Chesapeake, Virginia — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Chesapeake, 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. | German | 23878 | 10.81% |
| 2. | Irish | 23779 | 10.77% |
| 3. | English | 23004 | 10.42% |
| 4. | Italian | 9849 | 4.46% |
| 5. | French (Except Basque) | 4891 | 2.21% |
| 6. | Scotch-Irish | 4768 | 2.16% |
| 7. | Scottish | 4713 | 2.13% |
| 8. | Polish | 4475 | 2.03% |
| 9. | Mexican | 3575 | 1.62% |
| 10. | Filipino | 2719 | 1.23% |
| 11. | European | 2353 | 1.07% |
| 12. | Puerto Rican | 2243 | 1.02% |
| 13. | Dutch | 1627 | 0.74% |
| 14. | Asian Indian | 1574 | 0.71% |
| 15. | Swedish | 1437 | 0.65% |
| 16. | Welsh | 1391 | 0.63% |
| 17. | Norwegian | 1176 | 0.53% |
| 18. | Russian | 1055 | 0.48% |
| 19. | French Canadian | 1011 | 0.46% |
| 20. | Greek | 942 | 0.43% |
| 21. | British | 899 | 0.41% |
| 22. | Hungarian | 774 | 0.35% |
| 23. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 760 | 0.34% |
| 24. | Korean | 632 | 0.29% |
| 25. | Vietnamese | 571 | 0.26% |
| 26. | Czech | 521 | 0.24% |
| 27. | Canadian | 521 | 0.24% |
| 28. | Danish | 458 | 0.21% |
| 29. | Lithuanian | 404 | 0.18% |
| 30. | Ukrainian | 394 | 0.18% |
| 31. | Jamaican | 370 | 0.17% |
| 32. | Cuban | 366 | 0.17% |
| 33. | Panamanian | 362 | 0.16% |
| 34. | Eastern European | 361 | 0.16% |
| 35. | Salvadoran | 341 | 0.15% |
| 36. | Portuguese | 340 | 0.15% |
| 37. | Belgian | 327 | 0.15% |
| 38. | Honduran | 312 | 0.14% |
| 39. | Swiss | 311 | 0.14% |
| 40. | Spanish | 304 | 0.14% |
| 41. | Lebanese | 270 | 0.12% |
| 42. | Scandinavian | 262 | 0.12% |
| 43. | Ecuadorian | 242 | 0.11% |
| 44. | Slovak | 241 | 0.11% |
| 45. | Croatian | 234 | 0.11% |
| 46. | Nigerian | 233 | 0.11% |
| 47. | Nicaraguan | 223 | 0.10% |
| 48. | Haitian | 188 | 0.09% |
| 49. | Colombian | 187 | 0.08% |
| 50. | Northern European | 186 | 0.08% |
| 51. | Austrian | 183 | 0.08% |
| 52. | Czechoslovakian | 179 | 0.08% |
| 53. | Japanese | 171 | 0.08% |
| 54. | Peruvian | 158 | 0.07% |
| 55. | Uruguayan | 157 | 0.07% |
| 56. | Cherokee | 154 | 0.07% |
| 57. | Turkish | 151 | 0.07% |
| 58. | Spaniard | 149 | 0.07% |
| 59. | Lumbee | 145 | 0.07% |
| 60. | Finnish | 135 | 0.06% |
| 61. | Native Hawaiian | 116 | 0.05% |
| 62. | Armenian | 114 | 0.05% |
| 63. | Guyanese | 113 | 0.05% |
| 64. | Pennsylvania German | 105 | 0.05% |
| 65. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 100 | 0.05% |
| 66. | Slovene | 96 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Albanian | 94 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Barbadian | 93 | 0.04% |
| 69. | Romanian | 89 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Taiwanese | 85 | 0.04% |
| 71. | Ethiopian | 81 | 0.04% |
| 72. | Guatemalan | 78 | 0.04% |
| 73. | Argentinean | 77 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Syrian | 74 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Egyptian | 71 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Apache | 68 | 0.03% |
| 77. | Serbian | 65 | 0.03% |
| 78. | Israeli | 57 | 0.03% |
| 79. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 57 | 0.03% |
| 80. | Belizean | 56 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Brazilian | 53 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Iranian | 44 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Pueblo | 43 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Slavic | 40 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Bulgarian | 39 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Bermudan | 32 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Chippewa | 32 | 0.01% |
| 88. | British West Indian | 29 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Bolivian | 27 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Ugandan | 26 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Moroccan | 22 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Ute | 22 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Pakistani | 22 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Paraguayan | 21 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Australian | 19 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Micronesian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Luxemburger | 17 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Yugoslavian | 16 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Bahamian | 16 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Yaqui | 16 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Ghanaian | 16 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Afghan | 14 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Latvian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Maltese | 12 | 0.01% |
| 105. | New Zealander | 12 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Thai | 11 | 0.00% |
| 107. | Sri Lankan | 11 | 0.00% |
| 108. | Spanish American | 11 | 0.00% |
| 109. | Chilean | 11 | 0.00% |
| 110. | Cape Verdean | 9 | 0.00% |
| 111. | Costa Rican | 9 | 0.00% |
| 112. | Choctaw | 7 | 0.00% |
| 113. | Sioux | 7 | 0.00% |
| 114. | Cypriot | 7 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Celtic | 7 | 0.00% |
| 116. | Indonesian | 5 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Aleut | 5 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Sudanese | 1 | 0.00% |