
| 9. | Asian Indian | 3133 | 1.55% |
| 10. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 2972 | 1.47% |
| 11. | Scotch-Irish | 2879 | 1.43% |
| 12. | Swedish | 2872 | 1.42% |
| 13. | Cambodian | 2735 | 1.35% |
| 14. | Scottish | 2716 | 1.35% |
| 15. | Filipino | 2708 | 1.34% |
| 16. | Norwegian | 2580 | 1.28% |
| 17. | European | 1918 | 0.95% |
| 18. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1858 | 0.92% |
| 19. | Polish | 1654 | 0.82% |
| 20. | Puerto Rican | 1559 | 0.77% |
| 21. | Welsh | 1448 | 0.72% |
| 22. | Fijian | 1053 | 0.52% |
| 23. | Danish | 1014 | 0.50% |
| 24. | Swiss | 970 | 0.48% |
| 25. | Salvadoran | 965 | 0.48% |
| 26. | Russian | 845 | 0.42% |
| 27. | Vietnamese | 828 | 0.41% |
| 28. | Greek | 787 | 0.39% |
| 29. | Romanian | 778 | 0.39% |
| 30. | Nicaraguan | 641 | 0.32% |
| 31. | Spaniard | 594 | 0.29% |
| 32. | Iraqi | 578 | 0.29% |
| 33. | Laotian | 567 | 0.28% |
| 34. | Japanese | 535 | 0.27% |
| 35. | Iranian | 534 | 0.26% |
| 36. | Armenian | 498 | 0.25% |
| 37. | Spanish | 481 | 0.24% |
| 38. | Micronesian | 471 | 0.23% |
| 39. | Guatemalan | 465 | 0.23% |
| 40. | Scandinavian | 406 | 0.20% |
| 41. | Peruvian | 403 | 0.20% |
| 42. | French Canadian | 401 | 0.20% |
| 43. | Ukrainian | 391 | 0.19% |
| 44. | British | 373 | 0.18% |
| 45. | Cherokee | 343 | 0.17% |
| 46. | Hmong | 309 | 0.15% |
| 47. | Korean | 308 | 0.15% |
| 48. | Hungarian | 285 | 0.14% |
| 49. | Native Hawaiian | 280 | 0.14% |
| 50. | Czech | 271 | 0.13% |
| 51. | Afghan | 260 | 0.13% |
| 52. | Finnish | 255 | 0.13% |
| 53. | Palestinian | 254 | 0.13% |
| 54. | Canadian | 236 | 0.12% |
| 55. | Apache | 229 | 0.11% |
| 56. | Cuban | 206 | 0.10% |
| 57. | Thai | 202 | 0.10% |
| 58. | Colombian | 180 | 0.09% |
| 59. | Navajo | 152 | 0.08% |
| 60. | Eastern European | 150 | 0.07% |
| 61. | Czechoslovakian | 137 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Austrian | 131 | 0.06% |
| 63. | Lithuanian | 116 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Samoan | 112 | 0.06% |
| 65. | Choctaw | 112 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Brazilian | 105 | 0.05% |
| 67. | Yugoslavian | 101 | 0.05% |
| 68. | Northern European | 100 | 0.05% |
| 69. | Paiute | 98 | 0.05% |
| 70. | Croatian | 97 | 0.05% |
| 71. | Yaqui | 97 | 0.05% |
| 72. | Celtic | 85 | 0.04% |
| 73. | Icelander | 77 | 0.04% |
| 74. | Belgian | 74 | 0.04% |
| 75. | Australian | 74 | 0.04% |
| 76. | Chilean | 74 | 0.04% |
| 77. | Ecuadorian | 72 | 0.04% |
| 78. | Belizean | 63 | 0.03% |
| 79. | Taiwanese | 60 | 0.03% |
| 80. | Lebanese | 59 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Serbian | 58 | 0.03% |
| 82. | Jamaican | 46 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Basque | 44 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Syrian | 41 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Slavic | 38 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Cajun | 35 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Maltese | 35 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Nigerian | 34 | 0.02% |
| 89. | Pakistani | 32 | 0.02% |
| 90. | German Russian | 32 | 0.02% |
| 91. | Ethiopian | 31 | 0.02% |
| 92. | Bolivian | 29 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Chippewa | 29 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Haitian | 29 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Slovene | 28 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Honduran | 27 | 0.01% |
| 97. | New Zealander | 24 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Slovak | 24 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Argentinean | 23 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Luxemburger | 21 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Dutch West Indian | 19 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Israeli | 18 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Moroccan | 18 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Pennsylvania German | 17 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Egyptian | 16 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Latvian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Bulgarian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Estonian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Chickasaw | 8 | 0.00% |
| 110. | Indonesian | 7 | 0.00% |
| 111. | Turkish | 7 | 0.00% |
| 112. | Delaware | 5 | 0.00% |
| 113. | Pueblo | 5 | 0.00% |
| 114. | Shoshone | 3 | 0.00% |