Tacoma, Washington — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Tacoma, Washington 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 | 32802 | 16.45% |
| 2. | Irish | 22779 | 11.42% |
| 3. | English | 17311 | 8.68% |
| 4. | Mexican | 14540 | 7.29% |
| 5. | Norwegian | 10461 | 5.24% |
| 6. | Italian | 7335 | 3.68% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 6581 | 3.30% |
| 8. | Swedish | 6337 | 3.18% |
| 9. | Scottish | 5085 | 2.55% |
| 10. | Polish | 4361 | 2.19% |
| 11. | Scotch-Irish | 4281 | 2.15% |
| 12. | Vietnamese | 3615 | 1.81% |
| 13. | European | 3412 | 1.71% |
| 14. | Cambodian | 3312 | 1.66% |
| 15. | Dutch | 3157 | 1.58% |
| 16. | Filipino | 3096 | 1.55% |
| 17. | Russian | 2642 | 1.32% |
| 18. | Korean | 2487 | 1.25% |
| 19. | Ukrainian | 2033 | 1.02% |
| 20. | Welsh | 2031 | 1.02% |
| 21. | Puerto Rican | 1871 | 0.94% |
| 22. | French Canadian | 1689 | 0.85% |
| 23. | Danish | 1594 | 0.80% |
| 24. | Samoan | 1543 | 0.77% |
| 25. | Salvadoran | 1381 | 0.69% |
| 26. | Scandinavian | 1371 | 0.69% |
| 27. | British | 1200 | 0.60% |
| 28. | Finnish | 1139 | 0.57% |
| 29. | Swiss | 995 | 0.50% |
| 30. | Japanese | 961 | 0.48% |
| 31. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 890 | 0.45% |
| 32. | Czech | 886 | 0.44% |
| 33. | Greek | 870 | 0.44% |
| 34. | Croatian | 864 | 0.43% |
| 35. | Micronesian | 679 | 0.34% |
| 36. | Canadian | 613 | 0.31% |
| 37. | Puget Sound Salish | 609 | 0.31% |
| 38. | Asian Indian | 582 | 0.29% |
| 39. | Austrian | 521 | 0.26% |
| 40. | Romanian | 490 | 0.25% |
| 41. | Czechoslovakian | 489 | 0.25% |
| 42. | Laotian | 452 | 0.23% |
| 43. | Portuguese | 427 | 0.21% |
| 44. | Yugoslavian | 403 | 0.20% |
| 45. | Spanish | 393 | 0.20% |
| 46. | Panamanian | 378 | 0.19% |
| 47. | Northern European | 356 | 0.18% |
| 48. | Spaniard | 354 | 0.18% |
| 49. | Hungarian | 349 | 0.17% |
| 50. | Cuban | 333 | 0.17% |
| 51. | Guatemalan | 318 | 0.16% |
| 52. | Nicaraguan | 309 | 0.15% |
| 53. | German Russian | 264 | 0.13% |
| 54. | Eastern European | 256 | 0.13% |
| 55. | Slovak | 251 | 0.13% |
| 56. | Cherokee | 244 | 0.12% |
| 57. | Belgian | 226 | 0.11% |
| 58. | Jamaican | 222 | 0.11% |
| 59. | Slavic | 219 | 0.11% |
| 60. | Icelander | 187 | 0.09% |
| 61. | Syrian | 181 | 0.09% |
| 62. | Pennsylvania German | 179 | 0.09% |
| 63. | Native Hawaiian | 167 | 0.08% |
| 64. | Peruvian | 158 | 0.08% |
| 65. | Lithuanian | 155 | 0.08% |
| 66. | Kenyan | 134 | 0.07% |
| 67. | Sioux | 134 | 0.07% |
| 68. | Navajo | 130 | 0.07% |
| 69. | Thai | 128 | 0.06% |
| 70. | Lebanese | 125 | 0.06% |
| 71. | British West Indian | 124 | 0.06% |
| 72. | Iraqi | 121 | 0.06% |
| 73. | Nigerian | 120 | 0.06% |
| 74. | Australian | 111 | 0.06% |
| 75. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 105 | 0.05% |
| 76. | Tlingit-Haida | 104 | 0.05% |
| 77. | Serbian | 94 | 0.05% |
| 78. | Argentinean | 93 | 0.05% |
| 79. | Basque | 83 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Cheyenne | 79 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Ghanaian | 73 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Turkish | 73 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Armenian | 72 | 0.04% |
| 84. | Slovene | 69 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Colombian | 61 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Cajun | 59 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Chippewa | 56 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Choctaw | 56 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Aleut | 55 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Moroccan | 52 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Honduran | 52 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 51 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Ecuadorian | 51 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Bulgarian | 51 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Latvian | 51 | 0.03% |
| 96. | Egyptian | 50 | 0.03% |
| 97. | Celtic | 47 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Ethiopian | 47 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Costa Rican | 46 | 0.02% |
| 100. | Yakama | 45 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Blackfeet | 45 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Iranian | 43 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Luxemburger | 42 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Apache | 41 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Inupiat | 41 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Pueblo | 41 | 0.02% |
| 107. | Estonian | 40 | 0.02% |
| 108. | Fijian | 40 | 0.02% |
| 109. | Haitian | 37 | 0.02% |
| 110. | Malaysian | 37 | 0.02% |
| 111. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 33 | 0.02% |
| 112. | Barbadian | 32 | 0.02% |
| 113. | Taiwanese | 30 | 0.02% |
| 114. | Albanian | 29 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Somalian | 25 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Brazilian | 24 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Chilean | 21 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Sudanese | 21 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 21 | 0.01% |
| 120. | New Zealander | 20 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Sierra Leonean | 19 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Alaskan Athabascan | 16 | 0.01% |
| 123. | Zimbabwean | 16 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Israeli | 16 | 0.01% |
| 125. | Colville | 14 | 0.01% |
| 126. | Spanish American | 13 | 0.01% |
| 127. | Palestinian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 128. | Hmong | 10 | 0.01% |
| 129. | Uruguayan | 10 | 0.01% |
| 130. | Cape Verdean | 8 | 0.00% |
| 131. | Paraguayan | 7 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Venezuelan | 7 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Comanche | 6 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Indonesian | 4 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Tongan | 4 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Chickasaw | 3 | 0.00% |