Salem, Virginia — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Salem, Virginia 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 | 3970 | 16.05% |
| 2. | English | 3942 | 15.94% |
| 3. | Irish | 2984 | 12.06% |
| 4. | Scottish | 842 | 3.40% |
| 5. | Scotch-Irish | 737 | 2.98% |
| 6. | Italian | 695 | 2.81% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 500 | 2.02% |
| 8. | European | 393 | 1.59% |
| 9. | Dutch | 356 | 1.44% |
| 10. | Mexican | 314 | 1.27% |
| 11. | Welsh | 311 | 1.26% |
| 12. | British | 211 | 0.85% |
| 13. | Polish | 210 | 0.85% |
| 14. | Swedish | 168 | 0.68% |
| 15. | Asian Indian | 124 | 0.50% |
| 16. | Spaniard | 119 | 0.48% |
| 17. | Egyptian | 117 | 0.47% |
| 18. | Salvadoran | 98 | 0.40% |
| 19. | Jamaican | 96 | 0.39% |
| 20. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 88 | 0.36% |
| 21. | Pakistani | 83 | 0.34% |
| 22. | Norwegian | 79 | 0.32% |
| 23. | Thai | 59 | 0.24% |
| 24. | Lebanese | 54 | 0.22% |
| 25. | Ukrainian | 50 | 0.20% |
| 26. | Swiss | 44 | 0.18% |
| 27. | Russian | 38 | 0.15% |
| 28. | French Canadian | 36 | 0.15% |
| 29. | Yugoslavian | 35 | 0.14% |
| 30. | Finnish | 31 | 0.13% |
| 31. | Nigerian | 29 | 0.12% |
| 32. | Danish | 26 | 0.11% |
| 33. | Scandinavian | 24 | 0.10% |
| 34. | Greek | 23 | 0.09% |
| 35. | Czech | 22 | 0.09% |
| 36. | Guyanese | 20 | 0.08% |
| 37. | Slavic | 18 | 0.07% |
| 38. | Canadian | 17 | 0.07% |
| 39. | Slovak | 17 | 0.07% |
| 40. | Cuban | 16 | 0.06% |
| 41. | Guatemalan | 16 | 0.06% |
| 42. | Cherokee | 14 | 0.06% |
| 43. | Hungarian | 11 | 0.04% |
| 44. | Lithuanian | 10 | 0.04% |
| 45. | Armenian | 9 | 0.04% |
| 46. | Eastern European | 8 | 0.03% |
| 47. | Croatian | 7 | 0.03% |
| 48. | Puerto Rican | 6 | 0.02% |
| 49. | Korean | 4 | 0.02% |
| 50. | Brazilian | 2 | 0.01% |
| 51. | Peruvian | 1 | 0.00% |