Oakland, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Oakland, 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 | 74415 | 19.11% |
| 2. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 32379 | 8.32% |
| 3. | German | 20976 | 5.39% |
| 4. | Irish | 18595 | 4.78% |
| 5. | English | 16404 | 4.21% |
| 6. | Italian | 11281 | 2.90% |
| 7. | Filipino | 7003 | 1.80% |
| 8. | European | 6566 | 1.69% |
| 9. | Vietnamese | 6516 | 1.67% |
| 10. | Salvadoran | 6336 | 1.63% |
| 11. | Russian | 5481 | 1.41% |
| 12. | French (Except Basque) | 5467 | 1.40% |
| 13. | Guatemalan | 4632 | 1.19% |
| 14. | Scottish | 4546 | 1.17% |
| 15. | Polish | 4440 | 1.14% |
| 16. | Swedish | 3876 | 1.00% |
| 17. | Scotch-Irish | 3292 | 0.85% |
| 18. | Cambodian | 2990 | 0.77% |
| 19. | Laotian | 2831 | 0.73% |
| 20. | Norwegian | 2512 | 0.65% |
| 21. | Korean | 2501 | 0.64% |
| 22. | Dutch | 2324 | 0.60% |
| 23. | Japanese | 2238 | 0.57% |
| 24. | Asian Indian | 2134 | 0.55% |
| 25. | Portuguese | 2045 | 0.53% |
| 26. | Puerto Rican | 1931 | 0.50% |
| 27. | Eastern European | 1678 | 0.43% |
| 28. | British | 1552 | 0.40% |
| 29. | Ethiopian | 1510 | 0.39% |
| 30. | Honduran | 1409 | 0.36% |
| 31. | Welsh | 1403 | 0.36% |
| 32. | Hungarian | 1190 | 0.31% |
| 33. | Nicaraguan | 1165 | 0.30% |
| 34. | Danish | 1164 | 0.30% |
| 35. | Greek | 1129 | 0.29% |
| 36. | Spaniard | 1108 | 0.28% |
| 37. | French Canadian | 1027 | 0.26% |
| 38. | Iranian | 986 | 0.25% |
| 39. | Northern European | 969 | 0.25% |
| 40. | Austrian | 843 | 0.22% |
| 41. | Peruvian | 799 | 0.21% |
| 42. | Tongan | 798 | 0.20% |
| 43. | Swiss | 762 | 0.20% |
| 44. | Lithuanian | 761 | 0.20% |
| 45. | Cuban | 760 | 0.20% |
| 46. | Jamaican | 651 | 0.17% |
| 47. | Spanish | 606 | 0.16% |
| 48. | Czech | 579 | 0.15% |
| 49. | Thai | 574 | 0.15% |
| 50. | Samoan | 541 | 0.14% |
| 51. | Canadian | 531 | 0.14% |
| 52. | Ukrainian | 531 | 0.14% |
| 53. | Romanian | 523 | 0.13% |
| 54. | Turkish | 517 | 0.13% |
| 55. | Finnish | 507 | 0.13% |
| 56. | Moroccan | 506 | 0.13% |
| 57. | Croatian | 501 | 0.13% |
| 58. | Colombian | 493 | 0.13% |
| 59. | Argentinean | 491 | 0.13% |
| 60. | Afghan | 490 | 0.13% |
| 61. | Lebanese | 450 | 0.12% |
| 62. | Slovak | 422 | 0.11% |
| 63. | Chilean | 405 | 0.10% |
| 64. | Scandinavian | 405 | 0.10% |
| 65. | Armenian | 372 | 0.10% |
| 66. | Nigerian | 358 | 0.09% |
| 67. | Panamanian | 331 | 0.09% |
| 68. | Micronesian | 312 | 0.08% |
| 69. | Brazilian | 301 | 0.08% |
| 70. | Belgian | 268 | 0.07% |
| 71. | Yugoslavian | 252 | 0.06% |
| 72. | Taiwanese | 248 | 0.06% |
| 73. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 244 | 0.06% |
| 74. | Israeli | 237 | 0.06% |
| 75. | Australian | 226 | 0.06% |
| 76. | Sri Lankan | 189 | 0.05% |
| 77. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 186 | 0.05% |
| 78. | Ecuadorian | 182 | 0.05% |
| 79. | Cherokee | 172 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Egyptian | 163 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Serbian | 158 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Latvian | 158 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Hmong | 155 | 0.04% |
| 84. | Bolivian | 152 | 0.04% |
| 85. | Fijian | 150 | 0.04% |
| 86. | Czechoslovakian | 145 | 0.04% |
| 87. | Native Hawaiian | 126 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Yaqui | 125 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Cape Verdean | 125 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Palestinian | 123 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Celtic | 121 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Guyanese | 117 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Pakistani | 117 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Venezuelan | 110 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Somalian | 106 | 0.03% |
| 96. | Costa Rican | 104 | 0.03% |
| 97. | Icelander | 103 | 0.03% |
| 98. | Iraqi | 102 | 0.03% |
| 99. | Sioux | 90 | 0.02% |
| 100. | Syrian | 90 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Estonian | 89 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Haitian | 85 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Choctaw | 84 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Ghanaian | 78 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Sudanese | 70 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Slavic | 65 | 0.02% |
| 107. | New Zealander | 64 | 0.02% |
| 108. | Kenyan | 63 | 0.02% |
| 109. | South African | 63 | 0.02% |
| 110. | Blackfeet | 63 | 0.02% |
| 111. | Slovene | 61 | 0.02% |
| 112. | Bulgarian | 56 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Basque | 50 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Spanish American | 43 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Cajun | 42 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Indonesian | 42 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Maltese | 41 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Liberian | 37 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Creek | 35 | 0.01% |
| 120. | Bermudan | 31 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Uruguayan | 30 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Paiute | 30 | 0.01% |
| 123. | British West Indian | 29 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Pennsylvania German | 27 | 0.01% |
| 125. | Iroquois | 22 | 0.01% |
| 126. | Apache | 21 | 0.01% |
| 127. | Jordanian | 20 | 0.01% |
| 128. | Macedonian | 19 | 0.00% |
| 129. | Luxemburger | 16 | 0.00% |
| 130. | Albanian | 16 | 0.00% |
| 131. | Cypriot | 15 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Tohono O'odham | 13 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Pueblo | 12 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 12 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Senegalese | 11 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Barbadian | 10 | 0.00% |
| 137. | Seminole | 9 | 0.00% |
| 138. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 9 | 0.00% |
| 139. | German Russian | 8 | 0.00% |
| 140. | Navajo | 1 | 0.00% |