Ottawa, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Ottawa, Illinois 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 | 5648 | 29.37% |
| 2. | Irish | 4517 | 23.49% |
| 3. | English | 1920 | 9.99% |
| 4. | Italian | 1578 | 8.21% |
| 5. | Norwegian | 1469 | 7.64% |
| 6. | Mexican | 1101 | 5.73% |
| 7. | Polish | 800 | 4.16% |
| 8. | French (Except Basque) | 747 | 3.88% |
| 9. | Scotch-Irish | 353 | 1.84% |
| 10. | Swedish | 343 | 1.78% |
| 11. | Dutch | 319 | 1.66% |
| 12. | Scottish | 299 | 1.56% |
| 13. | European | 219 | 1.14% |
| 14. | Slovak | 140 | 0.73% |
| 15. | Danish | 140 | 0.73% |
| 16. | Hungarian | 135 | 0.70% |
| 17. | Czech | 119 | 0.62% |
| 18. | Greek | 104 | 0.54% |
| 19. | Colombian | 90 | 0.47% |
| 20. | Romanian | 89 | 0.46% |
| 21. | Lithuanian | 82 | 0.43% |
| 22. | Russian | 80 | 0.42% |
| 23. | Korean | 76 | 0.40% |
| 24. | Yugoslavian | 75 | 0.39% |
| 25. | Slavic | 58 | 0.30% |
| 26. | Puerto Rican | 56 | 0.29% |
| 27. | Spanish | 52 | 0.27% |
| 28. | Welsh | 47 | 0.24% |
| 29. | Croatian | 45 | 0.23% |
| 30. | Asian Indian | 41 | 0.21% |
| 31. | Austrian | 40 | 0.21% |
| 32. | Thai | 39 | 0.20% |
| 33. | Scandinavian | 33 | 0.17% |
| 34. | Belgian | 30 | 0.16% |
| 35. | Argentinean | 30 | 0.16% |
| 36. | French Canadian | 27 | 0.14% |
| 37. | Sioux | 24 | 0.12% |
| 38. | Pennsylvania German | 23 | 0.12% |
| 39. | Ukrainian | 22 | 0.11% |
| 40. | Eastern European | 21 | 0.11% |
| 41. | Portuguese | 21 | 0.11% |
| 42. | Slovene | 21 | 0.11% |
| 43. | Swiss | 21 | 0.11% |
| 44. | Venezuelan | 19 | 0.10% |
| 45. | Czechoslovakian | 17 | 0.09% |
| 46. | Jamaican | 13 | 0.07% |
| 47. | Canadian | 13 | 0.07% |
| 48. | Chippewa | 9 | 0.05% |
| 49. | Pakistani | 9 | 0.05% |
| 50. | British | 8 | 0.04% |
| 51. | Australian | 8 | 0.04% |
| 52. | Northern European | 1 | 0.01% |