Reading, Pennsylvania — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Reading, Pennsylvania 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. | Puerto Rican | 27907 | 31.79% |
| 2. | German | 10161 | 11.57% |
| 3. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 9207 | 10.49% |
| 4. | Mexican | 7470 | 8.51% |
| 5. | Irish | 5202 | 5.92% |
| 6. | Italian | 4062 | 4.63% |
| 7. | Polish | 3114 | 3.55% |
| 8. | English | 1885 | 2.15% |
| 9. | Pennsylvania German | 1832 | 2.09% |
| 10. | Dutch | 1205 | 1.37% |
| 11. | Colombian | 767 | 0.87% |
| 12. | Ecuadorian | 766 | 0.87% |
| 13. | Vietnamese | 660 | 0.75% |
| 14. | Cuban | 620 | 0.71% |
| 15. | Jamaican | 617 | 0.70% |
| 16. | French (Except Basque) | 611 | 0.70% |
| 17. | Salvadoran | 544 | 0.62% |
| 18. | Welsh | 412 | 0.47% |
| 19. | Scotch-Irish | 389 | 0.44% |
| 20. | Haitian | 350 | 0.40% |
| 21. | Romanian | 332 | 0.38% |
| 22. | Slovak | 332 | 0.38% |
| 23. | Ukrainian | 316 | 0.36% |
| 24. | Scottish | 314 | 0.36% |
| 25. | Lithuanian | 288 | 0.33% |
| 26. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 285 | 0.32% |
| 27. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 272 | 0.31% |
| 28. | Hungarian | 264 | 0.30% |
| 29. | Spaniard | 235 | 0.27% |
| 30. | Greek | 227 | 0.26% |
| 31. | Russian | 225 | 0.26% |
| 32. | Panamanian | 204 | 0.23% |
| 33. | European | 180 | 0.21% |
| 34. | Peruvian | 176 | 0.20% |
| 35. | Swedish | 172 | 0.20% |
| 36. | Czech | 164 | 0.19% |
| 37. | Guatemalan | 164 | 0.19% |
| 38. | Canadian | 162 | 0.18% |
| 39. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 159 | 0.18% |
| 40. | Argentinean | 129 | 0.15% |
| 41. | Swiss | 117 | 0.13% |
| 42. | Uruguayan | 115 | 0.13% |
| 43. | Albanian | 103 | 0.12% |
| 44. | Honduran | 88 | 0.10% |
| 45. | Norwegian | 81 | 0.09% |
| 46. | Venezuelan | 80 | 0.09% |
| 47. | Czechoslovakian | 80 | 0.09% |
| 48. | Austrian | 78 | 0.09% |
| 49. | Croatian | 75 | 0.09% |
| 50. | Spanish | 73 | 0.08% |
| 51. | Barbadian | 63 | 0.07% |
| 52. | Slavic | 61 | 0.07% |
| 53. | Latvian | 56 | 0.06% |
| 54. | Turkish | 48 | 0.05% |
| 55. | Chilean | 48 | 0.05% |
| 56. | British | 47 | 0.05% |
| 57. | Filipino | 38 | 0.04% |
| 58. | Indonesian | 38 | 0.04% |
| 59. | Serbian | 32 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Spanish American | 31 | 0.04% |
| 61. | Belgian | 30 | 0.03% |
| 62. | French Canadian | 30 | 0.03% |
| 63. | Liberian | 29 | 0.03% |
| 64. | Korean | 25 | 0.03% |
| 65. | Yugoslavian | 25 | 0.03% |
| 66. | Asian Indian | 23 | 0.03% |
| 67. | Slovene | 20 | 0.02% |
| 68. | Lebanese | 20 | 0.02% |
| 69. | Paraguayan | 18 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Eastern European | 18 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Cape Verdean | 18 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Finnish | 17 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Micronesian | 16 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Syrian | 16 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Portuguese | 15 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Scandinavian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 77. | Northern European | 12 | 0.01% |
| 78. | Kenyan | 11 | 0.01% |
| 79. | Japanese | 9 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Israeli | 9 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Ethiopian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Iranian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Iraqi | 7 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Laotian | 6 | 0.01% |
| 85. | Nicaraguan | 5 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Ghanaian | 4 | 0.00% |
| 87. | Bangladeshi | 3 | 0.00% |