Lafayette, Louisiana — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Lafayette, Louisiana 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. | French (Except Basque) | 26467 | 22.10% |
| 2. | German | 11115 | 9.28% |
| 3. | English | 7332 | 6.12% |
| 4. | Irish | 7003 | 5.85% |
| 5. | French Canadian | 5319 | 4.44% |
| 6. | Italian | 4499 | 3.76% |
| 7. | Cajun | 2801 | 2.34% |
| 8. | Scottish | 1248 | 1.04% |
| 9. | Mexican | 1237 | 1.03% |
| 10. | Scotch-Irish | 1145 | 0.96% |
| 11. | Lebanese | 766 | 0.64% |
| 12. | Dutch | 755 | 0.63% |
| 13. | Vietnamese | 741 | 0.62% |
| 14. | Polish | 695 | 0.58% |
| 15. | Asian Indian | 632 | 0.53% |
| 16. | European | 606 | 0.51% |
| 17. | Cuban | 597 | 0.50% |
| 18. | Swedish | 536 | 0.45% |
| 19. | Honduran | 491 | 0.41% |
| 20. | Colombian | 444 | 0.37% |
| 21. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 410 | 0.34% |
| 22. | Canadian | 376 | 0.31% |
| 23. | Russian | 358 | 0.30% |
| 24. | Puerto Rican | 327 | 0.27% |
| 25. | Czech | 297 | 0.25% |
| 26. | Greek | 287 | 0.24% |
| 27. | British | 282 | 0.24% |
| 28. | Welsh | 249 | 0.21% |
| 29. | Portuguese | 236 | 0.20% |
| 30. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 234 | 0.20% |
| 31. | Nigerian | 204 | 0.17% |
| 32. | Norwegian | 197 | 0.16% |
| 33. | Spaniard | 186 | 0.16% |
| 34. | Danish | 182 | 0.15% |
| 35. | Filipino | 177 | 0.15% |
| 36. | Venezuelan | 163 | 0.14% |
| 37. | Belgian | 157 | 0.13% |
| 38. | Austrian | 150 | 0.13% |
| 39. | Iranian | 146 | 0.12% |
| 40. | Ukrainian | 142 | 0.12% |
| 41. | Hungarian | 140 | 0.12% |
| 42. | Lithuanian | 129 | 0.11% |
| 43. | Brazilian | 114 | 0.10% |
| 44. | Guatemalan | 95 | 0.08% |
| 45. | Spanish | 95 | 0.08% |
| 46. | Romanian | 72 | 0.06% |
| 47. | Chilean | 70 | 0.06% |
| 48. | Egyptian | 70 | 0.06% |
| 49. | Korean | 65 | 0.05% |
| 50. | Salvadoran | 63 | 0.05% |
| 51. | Panamanian | 63 | 0.05% |
| 52. | Nicaraguan | 63 | 0.05% |
| 53. | Czechoslovakian | 62 | 0.05% |
| 54. | Syrian | 59 | 0.05% |
| 55. | Liberian | 59 | 0.05% |
| 56. | Kenyan | 53 | 0.04% |
| 57. | Latvian | 52 | 0.04% |
| 58. | Peruvian | 51 | 0.04% |
| 59. | Australian | 48 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Cherokee | 46 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Choctaw | 45 | 0.04% |
| 62. | Slavic | 45 | 0.04% |
| 63. | Scandinavian | 44 | 0.04% |
| 64. | Taiwanese | 41 | 0.03% |
| 65. | Houma | 38 | 0.03% |
| 66. | Bangladeshi | 38 | 0.03% |
| 67. | Jordanian | 31 | 0.03% |
| 68. | Haitian | 31 | 0.03% |
| 69. | Yugoslavian | 27 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Japanese | 26 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Israeli | 26 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Slovak | 24 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Laotian | 24 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Swiss | 22 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Paraguayan | 21 | 0.02% |
| 76. | South African | 21 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Blackfeet | 19 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Eastern European | 14 | 0.01% |
| 79. | Guyanese | 12 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 12 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Chickasaw | 11 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Bulgarian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Northern European | 10 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Ecuadorian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 85. | Creek | 8 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Argentinean | 7 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Celtic | 6 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Palestinian | 5 | 0.00% |
| 89. | Moroccan | 5 | 0.00% |