San Francisco, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of San Francisco, California 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. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 169186 | 21.20% |
| 2. | Irish | 65535 | 8.21% |
| 3. | German | 65131 | 8.16% |
| 4. | Mexican | 62939 | 7.89% |
| 5. | English | 44199 | 5.54% |
| 6. | Italian | 38812 | 4.86% |
| 7. | Filipino | 37084 | 4.65% |
| 8. | Russian | 21203 | 2.66% |
| 9. | French (Except Basque) | 17429 | 2.18% |
| 10. | European | 16726 | 2.10% |
| 11. | Polish | 16073 | 2.01% |
| 12. | Salvadoran | 15836 | 1.98% |
| 13. | Vietnamese | 13755 | 1.72% |
| 14. | Scottish | 13029 | 1.63% |
| 15. | Asian Indian | 11137 | 1.40% |
| 16. | Japanese | 10492 | 1.31% |
| 17. | Korean | 9586 | 1.20% |
| 18. | Swedish | 8878 | 1.11% |
| 19. | Scotch-Irish | 8402 | 1.05% |
| 20. | Dutch | 7352 | 0.92% |
| 21. | Nicaraguan | 7342 | 0.92% |
| 22. | Norwegian | 7210 | 0.90% |
| 23. | Guatemalan | 5645 | 0.71% |
| 24. | British | 5531 | 0.69% |
| 25. | Ukrainian | 5180 | 0.65% |
| 26. | Eastern European | 4443 | 0.56% |
| 27. | Greek | 4439 | 0.56% |
| 28. | Portuguese | 4102 | 0.51% |
| 29. | Puerto Rican | 3972 | 0.50% |
| 30. | Peruvian | 3643 | 0.46% |
| 31. | Danish | 3621 | 0.45% |
| 32. | Welsh | 3547 | 0.44% |
| 33. | Austrian | 3448 | 0.43% |
| 34. | Hungarian | 3425 | 0.43% |
| 35. | Spaniard | 2996 | 0.38% |
| 36. | Czech | 2965 | 0.37% |
| 37. | Swiss | 2956 | 0.37% |
| 38. | Honduran | 2702 | 0.34% |
| 39. | French Canadian | 2628 | 0.33% |
| 40. | Iranian | 2392 | 0.30% |
| 41. | Armenian | 2254 | 0.28% |
| 42. | Romanian | 2178 | 0.27% |
| 43. | Thai | 2023 | 0.25% |
| 44. | Spanish | 1920 | 0.24% |
| 45. | Canadian | 1917 | 0.24% |
| 46. | Northern European | 1842 | 0.23% |
| 47. | Lithuanian | 1750 | 0.22% |
| 48. | Cambodian | 1527 | 0.19% |
| 49. | Brazilian | 1482 | 0.19% |
| 50. | Croatian | 1480 | 0.19% |
| 51. | Cuban | 1466 | 0.18% |
| 52. | Taiwanese | 1430 | 0.18% |
| 53. | Colombian | 1370 | 0.17% |
| 54. | Samoan | 1333 | 0.17% |
| 55. | Argentinean | 1307 | 0.16% |
| 56. | Finnish | 1291 | 0.16% |
| 57. | Scandinavian | 1263 | 0.16% |
| 58. | Australian | 1244 | 0.16% |
| 59. | Slovak | 1079 | 0.14% |
| 60. | Lebanese | 1070 | 0.13% |
| 61. | Belgian | 913 | 0.11% |
| 62. | Chilean | 831 | 0.10% |
| 63. | Indonesian | 773 | 0.10% |
| 64. | Pakistani | 767 | 0.10% |
| 65. | Venezuelan | 720 | 0.09% |
| 66. | Jamaican | 712 | 0.09% |
| 67. | Turkish | 703 | 0.09% |
| 68. | Maltese | 626 | 0.08% |
| 69. | Cherokee | 592 | 0.07% |
| 70. | Latvian | 581 | 0.07% |
| 71. | Costa Rican | 577 | 0.07% |
| 72. | Palestinian | 569 | 0.07% |
| 73. | Bulgarian | 540 | 0.07% |
| 74. | Native Hawaiian | 519 | 0.07% |
| 75. | Basque | 517 | 0.06% |
| 76. | Yugoslavian | 510 | 0.06% |
| 77. | Egyptian | 504 | 0.06% |
| 78. | Ecuadorian | 471 | 0.06% |
| 79. | Slavic | 469 | 0.06% |
| 80. | Tongan | 456 | 0.06% |
| 81. | Israeli | 449 | 0.06% |
| 82. | Micronesian | 396 | 0.05% |
| 83. | Czechoslovakian | 383 | 0.05% |
| 84. | Jordanian | 360 | 0.05% |
| 85. | South African | 354 | 0.04% |
| 86. | Slovene | 327 | 0.04% |
| 87. | Serbian | 324 | 0.04% |
| 88. | Ethiopian | 292 | 0.04% |
| 89. | Sri Lankan | 286 | 0.04% |
| 90. | Fijian | 283 | 0.04% |
| 91. | Laotian | 253 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Bolivian | 251 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Syrian | 235 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Panamanian | 213 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 212 | 0.03% |
| 96. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 212 | 0.03% |
| 97. | Navajo | 203 | 0.03% |
| 98. | Nigerian | 203 | 0.03% |
| 99. | Cajun | 201 | 0.03% |
| 100. | Icelander | 189 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Macedonian | 187 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Estonian | 180 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Hmong | 178 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Celtic | 169 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Moroccan | 164 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Albanian | 145 | 0.02% |
| 107. | New Zealander | 144 | 0.02% |
| 108. | Luxemburger | 143 | 0.02% |
| 109. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 139 | 0.02% |
| 110. | Bangladeshi | 139 | 0.02% |
| 111. | Spanish American | 131 | 0.02% |
| 112. | Belizean | 123 | 0.02% |
| 113. | Malaysian | 113 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Iraqi | 106 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Apache | 99 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Pennsylvania German | 99 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Afghan | 92 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Cypriot | 91 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Somalian | 89 | 0.01% |
| 120. | Sudanese | 84 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Blackfeet | 73 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Potawatomi | 70 | 0.01% |
| 123. | Soviet Union | 67 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Choctaw | 64 | 0.01% |
| 125. | Haitian | 57 | 0.01% |
| 126. | Uruguayan | 49 | 0.01% |
| 127. | Liberian | 47 | 0.01% |
| 128. | Yaqui | 42 | 0.01% |
| 129. | British West Indian | 40 | 0.01% |
| 130. | Osage | 40 | 0.01% |
| 131. | Sioux | 32 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Chippewa | 27 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Alsatian | 25 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Ghanaian | 23 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Cape Verdean | 22 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Comanche | 21 | 0.00% |
| 137. | Pueblo | 20 | 0.00% |
| 138. | Dutch West Indian | 19 | 0.00% |
| 139. | Tlingit-Haida | 17 | 0.00% |
| 140. | Barbadian | 16 | 0.00% |
| 141. | German Russian | 16 | 0.00% |
| 142. | Inupiat | 15 | 0.00% |
| 143. | Carpatho Rusyn | 15 | 0.00% |
| 144. | Crow | 15 | 0.00% |
| 145. | Iroquois | 14 | 0.00% |
| 146. | Paraguayan | 11 | 0.00% |
| 147. | Bahamian | 8 | 0.00% |
| 148. | Delaware | 6 | 0.00% |
| 149. | Cheyenne | 1 | 0.00% |