Portland, Oregon — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Portland, Oregon 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 | 108776 | 18.87% |
| 2. | Irish | 70996 | 12.31% |
| 3. | English | 66136 | 11.47% |
| 4. | Mexican | 40312 | 6.99% |
| 5. | Italian | 25344 | 4.40% |
| 6. | Norwegian | 23159 | 4.02% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 20766 | 3.60% |
| 8. | Scottish | 19737 | 3.42% |
| 9. | Swedish | 16835 | 2.92% |
| 10. | European | 15522 | 2.69% |
| 11. | Scotch-Irish | 14923 | 2.59% |
| 12. | Vietnamese | 13588 | 2.36% |
| 13. | Russian | 12862 | 2.23% |
| 14. | Polish | 12780 | 2.22% |
| 15. | Dutch | 10852 | 1.88% |
| 16. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 10722 | 1.86% |
| 17. | Ukrainian | 7262 | 1.26% |
| 18. | Welsh | 6774 | 1.17% |
| 19. | Danish | 6474 | 1.12% |
| 20. | British | 5250 | 0.91% |
| 21. | Swiss | 4714 | 0.82% |
| 22. | Czech | 3853 | 0.67% |
| 23. | Finnish | 3812 | 0.66% |
| 24. | French Canadian | 3658 | 0.63% |
| 25. | Romanian | 3278 | 0.57% |
| 26. | Japanese | 3269 | 0.57% |
| 27. | Scandinavian | 3163 | 0.55% |
| 28. | Greek | 2875 | 0.50% |
| 29. | Guatemalan | 2448 | 0.42% |
| 30. | Filipino | 2398 | 0.42% |
| 31. | Northern European | 2343 | 0.41% |
| 32. | Hungarian | 2340 | 0.41% |
| 33. | Laotian | 2240 | 0.39% |
| 34. | Korean | 2221 | 0.39% |
| 35. | Portuguese | 2175 | 0.38% |
| 36. | Canadian | 2158 | 0.37% |
| 37. | Eastern European | 2001 | 0.35% |
| 38. | Austrian | 1877 | 0.33% |
| 39. | Cuban | 1734 | 0.30% |
| 40. | Puerto Rican | 1729 | 0.30% |
| 41. | Asian Indian | 1718 | 0.30% |
| 42. | Lithuanian | 1522 | 0.26% |
| 43. | Spaniard | 1462 | 0.25% |
| 44. | Cambodian | 1401 | 0.24% |
| 45. | Ethiopian | 1360 | 0.24% |
| 46. | Croatian | 1347 | 0.23% |
| 47. | Micronesian | 1212 | 0.21% |
| 48. | Somalian | 1179 | 0.20% |
| 49. | Lebanese | 1114 | 0.19% |
| 50. | Yugoslavian | 1110 | 0.19% |
| 51. | Belgian | 909 | 0.16% |
| 52. | Spanish | 824 | 0.14% |
| 53. | Slovak | 823 | 0.14% |
| 54. | Turkish | 721 | 0.13% |
| 55. | Czechoslovakian | 721 | 0.13% |
| 56. | Iranian | 675 | 0.12% |
| 57. | Native Hawaiian | 622 | 0.11% |
| 58. | Bulgarian | 621 | 0.11% |
| 59. | Salvadoran | 565 | 0.10% |
| 60. | Honduran | 516 | 0.09% |
| 61. | Slavic | 511 | 0.09% |
| 62. | Fijian | 478 | 0.08% |
| 63. | Thai | 471 | 0.08% |
| 64. | Armenian | 466 | 0.08% |
| 65. | Latvian | 438 | 0.08% |
| 66. | Pakistani | 413 | 0.07% |
| 67. | Serbian | 412 | 0.07% |
| 68. | Jamaican | 409 | 0.07% |
| 69. | Basque | 381 | 0.07% |
| 70. | Peruvian | 372 | 0.06% |
| 71. | Chippewa | 361 | 0.06% |
| 72. | Pennsylvania German | 349 | 0.06% |
| 73. | Argentinean | 334 | 0.06% |
| 74. | Icelander | 306 | 0.05% |
| 75. | Haitian | 305 | 0.05% |
| 76. | Australian | 302 | 0.05% |
| 77. | Israeli | 281 | 0.05% |
| 78. | Colombian | 250 | 0.04% |
| 79. | Slovene | 241 | 0.04% |
| 80. | Palestinian | 234 | 0.04% |
| 81. | Luxemburger | 231 | 0.04% |
| 82. | Venezuelan | 227 | 0.04% |
| 83. | Celtic | 221 | 0.04% |
| 84. | Chilean | 215 | 0.04% |
| 85. | Cherokee | 215 | 0.04% |
| 86. | Egyptian | 214 | 0.04% |
| 87. | Ecuadorian | 205 | 0.04% |
| 88. | Syrian | 201 | 0.03% |
| 89. | Nigerian | 197 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Sioux | 197 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Brazilian | 195 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Moroccan | 192 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Nicaraguan | 188 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Samoan | 179 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Albanian | 168 | 0.03% |
| 96. | Kenyan | 165 | 0.03% |
| 97. | Hmong | 158 | 0.03% |
| 98. | Liberian | 158 | 0.03% |
| 99. | Indonesian | 154 | 0.03% |
| 100. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 149 | 0.03% |
| 101. | Cajun | 148 | 0.03% |
| 102. | Taiwanese | 145 | 0.03% |
| 103. | Dutch West Indian | 117 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Iraqi | 117 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Sri Lankan | 106 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Costa Rican | 105 | 0.02% |
| 107. | Panamanian | 102 | 0.02% |
| 108. | Sudanese | 101 | 0.02% |
| 109. | Puget Sound Salish | 99 | 0.02% |
| 110. | Alsatian | 90 | 0.02% |
| 111. | Maltese | 85 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Bahamian | 82 | 0.01% |
| 113. | German Russian | 79 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Chickasaw | 76 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Barbadian | 70 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Estonian | 70 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Alaskan Athabascan | 68 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Blackfeet | 65 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Paiute | 59 | 0.01% |
| 120. | Senegalese | 59 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Iroquois | 56 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Ghanaian | 55 | 0.01% |
| 123. | Bolivian | 52 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Navajo | 52 | 0.01% |
| 125. | Macedonian | 49 | 0.01% |
| 126. | Choctaw | 48 | 0.01% |
| 127. | Creek | 46 | 0.01% |
| 128. | New Zealander | 45 | 0.01% |
| 129. | Yuman | 45 | 0.01% |
| 130. | Yakama | 44 | 0.01% |
| 131. | Jordanian | 43 | 0.01% |
| 132. | Tlingit-Haida | 39 | 0.01% |
| 133. | South African | 37 | 0.01% |
| 134. | Spanish American | 36 | 0.01% |
| 135. | Inupiat | 35 | 0.01% |
| 136. | Colville | 33 | 0.01% |
| 137. | Lumbee | 28 | 0.00% |
| 138. | British West Indian | 27 | 0.00% |
| 139. | Shoshone | 24 | 0.00% |
| 140. | Cheyenne | 24 | 0.00% |
| 141. | Guyanese | 24 | 0.00% |
| 142. | Uruguayan | 21 | 0.00% |
| 143. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 21 | 0.00% |
| 144. | Soviet Union | 20 | 0.00% |
| 145. | Zimbabwean | 19 | 0.00% |
| 146. | Malaysian | 18 | 0.00% |
| 147. | Ute | 16 | 0.00% |
| 148. | Bermudan | 15 | 0.00% |
| 149. | Afghan | 15 | 0.00% |
| 150. | Tongan | 14 | 0.00% |
| 151. | Aleut | 13 | 0.00% |
| 152. | Osage | 13 | 0.00% |
| 153. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 12 | 0.00% |
| 154. | Sierra Leonean | 12 | 0.00% |
| 155. | Apache | 12 | 0.00% |
| 156. | Pueblo | 11 | 0.00% |
| 157. | Potawatomi | 10 | 0.00% |
| 158. | Carpatho Rusyn | 8 | 0.00% |
| 159. | Yaqui | 8 | 0.00% |
| 160. | Tohono O'odham | 3 | 0.00% |