Schenectady, New York — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Schenectady, New York 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. | Italian | 10267 | 15.63% |
| 2. | Irish | 8414 | 12.81% |
| 3. | German | 6634 | 10.10% |
| 4. | Puerto Rican | 4339 | 6.60% |
| 5. | Polish | 4046 | 6.16% |
| 6. | English | 3668 | 5.58% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 2846 | 4.33% |
| 8. | Guyanese | 2305 | 3.51% |
| 9. | Dutch | 1564 | 2.38% |
| 10. | Asian Indian | 1519 | 2.31% |
| 11. | French Canadian | 930 | 1.42% |
| 12. | Mexican | 911 | 1.39% |
| 13. | Jamaican | 761 | 1.16% |
| 14. | Scottish | 742 | 1.13% |
| 15. | Scotch-Irish | 539 | 0.82% |
| 16. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 494 | 0.75% |
| 17. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 488 | 0.74% |
| 18. | Russian | 479 | 0.73% |
| 19. | Filipino | 319 | 0.49% |
| 20. | Welsh | 309 | 0.47% |
| 21. | European | 284 | 0.43% |
| 22. | Hungarian | 277 | 0.42% |
| 23. | Greek | 265 | 0.40% |
| 24. | Afghan | 246 | 0.37% |
| 25. | Nigerian | 234 | 0.36% |
| 26. | Korean | 225 | 0.34% |
| 27. | Lithuanian | 220 | 0.33% |
| 28. | Spaniard | 205 | 0.31% |
| 29. | Ukrainian | 192 | 0.29% |
| 30. | Czech | 191 | 0.29% |
| 31. | British | 188 | 0.29% |
| 32. | Swedish | 181 | 0.28% |
| 33. | Czechoslovakian | 180 | 0.27% |
| 34. | Brazilian | 156 | 0.24% |
| 35. | Japanese | 134 | 0.20% |
| 36. | Colombian | 131 | 0.20% |
| 37. | Austrian | 128 | 0.19% |
| 38. | Canadian | 121 | 0.18% |
| 39. | Slovak | 108 | 0.16% |
| 40. | Barbadian | 107 | 0.16% |
| 41. | Cuban | 100 | 0.15% |
| 42. | Vietnamese | 99 | 0.15% |
| 43. | Swiss | 91 | 0.14% |
| 44. | Pakistani | 90 | 0.14% |
| 45. | Spanish | 90 | 0.14% |
| 46. | Honduran | 87 | 0.13% |
| 47. | Northern European | 83 | 0.13% |
| 48. | Norwegian | 83 | 0.13% |
| 49. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 80 | 0.12% |
| 50. | Eastern European | 80 | 0.12% |
| 51. | Kenyan | 74 | 0.11% |
| 52. | Venezuelan | 70 | 0.11% |
| 53. | Iroquois | 68 | 0.10% |
| 54. | Haitian | 54 | 0.08% |
| 55. | Lebanese | 52 | 0.08% |
| 56. | Ecuadorian | 52 | 0.08% |
| 57. | Indonesian | 51 | 0.08% |
| 58. | Portuguese | 51 | 0.08% |
| 59. | Palestinian | 49 | 0.07% |
| 60. | Armenian | 48 | 0.07% |
| 61. | Slavic | 43 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Albanian | 40 | 0.06% |
| 63. | Danish | 39 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Peruvian | 32 | 0.05% |
| 65. | Egyptian | 29 | 0.04% |
| 66. | Finnish | 27 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Creek | 25 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Liberian | 24 | 0.04% |
| 69. | Panamanian | 24 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Celtic | 23 | 0.04% |
| 71. | Guatemalan | 23 | 0.04% |
| 72. | Delaware | 21 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Native Hawaiian | 18 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Ghanaian | 17 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Bangladeshi | 17 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Thai | 16 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Salvadoran | 15 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Yugoslavian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Serbian | 13 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Micronesian | 12 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Turkish | 11 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Chippewa | 10 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Pennsylvania German | 9 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Costa Rican | 9 | 0.01% |
| 85. | Belgian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Scandinavian | 2 | 0.00% |
| 87. | Iranian | 2 | 0.00% |