San Luis Obispo, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of San Luis Obispo, California 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 | 7350 | 16.29% |
| 2. | Mexican | 6038 | 13.38% |
| 3. | Irish | 5483 | 12.15% |
| 4. | English | 5414 | 12.00% |
| 5. | Italian | 3093 | 6.85% |
| 6. | European | 2236 | 4.95% |
| 7. | French (Except Basque) | 1546 | 3.43% |
| 8. | Scottish | 1354 | 3.00% |
| 9. | Swedish | 1175 | 2.60% |
| 10. | Portuguese | 1082 | 2.40% |
| 11. | Polish | 1027 | 2.28% |
| 12. | Norwegian | 1026 | 2.27% |
| 13. | Scotch-Irish | 827 | 1.83% |
| 14. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 797 | 1.77% |
| 15. | Filipino | 695 | 1.54% |
| 16. | Danish | 665 | 1.47% |
| 17. | Dutch | 623 | 1.38% |
| 18. | Swiss | 621 | 1.38% |
| 19. | Russian | 584 | 1.29% |
| 20. | Welsh | 523 | 1.16% |
| 21. | Japanese | 457 | 1.01% |
| 22. | British | 398 | 0.88% |
| 23. | Hungarian | 348 | 0.77% |
| 24. | Greek | 322 | 0.71% |
| 25. | Vietnamese | 279 | 0.62% |
| 26. | French Canadian | 263 | 0.58% |
| 27. | Czech | 256 | 0.57% |
| 28. | Spaniard | 233 | 0.52% |
| 29. | Austrian | 227 | 0.50% |
| 30. | Scandinavian | 215 | 0.48% |
| 31. | Korean | 212 | 0.47% |
| 32. | Ukrainian | 212 | 0.47% |
| 33. | Asian Indian | 208 | 0.46% |
| 34. | Spanish | 185 | 0.41% |
| 35. | Northern European | 179 | 0.40% |
| 36. | Canadian | 155 | 0.34% |
| 37. | Puerto Rican | 149 | 0.33% |
| 38. | Iranian | 145 | 0.32% |
| 39. | Croatian | 134 | 0.30% |
| 40. | Eastern European | 131 | 0.29% |
| 41. | Armenian | 122 | 0.27% |
| 42. | Guatemalan | 117 | 0.26% |
| 43. | Basque | 107 | 0.24% |
| 44. | Belgian | 101 | 0.22% |
| 45. | Salvadoran | 98 | 0.22% |
| 46. | Peruvian | 95 | 0.21% |
| 47. | Israeli | 94 | 0.21% |
| 48. | Cambodian | 91 | 0.20% |
| 49. | Romanian | 85 | 0.19% |
| 50. | Argentinean | 67 | 0.15% |
| 51. | Costa Rican | 65 | 0.14% |
| 52. | Slovak | 62 | 0.14% |
| 53. | Panamanian | 61 | 0.14% |
| 54. | Lebanese | 60 | 0.13% |
| 55. | Tongan | 57 | 0.13% |
| 56. | Cuban | 52 | 0.12% |
| 57. | Turkish | 52 | 0.12% |
| 58. | Ethiopian | 52 | 0.12% |
| 59. | Finnish | 51 | 0.11% |
| 60. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 48 | 0.11% |
| 61. | Bolivian | 44 | 0.10% |
| 62. | Yugoslavian | 44 | 0.10% |
| 63. | Czechoslovakian | 40 | 0.09% |
| 64. | Luxemburger | 37 | 0.08% |
| 65. | Lithuanian | 35 | 0.08% |
| 66. | Egyptian | 30 | 0.07% |
| 67. | Colombian | 29 | 0.06% |
| 68. | Albanian | 28 | 0.06% |
| 69. | Syrian | 27 | 0.06% |
| 70. | Honduran | 27 | 0.06% |
| 71. | Chippewa | 26 | 0.06% |
| 72. | Nicaraguan | 23 | 0.05% |
| 73. | Serbian | 23 | 0.05% |
| 74. | Haitian | 20 | 0.04% |
| 75. | Pennsylvania German | 17 | 0.04% |
| 76. | Icelander | 17 | 0.04% |
| 77. | Palestinian | 16 | 0.04% |
| 78. | South African | 15 | 0.03% |
| 79. | Cajun | 14 | 0.03% |
| 80. | Belizean | 14 | 0.03% |
| 81. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 13 | 0.03% |
| 82. | Micronesian | 13 | 0.03% |
| 83. | Slavic | 11 | 0.02% |
| 84. | Chilean | 11 | 0.02% |
| 85. | Pakistani | 10 | 0.02% |
| 86. | Hmong | 9 | 0.02% |
| 87. | Slovene | 9 | 0.02% |
| 88. | Celtic | 9 | 0.02% |
| 89. | New Zealander | 9 | 0.02% |
| 90. | Bulgarian | 8 | 0.02% |
| 91. | Iroquois | 8 | 0.02% |
| 92. | Jamaican | 7 | 0.02% |
| 93. | Latvian | 5 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Fijian | 4 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Australian | 3 | 0.01% |