San Jose, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of San Jose, 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. | Mexican | 269082 | 28.64% |
| 2. | Vietnamese | 95783 | 10.19% |
| 3. | German | 61706 | 6.57% |
| 4. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 60863 | 6.48% |
| 5. | Filipino | 54962 | 5.85% |
| 6. | Irish | 45170 | 4.81% |
| 7. | Asian Indian | 43120 | 4.59% |
| 8. | Italian | 41203 | 4.38% |
| 9. | English | 40769 | 4.34% |
| 10. | Portuguese | 15374 | 1.64% |
| 11. | French (Except Basque) | 13454 | 1.43% |
| 12. | Korean | 13136 | 1.40% |
| 13. | Japanese | 12595 | 1.34% |
| 14. | European | 10437 | 1.11% |
| 15. | Polish | 8861 | 0.94% |
| 16. | Scottish | 8858 | 0.94% |
| 17. | Swedish | 8122 | 0.86% |
| 18. | Salvadoran | 7979 | 0.85% |
| 19. | Norwegian | 7756 | 0.83% |
| 20. | Iranian | 7742 | 0.82% |
| 21. | Dutch | 7389 | 0.79% |
| 22. | Russian | 6634 | 0.71% |
| 23. | Scotch-Irish | 6554 | 0.70% |
| 24. | Puerto Rican | 4550 | 0.48% |
| 25. | Cambodian | 3977 | 0.42% |
| 26. | Danish | 3624 | 0.39% |
| 27. | Spaniard | 3327 | 0.35% |
| 28. | Spanish | 3322 | 0.35% |
| 29. | Welsh | 3221 | 0.34% |
| 30. | Taiwanese | 3169 | 0.34% |
| 31. | Greek | 3019 | 0.32% |
| 32. | British | 2942 | 0.31% |
| 33. | Guatemalan | 2724 | 0.29% |
| 34. | Nicaraguan | 2397 | 0.26% |
| 35. | Ethiopian | 2249 | 0.24% |
| 36. | Swiss | 2161 | 0.23% |
| 37. | French Canadian | 2078 | 0.22% |
| 38. | Canadian | 1913 | 0.20% |
| 39. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 1823 | 0.19% |
| 40. | Hungarian | 1817 | 0.19% |
| 41. | Peruvian | 1802 | 0.19% |
| 42. | Yugoslavian | 1789 | 0.19% |
| 43. | Honduran | 1751 | 0.19% |
| 44. | Pakistani | 1702 | 0.18% |
| 45. | Ukrainian | 1701 | 0.18% |
| 46. | Cuban | 1649 | 0.18% |
| 47. | Armenian | 1626 | 0.17% |
| 48. | Czech | 1610 | 0.17% |
| 49. | Laotian | 1467 | 0.16% |
| 50. | Croatian | 1395 | 0.15% |
| 51. | Northern European | 1341 | 0.14% |
| 52. | Eastern European | 1307 | 0.14% |
| 53. | Romanian | 1176 | 0.13% |
| 54. | Lebanese | 1122 | 0.12% |
| 55. | Colombian | 1065 | 0.11% |
| 56. | Samoan | 1017 | 0.11% |
| 57. | Austrian | 991 | 0.11% |
| 58. | Scandinavian | 965 | 0.10% |
| 59. | Finnish | 834 | 0.09% |
| 60. | Israeli | 771 | 0.08% |
| 61. | Bolivian | 727 | 0.08% |
| 62. | Chilean | 702 | 0.07% |
| 63. | Micronesian | 701 | 0.07% |
| 64. | Afghan | 697 | 0.07% |
| 65. | Slovak | 695 | 0.07% |
| 66. | Thai | 693 | 0.07% |
| 67. | Lithuanian | 676 | 0.07% |
| 68. | Apache | 669 | 0.07% |
| 69. | Egyptian | 668 | 0.07% |
| 70. | Argentinean | 641 | 0.07% |
| 71. | Brazilian | 616 | 0.07% |
| 72. | Indonesian | 613 | 0.07% |
| 73. | Turkish | 597 | 0.06% |
| 74. | Palestinian | 561 | 0.06% |
| 75. | Native Hawaiian | 560 | 0.06% |
| 76. | Somalian | 544 | 0.06% |
| 77. | Belgian | 517 | 0.06% |
| 78. | Ecuadorian | 441 | 0.05% |
| 79. | Czechoslovakian | 409 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Panamanian | 392 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Hmong | 354 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Fijian | 330 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Cherokee | 327 | 0.03% |
| 84. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 318 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Serbian | 310 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Navajo | 308 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Jamaican | 283 | 0.03% |
| 88. | South African | 270 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Slavic | 254 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Venezuelan | 249 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Nigerian | 246 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Choctaw | 236 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Iraqi | 231 | 0.02% |
| 94. | Costa Rican | 217 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Basque | 202 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Bulgarian | 194 | 0.02% |
| 97. | Sri Lankan | 188 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Celtic | 181 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Maltese | 179 | 0.02% |
| 100. | Jordanian | 177 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Icelander | 163 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Latvian | 157 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Bangladeshi | 145 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Uruguayan | 143 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Syrian | 138 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Kenyan | 132 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Australian | 131 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 131 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Luxemburger | 125 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Macedonian | 116 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Sierra Leonean | 111 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Pennsylvania German | 111 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Creek | 106 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Moroccan | 101 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Liberian | 98 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Blackfeet | 96 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Haitian | 96 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Tongan | 91 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Cajun | 85 | 0.01% |
| 120. | Inupiat | 83 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Slovene | 82 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Malaysian | 69 | 0.01% |
| 123. | Guyanese | 68 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Alsatian | 65 | 0.01% |
| 125. | Sioux | 63 | 0.01% |
| 126. | New Zealander | 62 | 0.01% |
| 127. | Cape Verdean | 61 | 0.01% |
| 128. | Paiute | 53 | 0.01% |
| 129. | Sudanese | 50 | 0.01% |
| 130. | Albanian | 50 | 0.01% |
| 131. | Belizean | 42 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Estonian | 41 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Chickasaw | 36 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Pueblo | 35 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Chippewa | 34 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Potawatomi | 33 | 0.00% |
| 137. | Yaqui | 33 | 0.00% |
| 138. | Shoshone | 29 | 0.00% |
| 139. | Iroquois | 26 | 0.00% |
| 140. | Ugandan | 19 | 0.00% |
| 141. | Tohono O'odham | 19 | 0.00% |
| 142. | Cheyenne | 17 | 0.00% |
| 143. | Dutch West Indian | 14 | 0.00% |
| 144. | Kiowa | 14 | 0.00% |
| 145. | Alaskan Athabascan | 14 | 0.00% |
| 146. | Pima | 13 | 0.00% |
| 147. | German Russian | 12 | 0.00% |
| 148. | Ghanaian | 11 | 0.00% |
| 149. | Puget Sound Salish | 10 | 0.00% |
| 150. | Ute | 9 | 0.00% |
| 151. | Delaware | 9 | 0.00% |
| 152. | Seminole | 9 | 0.00% |
| 153. | Tlingit-Haida | 7 | 0.00% |
| 154. | Cree | 7 | 0.00% |
| 155. | Spanish American | 6 | 0.00% |
| 156. | British West Indian | 4 | 0.00% |
| 157. | Barbadian | 2 | 0.00% |