Wheeling, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Wheeling, 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. | Mexican | 9945 | 26.69% |
| 2. | German | 5147 | 13.81% |
| 3. | Polish | 4154 | 11.15% |
| 4. | Irish | 2965 | 7.96% |
| 5. | Russian | 2772 | 7.44% |
| 6. | Asian Indian | 2050 | 5.50% |
| 7. | Italian | 1686 | 4.53% |
| 8. | English | 948 | 2.54% |
| 9. | Korean | 829 | 2.23% |
| 10. | Swedish | 796 | 2.14% |
| 11. | Filipino | 696 | 1.87% |
| 12. | Ukrainian | 579 | 1.55% |
| 13. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 488 | 1.31% |
| 14. | Lithuanian | 467 | 1.25% |
| 15. | French (Except Basque) | 406 | 1.09% |
| 16. | Norwegian | 331 | 0.89% |
| 17. | Hungarian | 307 | 0.82% |
| 18. | Cambodian | 286 | 0.77% |
| 19. | Greek | 283 | 0.76% |
| 20. | Romanian | 281 | 0.75% |
| 21. | European | 275 | 0.74% |
| 22. | Czech | 244 | 0.65% |
| 23. | Scottish | 230 | 0.62% |
| 24. | Bulgarian | 214 | 0.57% |
| 25. | Vietnamese | 211 | 0.57% |
| 26. | Puerto Rican | 172 | 0.46% |
| 27. | Dutch | 152 | 0.41% |
| 28. | Spanish | 131 | 0.35% |
| 29. | Eastern European | 124 | 0.33% |
| 30. | Guatemalan | 111 | 0.30% |
| 31. | Canadian | 105 | 0.28% |
| 32. | Brazilian | 96 | 0.26% |
| 33. | Pakistani | 89 | 0.24% |
| 34. | French Canadian | 87 | 0.23% |
| 35. | Scotch-Irish | 84 | 0.23% |
| 36. | Slovak | 81 | 0.22% |
| 37. | Austrian | 77 | 0.21% |
| 38. | Syrian | 66 | 0.18% |
| 39. | Salvadoran | 66 | 0.18% |
| 40. | Japanese | 57 | 0.15% |
| 41. | Serbian | 57 | 0.15% |
| 42. | Argentinean | 52 | 0.14% |
| 43. | Peruvian | 49 | 0.13% |
| 44. | Belgian | 47 | 0.13% |
| 45. | Swiss | 45 | 0.12% |
| 46. | British | 42 | 0.11% |
| 47. | Czechoslovakian | 41 | 0.11% |
| 48. | Colombian | 39 | 0.10% |
| 49. | Haitian | 37 | 0.10% |
| 50. | Finnish | 37 | 0.10% |
| 51. | Macedonian | 32 | 0.09% |
| 52. | Scandinavian | 30 | 0.08% |
| 53. | Yugoslavian | 27 | 0.07% |
| 54. | Danish | 27 | 0.07% |
| 55. | Slavic | 22 | 0.06% |
| 56. | Portuguese | 20 | 0.05% |
| 57. | Costa Rican | 20 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Spaniard | 18 | 0.05% |
| 59. | Albanian | 16 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Palestinian | 15 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Cuban | 15 | 0.04% |
| 62. | Israeli | 13 | 0.03% |
| 63. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 12 | 0.03% |
| 64. | Welsh | 11 | 0.03% |
| 65. | Paraguayan | 7 | 0.02% |
| 66. | Croatian | 7 | 0.02% |