Paterson, New Jersey — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Paterson, New Jersey 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. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 28390 | 19.46% |
| 2. | Puerto Rican | 18741 | 12.84% |
| 3. | Peruvian | 10525 | 7.21% |
| 4. | Mexican | 8554 | 5.86% |
| 5. | Jamaican | 5531 | 3.79% |
| 6. | Colombian | 5157 | 3.53% |
| 7. | Italian | 4156 | 2.85% |
| 8. | Asian Indian | 1969 | 1.35% |
| 9. | Guatemalan | 1730 | 1.19% |
| 10. | Irish | 1570 | 1.08% |
| 11. | Ecuadorian | 1504 | 1.03% |
| 12. | Bangladeshi | 1397 | 0.96% |
| 13. | Salvadoran | 1264 | 0.87% |
| 14. | Turkish | 1173 | 0.80% |
| 15. | German | 957 | 0.66% |
| 16. | Costa Rican | 945 | 0.65% |
| 17. | English | 780 | 0.53% |
| 18. | Polish | 726 | 0.50% |
| 19. | Jordanian | 719 | 0.49% |
| 20. | Argentinean | 588 | 0.40% |
| 21. | Cuban | 577 | 0.40% |
| 22. | Spaniard | 563 | 0.39% |
| 23. | Honduran | 505 | 0.35% |
| 24. | Nicaraguan | 496 | 0.34% |
| 25. | Syrian | 473 | 0.32% |
| 26. | Macedonian | 464 | 0.32% |
| 27. | Russian | 451 | 0.31% |
| 28. | Vietnamese | 367 | 0.25% |
| 29. | Serbian | 349 | 0.24% |
| 30. | Haitian | 326 | 0.22% |
| 31. | Palestinian | 304 | 0.21% |
| 32. | Lebanese | 300 | 0.21% |
| 33. | Filipino | 289 | 0.20% |
| 34. | Spanish | 258 | 0.18% |
| 35. | Dutch | 257 | 0.18% |
| 36. | Scandinavian | 242 | 0.17% |
| 37. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 234 | 0.16% |
| 38. | Egyptian | 214 | 0.15% |
| 39. | Albanian | 211 | 0.14% |
| 40. | Hungarian | 204 | 0.14% |
| 41. | Scotch-Irish | 191 | 0.13% |
| 42. | Venezuelan | 182 | 0.12% |
| 43. | Israeli | 173 | 0.12% |
| 44. | Uruguayan | 164 | 0.11% |
| 45. | British West Indian | 160 | 0.11% |
| 46. | Ghanaian | 154 | 0.11% |
| 47. | French (Except Basque) | 147 | 0.10% |
| 48. | Chilean | 143 | 0.10% |
| 49. | Croatian | 112 | 0.08% |
| 50. | Scottish | 100 | 0.07% |
| 51. | Brazilian | 95 | 0.07% |
| 52. | Belgian | 86 | 0.06% |
| 53. | Yugoslavian | 82 | 0.06% |
| 54. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 80 | 0.05% |
| 55. | Slavic | 76 | 0.05% |
| 56. | Swiss | 73 | 0.05% |
| 57. | Korean | 69 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Guyanese | 69 | 0.05% |
| 59. | Bolivian | 63 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Ukrainian | 62 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Pakistani | 53 | 0.04% |
| 62. | Swedish | 51 | 0.03% |
| 63. | Norwegian | 50 | 0.03% |
| 64. | Delaware | 48 | 0.03% |
| 65. | Portuguese | 45 | 0.03% |
| 66. | Armenian | 45 | 0.03% |
| 67. | Japanese | 37 | 0.03% |
| 68. | French Canadian | 35 | 0.02% |
| 69. | Lithuanian | 34 | 0.02% |
| 70. | British | 32 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Spanish American | 32 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Greek | 29 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Native Hawaiian | 28 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Slovak | 27 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Sudanese | 27 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Nigerian | 26 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Moroccan | 24 | 0.02% |
| 78. | Indonesian | 23 | 0.02% |
| 79. | German Russian | 22 | 0.02% |
| 80. | Czech | 21 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Carpatho Rusyn | 18 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Panamanian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Romanian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Canadian | 18 | 0.01% |
| 85. | European | 17 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Northern European | 14 | 0.01% |
| 87. | Austrian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Bermudan | 8 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Bahamian | 7 | 0.00% |
| 90. | Finnish | 7 | 0.00% |
| 91. | Eastern European | 6 | 0.00% |
| 92. | Welsh | 1 | 0.00% |