Sterling, Virginia — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Sterling, 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. | Salvadoran | 4160 | 16.23% |
| 2. | German | 2935 | 11.45% |
| 3. | English | 2258 | 8.81% |
| 4. | Irish | 2210 | 8.62% |
| 5. | Bolivian | 1127 | 4.40% |
| 6. | Italian | 971 | 3.79% |
| 7. | Honduran | 808 | 3.15% |
| 8. | Polish | 690 | 2.69% |
| 9. | Asian Indian | 644 | 2.51% |
| 10. | Filipino | 636 | 2.48% |
| 11. | Vietnamese | 608 | 2.37% |
| 12. | Mexican | 543 | 2.12% |
| 13. | Scottish | 520 | 2.03% |
| 14. | Scotch-Irish | 408 | 1.59% |
| 15. | French (Except Basque) | 407 | 1.59% |
| 16. | European | 334 | 1.30% |
| 17. | Puerto Rican | 331 | 1.29% |
| 18. | Guatemalan | 289 | 1.13% |
| 19. | Spanish | 280 | 1.09% |
| 20. | Dutch | 278 | 1.08% |
| 21. | Pakistani | 271 | 1.06% |
| 22. | Welsh | 251 | 0.98% |
| 23. | Norwegian | 223 | 0.87% |
| 24. | Swedish | 203 | 0.79% |
| 25. | Russian | 185 | 0.72% |
| 26. | Peruvian | 167 | 0.65% |
| 27. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 165 | 0.64% |
| 28. | Lithuanian | 155 | 0.60% |
| 29. | Egyptian | 150 | 0.59% |
| 30. | Nicaraguan | 140 | 0.55% |
| 31. | Cambodian | 139 | 0.54% |
| 32. | Korean | 137 | 0.53% |
| 33. | Hungarian | 132 | 0.51% |
| 34. | Laotian | 132 | 0.51% |
| 35. | Armenian | 130 | 0.51% |
| 36. | French Canadian | 112 | 0.44% |
| 37. | Iranian | 108 | 0.42% |
| 38. | Costa Rican | 94 | 0.37% |
| 39. | Cuban | 93 | 0.36% |
| 40. | Albanian | 93 | 0.36% |
| 41. | British | 87 | 0.34% |
| 42. | Portuguese | 85 | 0.33% |
| 43. | Greek | 79 | 0.31% |
| 44. | Ukrainian | 64 | 0.25% |
| 45. | Guyanese | 63 | 0.25% |
| 46. | Czech | 63 | 0.25% |
| 47. | Chilean | 60 | 0.23% |
| 48. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 57 | 0.22% |
| 49. | Hmong | 51 | 0.20% |
| 50. | Eastern European | 48 | 0.19% |
| 51. | Liberian | 45 | 0.18% |
| 52. | Canadian | 43 | 0.17% |
| 53. | Japanese | 43 | 0.17% |
| 54. | Bangladeshi | 42 | 0.16% |
| 55. | Danish | 40 | 0.16% |
| 56. | Sri Lankan | 36 | 0.14% |
| 57. | Colombian | 36 | 0.14% |
| 58. | Afghan | 34 | 0.13% |
| 59. | Iraqi | 33 | 0.13% |
| 60. | Thai | 28 | 0.11% |
| 61. | Scandinavian | 28 | 0.11% |
| 62. | Slovak | 27 | 0.11% |
| 63. | Sudanese | 27 | 0.11% |
| 64. | Venezuelan | 27 | 0.11% |
| 65. | Ghanaian | 25 | 0.10% |
| 66. | Palestinian | 24 | 0.09% |
| 67. | Panamanian | 24 | 0.09% |
| 68. | Ethiopian | 24 | 0.09% |
| 69. | Austrian | 23 | 0.09% |
| 70. | Croatian | 22 | 0.09% |
| 71. | Swiss | 21 | 0.08% |
| 72. | Jamaican | 19 | 0.07% |
| 73. | Creek | 18 | 0.07% |
| 74. | Finnish | 18 | 0.07% |
| 75. | Taiwanese | 16 | 0.06% |
| 76. | Turkish | 14 | 0.05% |
| 77. | Ecuadorian | 14 | 0.05% |
| 78. | Romanian | 13 | 0.05% |
| 79. | Serbian | 13 | 0.05% |
| 80. | Bulgarian | 12 | 0.05% |
| 81. | Northern European | 10 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Cajun | 8 | 0.03% |
| 83. | Choctaw | 8 | 0.03% |