Roanoke, Virginia — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Roanoke, Virginia 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. | English | 11585 | 12.03% |
| 2. | German | 11064 | 11.49% |
| 3. | Irish | 8815 | 9.16% |
| 4. | Scotch-Irish | 4130 | 4.29% |
| 5. | Italian | 2371 | 2.46% |
| 6. | French (Except Basque) | 1793 | 1.86% |
| 7. | Mexican | 1775 | 1.84% |
| 8. | Scottish | 1431 | 1.49% |
| 9. | Dutch | 1247 | 1.30% |
| 10. | Polish | 900 | 0.93% |
| 11. | European | 888 | 0.92% |
| 12. | Puerto Rican | 784 | 0.81% |
| 13. | Cuban | 658 | 0.68% |
| 14. | Welsh | 580 | 0.60% |
| 15. | Haitian | 569 | 0.59% |
| 16. | Honduran | 494 | 0.51% |
| 17. | Norwegian | 478 | 0.50% |
| 18. | Swedish | 462 | 0.48% |
| 19. | British | 374 | 0.39% |
| 20. | Greek | 302 | 0.31% |
| 21. | Vietnamese | 287 | 0.30% |
| 22. | Salvadoran | 273 | 0.28% |
| 23. | Lebanese | 255 | 0.26% |
| 24. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 251 | 0.26% |
| 25. | Asian Indian | 244 | 0.25% |
| 26. | Russian | 207 | 0.22% |
| 27. | Peruvian | 207 | 0.22% |
| 28. | Spaniard | 196 | 0.20% |
| 29. | French Canadian | 193 | 0.20% |
| 30. | Ghanaian | 193 | 0.20% |
| 31. | Jamaican | 157 | 0.16% |
| 32. | Armenian | 148 | 0.15% |
| 33. | Slavic | 142 | 0.15% |
| 34. | Yugoslavian | 137 | 0.14% |
| 35. | Lithuanian | 125 | 0.13% |
| 36. | Filipino | 125 | 0.13% |
| 37. | Slovak | 122 | 0.13% |
| 38. | Portuguese | 121 | 0.13% |
| 39. | Hungarian | 113 | 0.12% |
| 40. | Spanish American | 104 | 0.11% |
| 41. | Guatemalan | 92 | 0.10% |
| 42. | Cambodian | 92 | 0.10% |
| 43. | Canadian | 89 | 0.09% |
| 44. | Ukrainian | 80 | 0.08% |
| 45. | Korean | 77 | 0.08% |
| 46. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 74 | 0.08% |
| 47. | Swiss | 72 | 0.07% |
| 48. | Northern European | 67 | 0.07% |
| 49. | Finnish | 67 | 0.07% |
| 50. | Danish | 65 | 0.07% |
| 51. | Romanian | 65 | 0.07% |
| 52. | Iranian | 63 | 0.07% |
| 53. | Brazilian | 61 | 0.06% |
| 54. | Cherokee | 58 | 0.06% |
| 55. | Australian | 53 | 0.06% |
| 56. | Celtic | 53 | 0.06% |
| 57. | Turkish | 48 | 0.05% |
| 58. | Eastern European | 42 | 0.04% |
| 59. | Ecuadorian | 35 | 0.04% |
| 60. | Czech | 33 | 0.03% |
| 61. | Scandinavian | 32 | 0.03% |
| 62. | Malaysian | 31 | 0.03% |
| 63. | Moroccan | 25 | 0.03% |
| 64. | Macedonian | 23 | 0.02% |
| 65. | Cajun | 22 | 0.02% |
| 66. | Spanish | 21 | 0.02% |
| 67. | Chippewa | 20 | 0.02% |
| 68. | Pakistani | 19 | 0.02% |
| 69. | Croatian | 18 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Palestinian | 18 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Thai | 15 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Serbian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 73. | Egyptian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 74. | Japanese | 11 | 0.01% |
| 75. | Austrian | 10 | 0.01% |
| 76. | Israeli | 9 | 0.01% |
| 77. | Albanian | 7 | 0.01% |
| 78. | Czechoslovakian | 7 | 0.01% |
| 79. | Navajo | 6 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Bulgarian | 5 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Bolivian | 3 | 0.00% |