Potomac, Maryland — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Potomac, Maryland 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 | 4799 | 10.70% |
| 2. | Irish | 4609 | 10.27% |
| 3. | English | 3774 | 8.41% |
| 4. | Russian | 3504 | 7.81% |
| 5. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 2699 | 6.02% |
| 6. | Italian | 2425 | 5.40% |
| 7. | Polish | 2000 | 4.46% |
| 8. | Iranian | 1561 | 3.48% |
| 9. | Korean | 1366 | 3.04% |
| 10. | Asian Indian | 1317 | 2.94% |
| 11. | Eastern European | 1279 | 2.85% |
| 12. | European | 900 | 2.01% |
| 13. | French (Except Basque) | 828 | 1.85% |
| 14. | Dutch | 772 | 1.72% |
| 15. | Greek | 715 | 1.59% |
| 16. | Scottish | 710 | 1.58% |
| 17. | Hungarian | 663 | 1.48% |
| 18. | Filipino | 625 | 1.39% |
| 19. | Peruvian | 555 | 1.24% |
| 20. | Scotch-Irish | 536 | 1.19% |
| 21. | Austrian | 491 | 1.09% |
| 22. | Romanian | 490 | 1.09% |
| 23. | Ukrainian | 397 | 0.88% |
| 24. | Argentinean | 368 | 0.82% |
| 25. | Turkish | 368 | 0.82% |
| 26. | British | 342 | 0.76% |
| 27. | Japanese | 309 | 0.69% |
| 28. | Czech | 306 | 0.68% |
| 29. | Vietnamese | 302 | 0.67% |
| 30. | Spaniard | 299 | 0.67% |
| 31. | Swiss | 297 | 0.66% |
| 32. | Swedish | 293 | 0.65% |
| 33. | Mexican | 284 | 0.63% |
| 34. | Taiwanese | 280 | 0.62% |
| 35. | Norwegian | 265 | 0.59% |
| 36. | Puerto Rican | 260 | 0.58% |
| 37. | Brazilian | 255 | 0.57% |
| 38. | Lebanese | 250 | 0.56% |
| 39. | Ethiopian | 246 | 0.55% |
| 40. | Lithuanian | 236 | 0.53% |
| 41. | Belgian | 224 | 0.50% |
| 42. | Welsh | 224 | 0.50% |
| 43. | Colombian | 201 | 0.45% |
| 44. | Moroccan | 197 | 0.44% |
| 45. | French Canadian | 194 | 0.43% |
| 46. | Armenian | 180 | 0.40% |
| 47. | Portuguese | 176 | 0.39% |
| 48. | Israeli | 160 | 0.36% |
| 49. | Latvian | 130 | 0.29% |
| 50. | Thai | 123 | 0.27% |
| 51. | Pakistani | 119 | 0.27% |
| 52. | Venezuelan | 119 | 0.27% |
| 53. | Northern European | 113 | 0.25% |
| 54. | Chilean | 107 | 0.24% |
| 55. | Canadian | 102 | 0.23% |
| 56. | Cuban | 95 | 0.21% |
| 57. | Slovak | 90 | 0.20% |
| 58. | Basque | 83 | 0.18% |
| 59. | Egyptian | 82 | 0.18% |
| 60. | South African | 78 | 0.17% |
| 61. | Salvadoran | 77 | 0.17% |
| 62. | Danish | 76 | 0.17% |
| 63. | Slovene | 75 | 0.17% |
| 64. | Jamaican | 74 | 0.16% |
| 65. | Yugoslavian | 66 | 0.15% |
| 66. | Croatian | 65 | 0.14% |
| 67. | Ecuadorian | 64 | 0.14% |
| 68. | Haitian | 54 | 0.12% |
| 69. | Bolivian | 49 | 0.11% |
| 70. | Cambodian | 47 | 0.10% |
| 71. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 34 | 0.08% |
| 72. | Albanian | 31 | 0.07% |
| 73. | Panamanian | 31 | 0.07% |
| 74. | Syrian | 29 | 0.06% |
| 75. | Cape Verdean | 28 | 0.06% |
| 76. | Uruguayan | 27 | 0.06% |
| 77. | Slavic | 27 | 0.06% |
| 78. | Serbian | 27 | 0.06% |
| 79. | Scandinavian | 26 | 0.06% |
| 80. | Finnish | 19 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Australian | 17 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Iraqi | 16 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Paraguayan | 14 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Macedonian | 13 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Czechoslovakian | 8 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Kenyan | 5 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Spanish | 1 | 0.00% |