Palo Alto, California — Nationalities & Ancestry

Nationalities & Ancestry

Breakdown of the population of Palo Alto, California 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.Chinese , Except Taiwanese817712.88%
2.English736111.60%
3.German680210.72%
4.Irish48517.64%
5.Asian Indian26364.15%
6.Russian25734.05%
7.Mexican25454.01%
8.European23243.66%
9.Italian22853.60%
10.French (Except Basque)22013.47%
11.Korean19643.09%
12.Scottish16662.62%
13.Polish15982.52%
14.Swedish15462.44%
15.Japanese12762.01%
16.Norwegian10241.61%
17.British10151.60%
18.Dutch10121.59%
19.Scotch-Irish9391.48%
20.Filipino6681.05%
21.Iranian6210.98%
22.Eastern European5550.87%
23.Danish5360.84%
24.Greek5130.81%
25.Ukrainian5110.81%
26.Israeli5100.80%
27.Czech4900.77%
28.Swiss4800.76%
29.Hungarian4590.72%
30.Taiwanese4480.71%
31.Spaniard4130.65%
32.Welsh3940.62%
33.Vietnamese3910.62%
34.Northern European3870.61%
35.Peruvian3760.59%
36.Ethiopian3470.55%
37.Portuguese3380.53%
38.Austrian3310.52%
39.Cuban2840.45%
40.Canadian2670.42%
41.French Canadian2490.39%
42.Armenian2090.33%
43.Moroccan1950.31%
44.Scandinavian1850.29%
45.Romanian1570.25%
46.Pakistani1550.24%
47.Finnish1550.24%
48.Colombian1540.24%
49.Puerto Rican1470.23%
50.Croatian1460.23%
51.Salvadoran1330.21%
52.Honduran1320.21%
53.Lithuanian1300.20%
54.Spanish1230.19%
55.Turkish1220.19%
56.Guatemalan1150.18%
57.Serbian1130.18%
58.Thai1020.16%
59.Bulgarian980.15%
60.Argentinean940.15%
61.South African900.14%
62.Belgian810.13%
63.Afghan740.12%
64.Venezuelan720.11%
65.Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac720.11%
66.Brazilian710.11%
67.Costa Rican680.11%
68.Jamaican660.10%
69.Estonian650.10%
70.Luxemburger630.10%
71.Egyptian600.09%
72.Lebanese590.09%
73.Sri Lankan560.09%
74.Syrian540.09%
75.Slovene520.08%
76.Chilean500.08%
77.Latvian480.08%
78.New Zealander380.06%
79.Yugoslavian380.06%
80.Bolivian380.06%
81.Slovak360.06%
82.Czechoslovakian350.06%
83.Macedonian340.05%
84.Palestinian280.04%
85.Pennsylvania German270.04%
86.Native Hawaiian240.04%
87.Iraqi230.04%
88.Australian220.03%
89.Nicaraguan210.03%
90.Celtic170.03%
91.Dominican (Dominican Republic)170.03%
92.Slavic140.02%
93.Choctaw120.02%
94.Icelander100.02%
95.Cajun100.02%
96.Cape Verdean90.01%
97.Basque90.01%
98.Soviet Union80.01%
99.Yaqui20.00%