Portland, Maine — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Portland, Maine 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 | 14923 | 22.53% |
| 2. | English | 12409 | 18.73% |
| 3. | French (Except Basque) | 7034 | 10.62% |
| 4. | Italian | 6173 | 9.32% |
| 5. | German | 5143 | 7.76% |
| 6. | Scottish | 3507 | 5.29% |
| 7. | French Canadian | 3361 | 5.07% |
| 8. | Scotch-Irish | 3196 | 4.82% |
| 9. | Polish | 1974 | 2.98% |
| 10. | Swedish | 1199 | 1.81% |
| 11. | Russian | 1050 | 1.59% |
| 12. | Somalian | 868 | 1.31% |
| 13. | Vietnamese | 854 | 1.29% |
| 14. | Dutch | 658 | 0.99% |
| 15. | Puerto Rican | 645 | 0.97% |
| 16. | European | 598 | 0.90% |
| 17. | Norwegian | 585 | 0.88% |
| 18. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 551 | 0.83% |
| 19. | Sudanese | 550 | 0.83% |
| 20. | Lithuanian | 549 | 0.83% |
| 21. | Canadian | 471 | 0.71% |
| 22. | Danish | 467 | 0.71% |
| 23. | Cambodian | 446 | 0.67% |
| 24. | Greek | 443 | 0.67% |
| 25. | British | 441 | 0.67% |
| 26. | Welsh | 438 | 0.66% |
| 27. | Guatemalan | 418 | 0.63% |
| 28. | Portuguese | 411 | 0.62% |
| 29. | Finnish | 345 | 0.52% |
| 30. | Mexican | 323 | 0.49% |
| 31. | Eastern European | 323 | 0.49% |
| 32. | Swiss | 322 | 0.49% |
| 33. | Hungarian | 263 | 0.40% |
| 34. | Austrian | 242 | 0.37% |
| 35. | Ukrainian | 227 | 0.34% |
| 36. | Scandinavian | 226 | 0.34% |
| 37. | Armenian | 204 | 0.31% |
| 38. | Ethiopian | 190 | 0.29% |
| 39. | Lebanese | 185 | 0.28% |
| 40. | Filipino | 182 | 0.27% |
| 41. | Serbian | 177 | 0.27% |
| 42. | Romanian | 168 | 0.25% |
| 43. | Czech | 165 | 0.25% |
| 44. | Salvadoran | 160 | 0.24% |
| 45. | Afghan | 152 | 0.23% |
| 46. | Chickasaw | 134 | 0.20% |
| 47. | Jamaican | 121 | 0.18% |
| 48. | Korean | 116 | 0.18% |
| 49. | Cuban | 110 | 0.17% |
| 50. | Bulgarian | 108 | 0.16% |
| 51. | Colombian | 101 | 0.15% |
| 52. | Peruvian | 99 | 0.15% |
| 53. | Northern European | 94 | 0.14% |
| 54. | Yugoslavian | 81 | 0.12% |
| 55. | Laotian | 72 | 0.11% |
| 56. | Asian Indian | 70 | 0.11% |
| 57. | Slovak | 69 | 0.10% |
| 58. | Thai | 67 | 0.10% |
| 59. | Albanian | 66 | 0.10% |
| 60. | Czechoslovakian | 61 | 0.09% |
| 61. | Belgian | 60 | 0.09% |
| 62. | Haitian | 58 | 0.09% |
| 63. | Croatian | 58 | 0.09% |
| 64. | Slavic | 54 | 0.08% |
| 65. | Iranian | 50 | 0.08% |
| 66. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 47 | 0.07% |
| 67. | Honduran | 44 | 0.07% |
| 68. | Taiwanese | 39 | 0.06% |
| 69. | Argentinean | 38 | 0.06% |
| 70. | Malaysian | 37 | 0.06% |
| 71. | Japanese | 35 | 0.05% |
| 72. | Pakistani | 31 | 0.05% |
| 73. | Cajun | 31 | 0.05% |
| 74. | Kenyan | 30 | 0.05% |
| 75. | Australian | 29 | 0.04% |
| 76. | Native Hawaiian | 29 | 0.04% |
| 77. | Chilean | 28 | 0.04% |
| 78. | Brazilian | 26 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Latvian | 25 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Cape Verdean | 20 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Nicaraguan | 20 | 0.03% |
| 82. | Spaniard | 17 | 0.03% |
| 83. | Luxemburger | 17 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Ugandan | 17 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 14 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Iroquois | 12 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Celtic | 11 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Estonian | 11 | 0.02% |
| 89. | Slovene | 11 | 0.02% |
| 90. | Turkish | 9 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Macedonian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Syrian | 9 | 0.01% |