Newark, New Jersey — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Newark, 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 | 38688 | 14.04% |
| 2. | Ecuadorian | 15639 | 5.68% |
| 3. | Portuguese | 14333 | 5.20% |
| 4. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 10712 | 3.89% |
| 5. | Brazilian | 9586 | 3.48% |
| 6. | Italian | 5898 | 2.14% |
| 7. | Mexican | 4895 | 1.78% |
| 8. | Jamaican | 3804 | 1.38% |
| 9. | Salvadoran | 3691 | 1.34% |
| 10. | Haitian | 3590 | 1.30% |
| 11. | Peruvian | 3119 | 1.13% |
| 12. | Irish | 3055 | 1.11% |
| 13. | Nigerian | 2821 | 1.02% |
| 14. | Guyanese | 2234 | 0.81% |
| 15. | Cuban | 2217 | 0.80% |
| 16. | German | 2152 | 0.78% |
| 17. | Honduran | 1830 | 0.66% |
| 18. | Colombian | 1667 | 0.61% |
| 19. | Ghanaian | 1543 | 0.56% |
| 20. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 1389 | 0.50% |
| 21. | Asian Indian | 1388 | 0.50% |
| 22. | Polish | 1375 | 0.50% |
| 23. | Spaniard | 1374 | 0.50% |
| 24. | English | 1170 | 0.42% |
| 25. | Guatemalan | 1093 | 0.40% |
| 26. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 816 | 0.30% |
| 27. | Liberian | 775 | 0.28% |
| 28. | Filipino | 748 | 0.27% |
| 29. | Uruguayan | 722 | 0.26% |
| 30. | French (Except Basque) | 503 | 0.18% |
| 31. | Afghan | 495 | 0.18% |
| 32. | Costa Rican | 485 | 0.18% |
| 33. | Russian | 478 | 0.17% |
| 34. | Korean | 477 | 0.17% |
| 35. | Argentinean | 443 | 0.16% |
| 36. | Barbadian | 400 | 0.15% |
| 37. | Cherokee | 326 | 0.12% |
| 38. | Ukrainian | 293 | 0.11% |
| 39. | Pakistani | 281 | 0.10% |
| 40. | Moroccan | 281 | 0.10% |
| 41. | Venezuelan | 273 | 0.10% |
| 42. | Panamanian | 252 | 0.09% |
| 43. | Nicaraguan | 247 | 0.09% |
| 44. | Greek | 225 | 0.08% |
| 45. | Egyptian | 222 | 0.08% |
| 46. | British West Indian | 208 | 0.08% |
| 47. | Vietnamese | 197 | 0.07% |
| 48. | Scottish | 183 | 0.07% |
| 49. | Hungarian | 181 | 0.07% |
| 50. | Spanish | 147 | 0.05% |
| 51. | Dutch | 144 | 0.05% |
| 52. | European | 144 | 0.05% |
| 53. | Chilean | 134 | 0.05% |
| 54. | Canadian | 125 | 0.05% |
| 55. | Iranian | 122 | 0.04% |
| 56. | Romanian | 107 | 0.04% |
| 57. | French Canadian | 103 | 0.04% |
| 58. | Welsh | 89 | 0.03% |
| 59. | Cape Verdean | 88 | 0.03% |
| 60. | Kenyan | 73 | 0.03% |
| 61. | Bolivian | 69 | 0.03% |
| 62. | Bahamian | 68 | 0.02% |
| 63. | Paraguayan | 68 | 0.02% |
| 64. | Swedish | 66 | 0.02% |
| 65. | Japanese | 65 | 0.02% |
| 66. | Scotch-Irish | 60 | 0.02% |
| 67. | Norwegian | 56 | 0.02% |
| 68. | Eastern European | 53 | 0.02% |
| 69. | Slovak | 45 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Austrian | 39 | 0.01% |
| 71. | Czechoslovakian | 37 | 0.01% |
| 72. | Turkish | 33 | 0.01% |
| 73. | Ugandan | 32 | 0.01% |
| 74. | Taiwanese | 31 | 0.01% |
| 75. | Czech | 30 | 0.01% |
| 76. | Israeli | 30 | 0.01% |
| 77. | Somalian | 29 | 0.01% |
| 78. | Ethiopian | 28 | 0.01% |
| 79. | Sudanese | 24 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Albanian | 22 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Bangladeshi | 22 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Native Hawaiian | 21 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Syrian | 21 | 0.01% |
| 84. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 19 | 0.01% |
| 85. | Bermudan | 18 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Serbian | 17 | 0.01% |
| 87. | British | 17 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Lebanese | 16 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Micronesian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Blackfeet | 14 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Swiss | 13 | 0.00% |
| 92. | Croatian | 13 | 0.00% |
| 93. | South African | 13 | 0.00% |
| 94. | Danish | 11 | 0.00% |
| 95. | Thai | 11 | 0.00% |
| 96. | Scandinavian | 9 | 0.00% |
| 97. | Senegalese | 8 | 0.00% |
| 98. | Delaware | 6 | 0.00% |
| 99. | Lithuanian | 5 | 0.00% |
| 100. | German Russian | 4 | 0.00% |
| 101. | Icelander | 2 | 0.00% |
| 102. | Slovene | 2 | 0.00% |