Palo Alto, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Palo Alto, 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. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 8177 | 12.88% |
| 2. | English | 7361 | 11.60% |
| 3. | German | 6802 | 10.72% |
| 4. | Irish | 4851 | 7.64% |
| 5. | Asian Indian | 2636 | 4.15% |
| 6. | Russian | 2573 | 4.05% |
| 7. | Mexican | 2545 | 4.01% |
| 8. | European | 2324 | 3.66% |
| 9. | Italian | 2285 | 3.60% |
| 10. | French (Except Basque) | 2201 | 3.47% |
| 11. | Korean | 1964 | 3.09% |
| 12. | Scottish | 1666 | 2.62% |
| 13. | Polish | 1598 | 2.52% |
| 14. | Swedish | 1546 | 2.44% |
| 15. | Japanese | 1276 | 2.01% |
| 16. | Norwegian | 1024 | 1.61% |
| 17. | British | 1015 | 1.60% |
| 18. | Dutch | 1012 | 1.59% |
| 19. | Scotch-Irish | 939 | 1.48% |
| 20. | Filipino | 668 | 1.05% |
| 21. | Iranian | 621 | 0.98% |
| 22. | Eastern European | 555 | 0.87% |
| 23. | Danish | 536 | 0.84% |
| 24. | Greek | 513 | 0.81% |
| 25. | Ukrainian | 511 | 0.81% |
| 26. | Israeli | 510 | 0.80% |
| 27. | Czech | 490 | 0.77% |
| 28. | Swiss | 480 | 0.76% |
| 29. | Hungarian | 459 | 0.72% |
| 30. | Taiwanese | 448 | 0.71% |
| 31. | Spaniard | 413 | 0.65% |
| 32. | Welsh | 394 | 0.62% |
| 33. | Vietnamese | 391 | 0.62% |
| 34. | Northern European | 387 | 0.61% |
| 35. | Peruvian | 376 | 0.59% |
| 36. | Ethiopian | 347 | 0.55% |
| 37. | Portuguese | 338 | 0.53% |
| 38. | Austrian | 331 | 0.52% |
| 39. | Cuban | 284 | 0.45% |
| 40. | Canadian | 267 | 0.42% |
| 41. | French Canadian | 249 | 0.39% |
| 42. | Armenian | 209 | 0.33% |
| 43. | Moroccan | 195 | 0.31% |
| 44. | Scandinavian | 185 | 0.29% |
| 45. | Romanian | 157 | 0.25% |
| 46. | Pakistani | 155 | 0.24% |
| 47. | Finnish | 155 | 0.24% |
| 48. | Colombian | 154 | 0.24% |
| 49. | Puerto Rican | 147 | 0.23% |
| 50. | Croatian | 146 | 0.23% |
| 51. | Salvadoran | 133 | 0.21% |
| 52. | Honduran | 132 | 0.21% |
| 53. | Lithuanian | 130 | 0.20% |
| 54. | Spanish | 123 | 0.19% |
| 55. | Turkish | 122 | 0.19% |
| 56. | Guatemalan | 115 | 0.18% |
| 57. | Serbian | 113 | 0.18% |
| 58. | Thai | 102 | 0.16% |
| 59. | Bulgarian | 98 | 0.15% |
| 60. | Argentinean | 94 | 0.15% |
| 61. | South African | 90 | 0.14% |
| 62. | Belgian | 81 | 0.13% |
| 63. | Afghan | 74 | 0.12% |
| 64. | Venezuelan | 72 | 0.11% |
| 65. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 72 | 0.11% |
| 66. | Brazilian | 71 | 0.11% |
| 67. | Costa Rican | 68 | 0.11% |
| 68. | Jamaican | 66 | 0.10% |
| 69. | Estonian | 65 | 0.10% |
| 70. | Luxemburger | 63 | 0.10% |
| 71. | Egyptian | 60 | 0.09% |
| 72. | Lebanese | 59 | 0.09% |
| 73. | Sri Lankan | 56 | 0.09% |
| 74. | Syrian | 54 | 0.09% |
| 75. | Slovene | 52 | 0.08% |
| 76. | Chilean | 50 | 0.08% |
| 77. | Latvian | 48 | 0.08% |
| 78. | New Zealander | 38 | 0.06% |
| 79. | Yugoslavian | 38 | 0.06% |
| 80. | Bolivian | 38 | 0.06% |
| 81. | Slovak | 36 | 0.06% |
| 82. | Czechoslovakian | 35 | 0.06% |
| 83. | Macedonian | 34 | 0.05% |
| 84. | Palestinian | 28 | 0.04% |
| 85. | Pennsylvania German | 27 | 0.04% |
| 86. | Native Hawaiian | 24 | 0.04% |
| 87. | Iraqi | 23 | 0.04% |
| 88. | Australian | 22 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Nicaraguan | 21 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Celtic | 17 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 17 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Slavic | 14 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Choctaw | 12 | 0.02% |
| 94. | Icelander | 10 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Cajun | 10 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Cape Verdean | 9 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Basque | 9 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Soviet Union | 8 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Yaqui | 2 | 0.00% |