Buffalo, New York — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Buffalo, New York 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 | 36201 | 13.72% |
| 2. | Irish | 34252 | 12.98% |
| 3. | Italian | 30313 | 11.49% |
| 4. | Polish | 28345 | 10.74% |
| 5. | Puerto Rican | 18903 | 7.16% |
| 6. | English | 11117 | 4.21% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 4182 | 1.58% |
| 8. | Scottish | 2849 | 1.08% |
| 9. | Asian Indian | 2341 | 0.89% |
| 10. | Scotch-Irish | 2270 | 0.86% |
| 11. | Hungarian | 2092 | 0.79% |
| 12. | Russian | 1937 | 0.73% |
| 13. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1568 | 0.59% |
| 14. | Dutch | 1558 | 0.59% |
| 15. | Ukrainian | 1545 | 0.59% |
| 16. | Mexican | 1479 | 0.56% |
| 17. | Swedish | 1362 | 0.52% |
| 18. | French Canadian | 1233 | 0.47% |
| 19. | European | 1182 | 0.45% |
| 20. | Jamaican | 1121 | 0.42% |
| 21. | Welsh | 806 | 0.31% |
| 22. | Cuban | 795 | 0.30% |
| 23. | Austrian | 780 | 0.30% |
| 24. | Greek | 726 | 0.28% |
| 25. | Iroquois | 714 | 0.27% |
| 26. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 705 | 0.27% |
| 27. | Vietnamese | 702 | 0.27% |
| 28. | Somalian | 650 | 0.25% |
| 29. | Ethiopian | 640 | 0.24% |
| 30. | Turkish | 632 | 0.24% |
| 31. | British | 616 | 0.23% |
| 32. | Thai | 612 | 0.23% |
| 33. | Guyanese | 573 | 0.22% |
| 34. | Korean | 570 | 0.22% |
| 35. | Norwegian | 526 | 0.20% |
| 36. | Haitian | 512 | 0.19% |
| 37. | Portuguese | 496 | 0.19% |
| 38. | Croatian | 493 | 0.19% |
| 39. | Canadian | 478 | 0.18% |
| 40. | Lebanese | 470 | 0.18% |
| 41. | Yugoslavian | 407 | 0.15% |
| 42. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 389 | 0.15% |
| 43. | Colombian | 387 | 0.15% |
| 44. | Albanian | 382 | 0.14% |
| 45. | Czech | 375 | 0.14% |
| 46. | Sudanese | 341 | 0.13% |
| 47. | Eastern European | 309 | 0.12% |
| 48. | Lithuanian | 294 | 0.11% |
| 49. | Pakistani | 290 | 0.11% |
| 50. | Spaniard | 284 | 0.11% |
| 51. | Argentinean | 276 | 0.10% |
| 52. | Serbian | 273 | 0.10% |
| 53. | Swiss | 272 | 0.10% |
| 54. | Filipino | 268 | 0.10% |
| 55. | Slovak | 241 | 0.09% |
| 56. | Romanian | 234 | 0.09% |
| 57. | Finnish | 216 | 0.08% |
| 58. | Czechoslovakian | 216 | 0.08% |
| 59. | Iraqi | 212 | 0.08% |
| 60. | Nigerian | 198 | 0.08% |
| 61. | Israeli | 184 | 0.07% |
| 62. | Bulgarian | 177 | 0.07% |
| 63. | Afghan | 170 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Danish | 170 | 0.06% |
| 65. | Japanese | 168 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Pennsylvania German | 165 | 0.06% |
| 67. | Spanish | 147 | 0.06% |
| 68. | Iranian | 122 | 0.05% |
| 69. | Salvadoran | 115 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Slovene | 102 | 0.04% |
| 71. | Brazilian | 97 | 0.04% |
| 72. | Ecuadorian | 92 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Laotian | 91 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Egyptian | 90 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Panamanian | 89 | 0.03% |
| 76. | British West Indian | 87 | 0.03% |
| 77. | Moroccan | 83 | 0.03% |
| 78. | Scandinavian | 78 | 0.03% |
| 79. | Liberian | 69 | 0.03% |
| 80. | Armenian | 64 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Belgian | 62 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Macedonian | 48 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Kenyan | 48 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Zimbabwean | 45 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Slavic | 43 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Bangladeshi | 42 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Ghanaian | 41 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Ugandan | 37 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Cherokee | 36 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Kiowa | 33 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Chilean | 33 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Native Hawaiian | 30 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Peruvian | 29 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Venezuelan | 28 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Nicaraguan | 28 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Barbadian | 27 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Alsatian | 27 | 0.01% |
| 98. | German Russian | 26 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Chippewa | 26 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Guatemalan | 25 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Taiwanese | 23 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Micronesian | 23 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Luxemburger | 23 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Bolivian | 22 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Northern European | 21 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Estonian | 19 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Sierra Leonean | 16 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Syrian | 15 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Uruguayan | 14 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Spanish American | 14 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Celtic | 14 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Honduran | 12 | 0.00% |
| 113. | Malaysian | 11 | 0.00% |
| 114. | Australian | 11 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Basque | 10 | 0.00% |
| 116. | Samoan | 9 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Maltese | 9 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Sri Lankan | 5 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Jordanian | 4 | 0.00% |
| 120. | South African | 1 | 0.00% |