Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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. | Irish | 191884 | 12.67% |
| 2. | Italian | 125486 | 8.29% |
| 3. | Puerto Rican | 125347 | 8.28% |
| 4. | German | 120280 | 7.94% |
| 5. | Polish | 55133 | 3.64% |
| 6. | English | 45854 | 3.03% |
| 7. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 26494 | 1.75% |
| 8. | Russian | 25809 | 1.70% |
| 9. | Asian Indian | 20010 | 1.32% |
| 10. | Vietnamese | 16023 | 1.06% |
| 11. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 14794 | 0.98% |
| 12. | Ukrainian | 13520 | 0.89% |
| 13. | Mexican | 13208 | 0.87% |
| 14. | French (Except Basque) | 11776 | 0.78% |
| 15. | Jamaican | 10831 | 0.72% |
| 16. | Scotch-Irish | 9663 | 0.64% |
| 17. | Haitian | 9174 | 0.61% |
| 18. | Cambodian | 8826 | 0.58% |
| 19. | Scottish | 8590 | 0.57% |
| 20. | Dutch | 6126 | 0.40% |
| 21. | Hungarian | 5645 | 0.37% |
| 22. | European | 5426 | 0.36% |
| 23. | Korean | 5317 | 0.35% |
| 24. | Filipino | 5313 | 0.35% |
| 25. | Lithuanian | 5065 | 0.33% |
| 26. | Welsh | 4815 | 0.32% |
| 27. | Colombian | 4775 | 0.32% |
| 28. | Albanian | 4446 | 0.29% |
| 29. | Greek | 4341 | 0.29% |
| 30. | Swedish | 3993 | 0.26% |
| 31. | Eastern European | 3590 | 0.24% |
| 32. | Cuban | 3466 | 0.23% |
| 33. | Portuguese | 3425 | 0.23% |
| 34. | Liberian | 3109 | 0.21% |
| 35. | Brazilian | 2952 | 0.19% |
| 36. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 2710 | 0.18% |
| 37. | Austrian | 2660 | 0.18% |
| 38. | Slovak | 2546 | 0.17% |
| 39. | British | 2464 | 0.16% |
| 40. | Norwegian | 2415 | 0.16% |
| 41. | Nigerian | 2166 | 0.14% |
| 42. | Czech | 2143 | 0.14% |
| 43. | Guatemalan | 2046 | 0.14% |
| 44. | Romanian | 2026 | 0.13% |
| 45. | Pakistani | 1981 | 0.13% |
| 46. | Pennsylvania German | 1943 | 0.13% |
| 47. | French Canadian | 1720 | 0.11% |
| 48. | Indonesian | 1716 | 0.11% |
| 49. | Swiss | 1653 | 0.11% |
| 50. | Laotian | 1644 | 0.11% |
| 51. | Ethiopian | 1471 | 0.10% |
| 52. | Peruvian | 1407 | 0.09% |
| 53. | Palestinian | 1293 | 0.09% |
| 54. | Armenian | 1290 | 0.09% |
| 55. | Ecuadorian | 1178 | 0.08% |
| 56. | Spanish | 1148 | 0.08% |
| 57. | Costa Rican | 1139 | 0.08% |
| 58. | Spaniard | 1082 | 0.07% |
| 59. | Japanese | 1044 | 0.07% |
| 60. | Lebanese | 1004 | 0.07% |
| 61. | Honduran | 1004 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Croatian | 954 | 0.06% |
| 63. | Panamanian | 939 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Canadian | 914 | 0.06% |
| 65. | Turkish | 863 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Danish | 845 | 0.06% |
| 67. | Moroccan | 810 | 0.05% |
| 68. | Argentinean | 788 | 0.05% |
| 69. | Salvadoran | 781 | 0.05% |
| 70. | Czechoslovakian | 744 | 0.05% |
| 71. | Nicaraguan | 741 | 0.05% |
| 72. | Guyanese | 717 | 0.05% |
| 73. | Venezuelan | 717 | 0.05% |
| 74. | Chilean | 712 | 0.05% |
| 75. | Israeli | 656 | 0.04% |
| 76. | Egyptian | 654 | 0.04% |
| 77. | Cherokee | 649 | 0.04% |
| 78. | Iranian | 626 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Latvian | 594 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Scandinavian | 559 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Yugoslavian | 540 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Serbian | 521 | 0.03% |
| 83. | British West Indian | 513 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Barbadian | 512 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Syrian | 501 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Ghanaian | 483 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Northern European | 431 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Finnish | 416 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Thai | 407 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Slavic | 403 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Jordanian | 335 | 0.02% |
| 92. | Bangladeshi | 324 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Sudanese | 293 | 0.02% |
| 94. | Belgian | 289 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Taiwanese | 288 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Australian | 279 | 0.02% |
| 97. | South African | 267 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Iraqi | 238 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Bulgarian | 192 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Slovene | 190 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Bahamian | 175 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Uruguayan | 169 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Sierra Leonean | 169 | 0.01% |
| 104. | German Russian | 159 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Native Hawaiian | 151 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Seminole | 130 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Sri Lankan | 122 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Kenyan | 116 | 0.01% |
| 109. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 115 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Sioux | 111 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Estonian | 89 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Icelander | 81 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Basque | 80 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Senegalese | 73 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Cypriot | 72 | 0.00% |
| 116. | Micronesian | 70 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Chippewa | 69 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Afghan | 61 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Bermudan | 59 | 0.00% |
| 120. | Paraguayan | 56 | 0.00% |
| 121. | Alsatian | 55 | 0.00% |
| 122. | Kiowa | 54 | 0.00% |
| 123. | Navajo | 54 | 0.00% |
| 124. | Bolivian | 54 | 0.00% |
| 125. | Cape Verdean | 52 | 0.00% |
| 126. | Aleut | 50 | 0.00% |
| 127. | Blackfeet | 49 | 0.00% |
| 128. | Zimbabwean | 48 | 0.00% |
| 129. | New Zealander | 48 | 0.00% |
| 130. | Carpatho Rusyn | 47 | 0.00% |
| 131. | Cheyenne | 45 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Hmong | 44 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Cajun | 37 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Spanish American | 36 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Iroquois | 35 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Belizean | 29 | 0.00% |
| 137. | Apache | 28 | 0.00% |
| 138. | Inupiat | 25 | 0.00% |
| 139. | Celtic | 21 | 0.00% |
| 140. | Macedonian | 20 | 0.00% |
| 141. | Tlingit-Haida | 19 | 0.00% |
| 142. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 17 | 0.00% |
| 143. | Crow | 17 | 0.00% |
| 144. | Ugandan | 16 | 0.00% |
| 145. | Luxemburger | 15 | 0.00% |
| 146. | Lumbee | 13 | 0.00% |
| 147. | Delaware | 10 | 0.00% |
| 148. | Malaysian | 10 | 0.00% |
| 149. | Tohono O'odham | 8 | 0.00% |
| 150. | Pueblo | 6 | 0.00% |
| 151. | Creek | 5 | 0.00% |
| 152. | Samoan | 4 | 0.00% |