Mount Vernon, Illinois — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Mount Vernon, Illinois 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 | 3993 | 26.23% |
| 2. | Irish | 2195 | 14.42% |
| 3. | English | 2125 | 13.96% |
| 4. | French (Except Basque) | 454 | 2.98% |
| 5. | Italian | 372 | 2.44% |
| 6. | Dutch | 285 | 1.87% |
| 7. | Scottish | 274 | 1.80% |
| 8. | Scotch-Irish | 245 | 1.61% |
| 9. | Mexican | 218 | 1.43% |
| 10. | Polish | 136 | 0.89% |
| 11. | Swedish | 135 | 0.89% |
| 12. | Welsh | 92 | 0.60% |
| 13. | Puerto Rican | 91 | 0.60% |
| 14. | European | 74 | 0.49% |
| 15. | Czech | 68 | 0.45% |
| 16. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 57 | 0.37% |
| 17. | Japanese | 57 | 0.37% |
| 18. | French Canadian | 53 | 0.35% |
| 19. | Swiss | 51 | 0.34% |
| 20. | Norwegian | 50 | 0.33% |
| 21. | Greek | 49 | 0.32% |
| 22. | Czechoslovakian | 43 | 0.28% |
| 23. | Canadian | 30 | 0.20% |
| 24. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 29 | 0.19% |
| 25. | British | 27 | 0.18% |
| 26. | Romanian | 25 | 0.16% |
| 27. | Hungarian | 24 | 0.16% |
| 28. | Danish | 22 | 0.14% |
| 29. | Apache | 22 | 0.14% |
| 30. | Slavic | 20 | 0.13% |
| 31. | Pennsylvania German | 19 | 0.12% |
| 32. | Bulgarian | 16 | 0.11% |
| 33. | Celtic | 13 | 0.09% |
| 34. | Scandinavian | 11 | 0.07% |
| 35. | Belgian | 10 | 0.07% |
| 36. | Northern European | 8 | 0.05% |
| 37. | Yugoslavian | 8 | 0.05% |
| 38. | Spanish | 6 | 0.04% |
| 39. | Guatemalan | 5 | 0.03% |
| 40. | Cherokee | 3 | 0.02% |
| 41. | Croatian | 2 | 0.01% |
| 42. | Inupiat | 1 | 0.01% |
| 43. | Jamaican | 1 | 0.01% |