Morgantown, West Virginia — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Morgantown, West 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 | 6978 | 23.72% |
| 2. | Irish | 6025 | 20.48% |
| 3. | Italian | 4380 | 14.89% |
| 4. | English | 3485 | 11.85% |
| 5. | Polish | 1622 | 5.51% |
| 6. | Scotch-Irish | 1034 | 3.51% |
| 7. | Scottish | 907 | 3.08% |
| 8. | French (Except Basque) | 697 | 2.37% |
| 9. | Welsh | 577 | 1.96% |
| 10. | Dutch | 487 | 1.66% |
| 11. | Slovak | 471 | 1.60% |
| 12. | Russian | 415 | 1.41% |
| 13. | Swedish | 385 | 1.31% |
| 14. | European | 341 | 1.16% |
| 15. | Hungarian | 310 | 1.05% |
| 16. | Mexican | 285 | 0.97% |
| 17. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 266 | 0.90% |
| 18. | Puerto Rican | 246 | 0.84% |
| 19. | Norwegian | 203 | 0.69% |
| 20. | British | 193 | 0.66% |
| 21. | Asian Indian | 191 | 0.65% |
| 22. | Greek | 159 | 0.54% |
| 23. | Lithuanian | 138 | 0.47% |
| 24. | Filipino | 127 | 0.43% |
| 25. | Ukrainian | 125 | 0.42% |
| 26. | Czech | 118 | 0.40% |
| 27. | Serbian | 111 | 0.38% |
| 28. | Portuguese | 110 | 0.37% |
| 29. | Austrian | 105 | 0.36% |
| 30. | Korean | 104 | 0.35% |
| 31. | Belgian | 101 | 0.34% |
| 32. | Indonesian | 94 | 0.32% |
| 33. | Colombian | 89 | 0.30% |
| 34. | Egyptian | 88 | 0.30% |
| 35. | Croatian | 88 | 0.30% |
| 36. | Czechoslovakian | 85 | 0.29% |
| 37. | Lebanese | 80 | 0.27% |
| 38. | Danish | 79 | 0.27% |
| 39. | Japanese | 60 | 0.20% |
| 40. | Syrian | 55 | 0.19% |
| 41. | Eastern European | 55 | 0.19% |
| 42. | Scandinavian | 53 | 0.18% |
| 43. | Canadian | 50 | 0.17% |
| 44. | Swiss | 45 | 0.15% |
| 45. | Vietnamese | 42 | 0.14% |
| 46. | Cherokee | 41 | 0.14% |
| 47. | Spaniard | 39 | 0.13% |
| 48. | Spanish | 39 | 0.13% |
| 49. | Yugoslavian | 38 | 0.13% |
| 50. | Kenyan | 37 | 0.13% |
| 51. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 34 | 0.12% |
| 52. | Slovene | 34 | 0.12% |
| 53. | Turkish | 33 | 0.11% |
| 54. | Slavic | 32 | 0.11% |
| 55. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 31 | 0.11% |
| 56. | Nigerian | 29 | 0.10% |
| 57. | Tongan | 29 | 0.10% |
| 58. | French Canadian | 27 | 0.09% |
| 59. | Chilean | 23 | 0.08% |
| 60. | Salvadoran | 19 | 0.06% |
| 61. | Venezuelan | 19 | 0.06% |
| 62. | Thai | 19 | 0.06% |
| 63. | Northern European | 18 | 0.06% |
| 64. | Maltese | 17 | 0.06% |
| 65. | Peruvian | 17 | 0.06% |
| 66. | Palestinian | 15 | 0.05% |
| 67. | Jamaican | 13 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Iranian | 13 | 0.04% |
| 69. | Chippewa | 13 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Pennsylvania German | 10 | 0.03% |
| 71. | Samoan | 10 | 0.03% |
| 72. | Guyanese | 10 | 0.03% |
| 73. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 9 | 0.03% |
| 74. | Costa Rican | 9 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Israeli | 7 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Taiwanese | 7 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Romanian | 6 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Brazilian | 5 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Celtic | 5 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Pakistani | 4 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Ethiopian | 3 | 0.01% |