New Orleans, Louisiana — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of New Orleans, 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. | German | 22649 | 7.05% |
| 2. | French (Except Basque) | 20842 | 6.48% |
| 3. | Irish | 18829 | 5.86% |
| 4. | English | 14009 | 4.36% |
| 5. | Italian | 12502 | 3.89% |
| 6. | Vietnamese | 6240 | 1.94% |
| 7. | Mexican | 5365 | 1.67% |
| 8. | Honduran | 3917 | 1.22% |
| 9. | Scottish | 3451 | 1.07% |
| 10. | Scotch-Irish | 2949 | 0.92% |
| 11. | European | 2652 | 0.83% |
| 12. | Polish | 2303 | 0.72% |
| 13. | French Canadian | 1950 | 0.61% |
| 14. | Russian | 1472 | 0.46% |
| 15. | Dutch | 1237 | 0.38% |
| 16. | Swedish | 1164 | 0.36% |
| 17. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1067 | 0.33% |
| 18. | Cuban | 926 | 0.29% |
| 19. | Nicaraguan | 904 | 0.28% |
| 20. | British | 875 | 0.27% |
| 21. | Puerto Rican | 861 | 0.27% |
| 22. | Welsh | 754 | 0.23% |
| 23. | Cajun | 749 | 0.23% |
| 24. | Asian Indian | 732 | 0.23% |
| 25. | Norwegian | 683 | 0.21% |
| 26. | Spaniard | 626 | 0.19% |
| 27. | Hungarian | 602 | 0.19% |
| 28. | Guatemalan | 602 | 0.19% |
| 29. | Austrian | 545 | 0.17% |
| 30. | Danish | 511 | 0.16% |
| 31. | Greek | 511 | 0.16% |
| 32. | Lebanese | 479 | 0.15% |
| 33. | Colombian | 469 | 0.15% |
| 34. | Salvadoran | 457 | 0.14% |
| 35. | Eastern European | 422 | 0.13% |
| 36. | Filipino | 403 | 0.13% |
| 37. | Brazilian | 394 | 0.12% |
| 38. | Czech | 390 | 0.12% |
| 39. | Jamaican | 364 | 0.11% |
| 40. | Swiss | 348 | 0.11% |
| 41. | Korean | 330 | 0.10% |
| 42. | Ukrainian | 317 | 0.10% |
| 43. | Belgian | 312 | 0.10% |
| 44. | Portuguese | 280 | 0.09% |
| 45. | Peruvian | 256 | 0.08% |
| 46. | Ecuadorian | 250 | 0.08% |
| 47. | Venezuelan | 250 | 0.08% |
| 48. | Canadian | 245 | 0.08% |
| 49. | Argentinean | 242 | 0.08% |
| 50. | Japanese | 226 | 0.07% |
| 51. | Haitian | 223 | 0.07% |
| 52. | Lithuanian | 217 | 0.07% |
| 53. | Turkish | 212 | 0.07% |
| 54. | Spanish | 191 | 0.06% |
| 55. | Croatian | 188 | 0.06% |
| 56. | Iranian | 177 | 0.06% |
| 57. | Yugoslavian | 168 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Kenyan | 167 | 0.05% |
| 59. | Tongan | 161 | 0.05% |
| 60. | Romanian | 158 | 0.05% |
| 61. | Panamanian | 155 | 0.05% |
| 62. | Northern European | 155 | 0.05% |
| 63. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 151 | 0.05% |
| 64. | Scandinavian | 149 | 0.05% |
| 65. | Slovak | 147 | 0.05% |
| 66. | Houma | 142 | 0.04% |
| 67. | Costa Rican | 140 | 0.04% |
| 68. | Belizean | 139 | 0.04% |
| 69. | Pakistani | 128 | 0.04% |
| 70. | Ethiopian | 128 | 0.04% |
| 71. | Czechoslovakian | 125 | 0.04% |
| 72. | Chilean | 118 | 0.04% |
| 73. | Slavic | 116 | 0.04% |
| 74. | Armenian | 85 | 0.03% |
| 75. | Finnish | 82 | 0.03% |
| 76. | Latvian | 78 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Somalian | 73 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Palestinian | 70 | 0.02% |
| 79. | Liberian | 65 | 0.02% |
| 80. | South African | 62 | 0.02% |
| 81. | Guyanese | 62 | 0.02% |
| 82. | Micronesian | 61 | 0.02% |
| 83. | Nigerian | 58 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Basque | 58 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Alsatian | 56 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Iraqi | 54 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Taiwanese | 53 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Choctaw | 52 | 0.02% |
| 89. | Australian | 48 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Serbian | 47 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Native Hawaiian | 46 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Maltese | 42 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Egyptian | 41 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Albanian | 40 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 38 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Cherokee | 38 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Celtic | 36 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Israeli | 30 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Uruguayan | 30 | 0.01% |
| 100. | Zimbabwean | 30 | 0.01% |
| 101. | Thai | 24 | 0.01% |
| 102. | Moroccan | 22 | 0.01% |
| 103. | Bulgarian | 22 | 0.01% |
| 104. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 19 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Paiute | 18 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Bahamian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Delaware | 18 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Afghan | 17 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Spanish American | 17 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Hmong | 16 | 0.00% |
| 111. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 15 | 0.00% |
| 112. | Icelander | 14 | 0.00% |
| 113. | Syrian | 13 | 0.00% |
| 114. | Paraguayan | 13 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Slovene | 12 | 0.00% |
| 116. | Chickasaw | 12 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Blackfeet | 11 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Ghanaian | 11 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Barbadian | 10 | 0.00% |
| 120. | Bangladeshi | 9 | 0.00% |
| 121. | Indonesian | 7 | 0.00% |
| 122. | Yaqui | 7 | 0.00% |
| 123. | British West Indian | 7 | 0.00% |
| 124. | Chippewa | 7 | 0.00% |
| 125. | Luxemburger | 7 | 0.00% |
| 126. | Seminole | 6 | 0.00% |
| 127. | New Zealander | 5 | 0.00% |
| 128. | Pennsylvania German | 5 | 0.00% |
| 129. | German Russian | 1 | 0.00% |