Worcester, Massachusetts — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Worcester, Massachusetts 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. | Irish | 32286 | 17.89% |
| 2. | Italian | 21028 | 11.65% |
| 3. | Puerto Rican | 21010 | 11.64% |
| 4. | French (Except Basque) | 16517 | 9.15% |
| 5. | English | 10684 | 5.92% |
| 6. | Polish | 9100 | 5.04% |
| 7. | German | 6451 | 3.57% |
| 8. | French Canadian | 5587 | 3.09% |
| 9. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 4999 | 2.77% |
| 10. | Vietnamese | 4819 | 2.67% |
| 11. | Swedish | 4408 | 2.44% |
| 12. | Brazilian | 3465 | 1.92% |
| 13. | Lithuanian | 3169 | 1.76% |
| 14. | Albanian | 2907 | 1.61% |
| 15. | Scottish | 2636 | 1.46% |
| 16. | Russian | 2623 | 1.45% |
| 17. | Salvadoran | 2513 | 1.39% |
| 18. | Greek | 2437 | 1.35% |
| 19. | Ghanaian | 2093 | 1.16% |
| 20. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1792 | 0.99% |
| 21. | Portuguese | 1703 | 0.94% |
| 22. | Armenian | 1483 | 0.82% |
| 23. | Scotch-Irish | 1383 | 0.77% |
| 24. | Lebanese | 1350 | 0.75% |
| 25. | Asian Indian | 1139 | 0.63% |
| 26. | Haitian | 1132 | 0.63% |
| 27. | Colombian | 1096 | 0.61% |
| 28. | Mexican | 1094 | 0.61% |
| 29. | Finnish | 1011 | 0.56% |
| 30. | Guatemalan | 810 | 0.45% |
| 31. | Dutch | 713 | 0.39% |
| 32. | Norwegian | 624 | 0.35% |
| 33. | Kenyan | 615 | 0.34% |
| 34. | Jamaican | 605 | 0.34% |
| 35. | Canadian | 551 | 0.31% |
| 36. | Nigerian | 486 | 0.27% |
| 37. | Hungarian | 464 | 0.26% |
| 38. | Peruvian | 456 | 0.25% |
| 39. | British | 455 | 0.25% |
| 40. | Liberian | 443 | 0.25% |
| 41. | Ecuadorian | 399 | 0.22% |
| 42. | European | 392 | 0.22% |
| 43. | Iraqi | 383 | 0.21% |
| 44. | Eastern European | 370 | 0.20% |
| 45. | Iranian | 351 | 0.19% |
| 46. | Cape Verdean | 345 | 0.19% |
| 47. | Danish | 340 | 0.19% |
| 48. | Korean | 339 | 0.19% |
| 49. | Welsh | 334 | 0.19% |
| 50. | Ukrainian | 327 | 0.18% |
| 51. | Afghan | 321 | 0.18% |
| 52. | Syrian | 270 | 0.15% |
| 53. | Japanese | 256 | 0.14% |
| 54. | Cuban | 253 | 0.14% |
| 55. | Czech | 245 | 0.14% |
| 56. | Moroccan | 241 | 0.13% |
| 57. | Romanian | 231 | 0.13% |
| 58. | Spaniard | 225 | 0.12% |
| 59. | Scandinavian | 210 | 0.12% |
| 60. | Cambodian | 183 | 0.10% |
| 61. | Bangladeshi | 175 | 0.10% |
| 62. | Filipino | 175 | 0.10% |
| 63. | Costa Rican | 166 | 0.09% |
| 64. | Panamanian | 144 | 0.08% |
| 65. | Austrian | 140 | 0.08% |
| 66. | Honduran | 140 | 0.08% |
| 67. | Turkish | 138 | 0.08% |
| 68. | Yugoslavian | 129 | 0.07% |
| 69. | Laotian | 114 | 0.06% |
| 70. | Thai | 109 | 0.06% |
| 71. | Taiwanese | 106 | 0.06% |
| 72. | Bolivian | 100 | 0.06% |
| 73. | Argentinean | 97 | 0.05% |
| 74. | Slovak | 97 | 0.05% |
| 75. | Somalian | 90 | 0.05% |
| 76. | Swiss | 88 | 0.05% |
| 77. | British West Indian | 86 | 0.05% |
| 78. | Guyanese | 80 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Ethiopian | 76 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Indonesian | 73 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Barbadian | 67 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Palestinian | 67 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Egyptian | 65 | 0.04% |
| 84. | South African | 63 | 0.03% |
| 85. | Croatian | 59 | 0.03% |
| 86. | Nicaraguan | 53 | 0.03% |
| 87. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 51 | 0.03% |
| 88. | Spanish | 49 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Chilean | 47 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Slavic | 42 | 0.02% |
| 91. | Northern European | 42 | 0.02% |
| 92. | Native Hawaiian | 40 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Belgian | 40 | 0.02% |
| 94. | Czechoslovakian | 36 | 0.02% |
| 95. | Celtic | 32 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Dutch West Indian | 28 | 0.02% |
| 97. | Jordanian | 26 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Samoan | 26 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Sierra Leonean | 24 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 24 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Venezuelan | 23 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Iroquois | 22 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Micronesian | 22 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Pennsylvania German | 21 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Cherokee | 21 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Israeli | 20 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Hmong | 15 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Bulgarian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Pakistani | 13 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Icelander | 12 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Malaysian | 12 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Cypriot | 12 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Sudanese | 10 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Sri Lankan | 9 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Latvian | 8 | 0.00% |
| 116. | Luxemburger | 7 | 0.00% |