Rapid City, South Dakota — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Rapid City, South Dakota 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 | 25025 | 37.24% |
| 2. | Irish | 9203 | 13.70% |
| 3. | Norwegian | 7471 | 11.12% |
| 4. | English | 6761 | 10.06% |
| 5. | Sioux | 5802 | 8.63% |
| 6. | Swedish | 2616 | 3.89% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 2514 | 3.74% |
| 8. | Mexican | 2201 | 3.28% |
| 9. | Dutch | 1847 | 2.75% |
| 10. | Italian | 1525 | 2.27% |
| 11. | Scotch-Irish | 1431 | 2.13% |
| 12. | Polish | 1234 | 1.84% |
| 13. | Czech | 1130 | 1.68% |
| 14. | Danish | 1095 | 1.63% |
| 15. | Scottish | 1070 | 1.59% |
| 16. | Russian | 994 | 1.48% |
| 17. | Scandinavian | 616 | 0.92% |
| 18. | French Canadian | 469 | 0.70% |
| 19. | Welsh | 446 | 0.66% |
| 20. | European | 430 | 0.64% |
| 21. | Filipino | 324 | 0.48% |
| 22. | Puerto Rican | 313 | 0.47% |
| 23. | Finnish | 256 | 0.38% |
| 24. | Korean | 250 | 0.37% |
| 25. | Chippewa | 213 | 0.32% |
| 26. | Czechoslovakian | 187 | 0.28% |
| 27. | Portuguese | 173 | 0.26% |
| 28. | Greek | 156 | 0.23% |
| 29. | British | 153 | 0.23% |
| 30. | Swiss | 123 | 0.18% |
| 31. | Northern European | 107 | 0.16% |
| 32. | Pennsylvania German | 100 | 0.15% |
| 33. | Belgian | 93 | 0.14% |
| 34. | Lithuanian | 87 | 0.13% |
| 35. | Spanish | 78 | 0.12% |
| 36. | Syrian | 76 | 0.11% |
| 37. | Hungarian | 74 | 0.11% |
| 38. | Alaskan Athabascan | 70 | 0.10% |
| 39. | Lebanese | 65 | 0.10% |
| 40. | Cheyenne | 65 | 0.10% |
| 41. | Austrian | 63 | 0.09% |
| 42. | Japanese | 61 | 0.09% |
| 43. | Colombian | 58 | 0.09% |
| 44. | Canadian | 54 | 0.08% |
| 45. | Ukrainian | 52 | 0.08% |
| 46. | Navajo | 51 | 0.08% |
| 47. | Asian Indian | 49 | 0.07% |
| 48. | Celtic | 48 | 0.07% |
| 49. | Bulgarian | 48 | 0.07% |
| 50. | Yugoslavian | 46 | 0.07% |
| 51. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 40 | 0.06% |
| 52. | Cambodian | 39 | 0.06% |
| 53. | Spaniard | 38 | 0.06% |
| 54. | Zimbabwean | 36 | 0.05% |
| 55. | Nicaraguan | 35 | 0.05% |
| 56. | Bolivian | 33 | 0.05% |
| 57. | Blackfeet | 31 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Croatian | 26 | 0.04% |
| 59. | Panamanian | 26 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Egyptian | 24 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Creek | 22 | 0.03% |
| 62. | Micronesian | 19 | 0.03% |
| 63. | Chilean | 19 | 0.03% |
| 64. | Basque | 17 | 0.03% |
| 65. | Cherokee | 16 | 0.02% |
| 66. | Brazilian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 67. | Ugandan | 15 | 0.02% |
| 68. | Slavic | 15 | 0.02% |
| 69. | German Russian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Potawatomi | 14 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Luxemburger | 13 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Slovene | 12 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Romanian | 12 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Maltese | 10 | 0.01% |
| 75. | Slovak | 9 | 0.01% |
| 76. | Latvian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 77. | Jamaican | 7 | 0.01% |
| 78. | Iroquois | 6 | 0.01% |
| 79. | Sudanese | 6 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Tlingit-Haida | 4 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Indonesian | 4 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Serbian | 2 | 0.00% |
| 83. | Vietnamese | 1 | 0.00% |