Springfield, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Springfield, Illinois 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 | 29058 | 25.12% |
| 2. | Irish | 16134 | 13.95% |
| 3. | English | 12747 | 11.02% |
| 4. | Italian | 6980 | 6.04% |
| 5. | French (Except Basque) | 3219 | 2.78% |
| 6. | Polish | 2538 | 2.19% |
| 7. | Scotch-Irish | 2375 | 2.05% |
| 8. | Scottish | 2103 | 1.82% |
| 9. | Mexican | 1457 | 1.26% |
| 10. | Dutch | 1414 | 1.22% |
| 11. | Asian Indian | 1338 | 1.16% |
| 12. | Swedish | 1293 | 1.12% |
| 13. | Norwegian | 1068 | 0.92% |
| 14. | Lithuanian | 928 | 0.80% |
| 15. | Welsh | 925 | 0.80% |
| 16. | European | 813 | 0.70% |
| 17. | Czech | 537 | 0.46% |
| 18. | British | 511 | 0.44% |
| 19. | Hungarian | 415 | 0.36% |
| 20. | Slovak | 411 | 0.36% |
| 21. | Russian | 394 | 0.34% |
| 22. | Portuguese | 338 | 0.29% |
| 23. | Belgian | 336 | 0.29% |
| 24. | Swiss | 322 | 0.28% |
| 25. | Austrian | 269 | 0.23% |
| 26. | Greek | 260 | 0.22% |
| 27. | Nigerian | 247 | 0.21% |
| 28. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 240 | 0.21% |
| 29. | Czechoslovakian | 236 | 0.20% |
| 30. | Filipino | 225 | 0.19% |
| 31. | Puerto Rican | 212 | 0.18% |
| 32. | Danish | 196 | 0.17% |
| 33. | Scandinavian | 188 | 0.16% |
| 34. | French Canadian | 173 | 0.15% |
| 35. | Croatian | 164 | 0.14% |
| 36. | Slavic | 162 | 0.14% |
| 37. | Jamaican | 160 | 0.14% |
| 38. | Bolivian | 152 | 0.13% |
| 39. | Syrian | 152 | 0.13% |
| 40. | Korean | 150 | 0.13% |
| 41. | Japanese | 146 | 0.13% |
| 42. | Ukrainian | 137 | 0.12% |
| 43. | Jordanian | 120 | 0.10% |
| 44. | Canadian | 119 | 0.10% |
| 45. | Vietnamese | 111 | 0.10% |
| 46. | Turkish | 102 | 0.09% |
| 47. | Pakistani | 102 | 0.09% |
| 48. | Northern European | 101 | 0.09% |
| 49. | Taiwanese | 84 | 0.07% |
| 50. | Eastern European | 76 | 0.07% |
| 51. | Colombian | 72 | 0.06% |
| 52. | Finnish | 62 | 0.05% |
| 53. | Ecuadorian | 59 | 0.05% |
| 54. | Spaniard | 54 | 0.05% |
| 55. | Pennsylvania German | 53 | 0.05% |
| 56. | Honduran | 50 | 0.04% |
| 57. | Yugoslavian | 50 | 0.04% |
| 58. | Choctaw | 49 | 0.04% |
| 59. | Lebanese | 41 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Chilean | 39 | 0.03% |
| 61. | Iranian | 38 | 0.03% |
| 62. | Slovene | 33 | 0.03% |
| 63. | Cuban | 32 | 0.03% |
| 64. | Ghanaian | 32 | 0.03% |
| 65. | Peruvian | 29 | 0.03% |
| 66. | Romanian | 28 | 0.02% |
| 67. | Palestinian | 28 | 0.02% |
| 68. | Brazilian | 26 | 0.02% |
| 69. | Potawatomi | 25 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Egyptian | 24 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Salvadoran | 24 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Spanish | 24 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Serbian | 22 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Bulgarian | 22 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Fijian | 21 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Luxemburger | 20 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Cherokee | 18 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Indonesian | 18 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Armenian | 17 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Blackfeet | 16 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Native Hawaiian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 14 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Estonian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Dutch West Indian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 85. | Panamanian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Senegalese | 11 | 0.01% |
| 87. | German Russian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Macedonian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Icelander | 9 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Venezuelan | 6 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Haitian | 4 | 0.00% |
| 92. | Moroccan | 3 | 0.00% |