Salem, Massachusetts — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Salem, Massachusetts 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 | 10234 | 24.86% |
| 2. | Italian | 6540 | 15.89% |
| 3. | English | 3814 | 9.27% |
| 4. | French (Except Basque) | 3655 | 8.88% |
| 5. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 3218 | 7.82% |
| 6. | German | 2310 | 5.61% |
| 7. | French Canadian | 2257 | 5.48% |
| 8. | Polish | 2120 | 5.15% |
| 9. | Portuguese | 1511 | 3.67% |
| 10. | Puerto Rican | 1423 | 3.46% |
| 11. | Greek | 1319 | 3.20% |
| 12. | Russian | 941 | 2.29% |
| 13. | Scottish | 856 | 2.08% |
| 14. | Scotch-Irish | 679 | 1.65% |
| 15. | Brazilian | 532 | 1.29% |
| 16. | Filipino | 511 | 1.24% |
| 17. | Swedish | 472 | 1.15% |
| 18. | European | 442 | 1.07% |
| 19. | Guatemalan | 377 | 0.92% |
| 20. | Canadian | 336 | 0.82% |
| 21. | Honduran | 298 | 0.72% |
| 22. | Mexican | 248 | 0.60% |
| 23. | British | 242 | 0.59% |
| 24. | Norwegian | 237 | 0.58% |
| 25. | Albanian | 237 | 0.58% |
| 26. | Vietnamese | 204 | 0.50% |
| 27. | Austrian | 200 | 0.49% |
| 28. | Dutch | 198 | 0.48% |
| 29. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 162 | 0.39% |
| 30. | Eastern European | 139 | 0.34% |
| 31. | Ukrainian | 127 | 0.31% |
| 32. | Armenian | 124 | 0.30% |
| 33. | Haitian | 119 | 0.29% |
| 34. | Salvadoran | 115 | 0.28% |
| 35. | Peruvian | 114 | 0.28% |
| 36. | Welsh | 114 | 0.28% |
| 37. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 107 | 0.26% |
| 38. | Spanish | 103 | 0.25% |
| 39. | Cape Verdean | 102 | 0.25% |
| 40. | Czech | 102 | 0.25% |
| 41. | Lithuanian | 90 | 0.22% |
| 42. | Hungarian | 88 | 0.21% |
| 43. | Danish | 87 | 0.21% |
| 44. | Swiss | 87 | 0.21% |
| 45. | Moroccan | 86 | 0.21% |
| 46. | Liberian | 80 | 0.19% |
| 47. | British West Indian | 71 | 0.17% |
| 48. | Romanian | 63 | 0.15% |
| 49. | Venezuelan | 57 | 0.14% |
| 50. | Celtic | 56 | 0.14% |
| 51. | Jamaican | 51 | 0.12% |
| 52. | Lebanese | 51 | 0.12% |
| 53. | Jordanian | 42 | 0.10% |
| 54. | Japanese | 42 | 0.10% |
| 55. | Czechoslovakian | 40 | 0.10% |
| 56. | Cambodian | 39 | 0.09% |
| 57. | Cuban | 38 | 0.09% |
| 58. | Costa Rican | 37 | 0.09% |
| 59. | Panamanian | 31 | 0.08% |
| 60. | Iranian | 30 | 0.07% |
| 61. | Syrian | 30 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Croatian | 28 | 0.07% |
| 63. | Israeli | 27 | 0.07% |
| 64. | Finnish | 26 | 0.06% |
| 65. | Asian Indian | 26 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Pueblo | 24 | 0.06% |
| 67. | Belgian | 24 | 0.06% |
| 68. | Slovak | 23 | 0.06% |
| 69. | Australian | 22 | 0.05% |
| 70. | Barbadian | 22 | 0.05% |
| 71. | Ugandan | 22 | 0.05% |
| 72. | Korean | 18 | 0.04% |
| 73. | Icelander | 13 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Colombian | 13 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Northern European | 12 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Slavic | 11 | 0.03% |
| 77. | Turkish | 9 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Thai | 9 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Bangladeshi | 8 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Nigerian | 7 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Pakistani | 7 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Bolivian | 4 | 0.01% |