Portales, New Mexico — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Portales, New Mexico 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 | 4258 | 35.01% |
| 2. | German | 1450 | 11.92% |
| 3. | Irish | 1072 | 8.82% |
| 4. | English | 724 | 5.95% |
| 5. | French (Except Basque) | 369 | 3.03% |
| 6. | Spaniard | 216 | 1.78% |
| 7. | Spanish American | 215 | 1.77% |
| 8. | Dutch | 183 | 1.50% |
| 9. | Puerto Rican | 161 | 1.32% |
| 10. | Scottish | 152 | 1.25% |
| 11. | Italian | 143 | 1.18% |
| 12. | Scotch-Irish | 94 | 0.77% |
| 13. | Spanish | 90 | 0.74% |
| 14. | Scandinavian | 76 | 0.62% |
| 15. | Pueblo | 71 | 0.58% |
| 16. | French Canadian | 61 | 0.50% |
| 17. | Polish | 58 | 0.48% |
| 18. | European | 58 | 0.48% |
| 19. | New Zealander | 55 | 0.45% |
| 20. | Navajo | 50 | 0.41% |
| 21. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 48 | 0.39% |
| 22. | Czech | 44 | 0.36% |
| 23. | Welsh | 41 | 0.34% |
| 24. | Norwegian | 41 | 0.34% |
| 25. | Greek | 40 | 0.33% |
| 26. | Sioux | 30 | 0.25% |
| 27. | Russian | 28 | 0.23% |
| 28. | Belgian | 22 | 0.18% |
| 29. | Choctaw | 19 | 0.16% |
| 30. | Thai | 17 | 0.14% |
| 31. | British | 17 | 0.14% |
| 32. | Portuguese | 16 | 0.13% |
| 33. | Eastern European | 16 | 0.13% |
| 34. | Danish | 15 | 0.12% |
| 35. | Dutch West Indian | 14 | 0.12% |
| 36. | Hungarian | 13 | 0.11% |
| 37. | Guatemalan | 13 | 0.11% |
| 38. | Swedish | 9 | 0.07% |
| 39. | Slavic | 7 | 0.06% |