Rensselaer, New York — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Rensselaer, New York 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. | Irish | 2217 | 23.92% |
| 2. | Italian | 1775 | 19.15% |
| 3. | German | 1539 | 16.61% |
| 4. | English | 1024 | 11.05% |
| 5. | Dutch | 930 | 10.04% |
| 6. | French (Except Basque) | 550 | 5.94% |
| 7. | Polish | 442 | 4.77% |
| 8. | French Canadian | 321 | 3.46% |
| 9. | Puerto Rican | 161 | 1.74% |
| 10. | Russian | 116 | 1.25% |
| 11. | Scottish | 113 | 1.22% |
| 12. | Mexican | 113 | 1.22% |
| 13. | Portuguese | 110 | 1.19% |
| 14. | Welsh | 106 | 1.14% |
| 15. | Scotch-Irish | 104 | 1.12% |
| 16. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 75 | 0.81% |
| 17. | Belgian | 69 | 0.74% |
| 18. | Ukrainian | 52 | 0.56% |
| 19. | Czechoslovakian | 50 | 0.54% |
| 20. | Filipino | 44 | 0.47% |
| 21. | Austrian | 43 | 0.46% |
| 22. | Swedish | 41 | 0.44% |
| 23. | Swiss | 39 | 0.42% |
| 24. | Greek | 37 | 0.40% |
| 25. | Japanese | 35 | 0.38% |
| 26. | Armenian | 34 | 0.37% |
| 27. | European | 28 | 0.30% |
| 28. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 22 | 0.24% |
| 29. | Guyanese | 22 | 0.24% |
| 30. | Korean | 21 | 0.23% |
| 31. | Asian Indian | 19 | 0.21% |
| 32. | Canadian | 18 | 0.19% |
| 33. | Czech | 18 | 0.19% |
| 34. | Spaniard | 15 | 0.16% |
| 35. | British | 14 | 0.15% |
| 36. | Lebanese | 13 | 0.14% |
| 37. | Slovak | 11 | 0.12% |
| 38. | Albanian | 11 | 0.12% |
| 39. | Syrian | 10 | 0.11% |
| 40. | Latvian | 9 | 0.10% |
| 41. | Costa Rican | 9 | 0.10% |
| 42. | Lithuanian | 8 | 0.09% |
| 43. | Hungarian | 8 | 0.09% |
| 44. | Norwegian | 8 | 0.09% |
| 45. | Vietnamese | 6 | 0.06% |
| 46. | Spanish | 5 | 0.05% |
| 47. | Jamaican | 5 | 0.05% |
| 48. | Danish | 4 | 0.04% |
| 49. | Cherokee | 2 | 0.02% |