San Mateo, California — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of San Mateo, 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. | Mexican | 13808 | 14.39% |
| 2. | German | 9101 | 9.48% |
| 3. | Irish | 8688 | 9.05% |
| 4. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 7969 | 8.30% |
| 5. | Italian | 7536 | 7.85% |
| 6. | English | 6305 | 6.57% |
| 7. | Filipino | 3993 | 4.16% |
| 8. | Salvadoran | 2951 | 3.08% |
| 9. | Russian | 2413 | 2.51% |
| 10. | Guatemalan | 2351 | 2.45% |
| 11. | Japanese | 2305 | 2.40% |
| 12. | Scottish | 2078 | 2.17% |
| 13. | French (Except Basque) | 2061 | 2.15% |
| 14. | Asian Indian | 1965 | 2.05% |
| 15. | Polish | 1850 | 1.93% |
| 16. | Scotch-Irish | 1414 | 1.47% |
| 17. | Swedish | 1293 | 1.35% |
| 18. | European | 1232 | 1.28% |
| 19. | Tongan | 1121 | 1.17% |
| 20. | Portuguese | 1071 | 1.12% |
| 21. | Iranian | 983 | 1.02% |
| 22. | Peruvian | 973 | 1.01% |
| 23. | Norwegian | 963 | 1.00% |
| 24. | Dutch | 943 | 0.98% |
| 25. | Korean | 829 | 0.86% |
| 26. | Greek | 784 | 0.82% |
| 27. | Armenian | 719 | 0.75% |
| 28. | Turkish | 659 | 0.69% |
| 29. | British | 611 | 0.64% |
| 30. | Spaniard | 593 | 0.62% |
| 31. | Nicaraguan | 535 | 0.56% |
| 32. | Danish | 488 | 0.51% |
| 33. | Welsh | 453 | 0.47% |
| 34. | Vietnamese | 448 | 0.47% |
| 35. | Spanish | 420 | 0.44% |
| 36. | Swiss | 390 | 0.41% |
| 37. | Hungarian | 374 | 0.39% |
| 38. | Czech | 367 | 0.38% |
| 39. | Puerto Rican | 342 | 0.36% |
| 40. | Ukrainian | 333 | 0.35% |
| 41. | Austrian | 322 | 0.34% |
| 42. | Honduran | 314 | 0.33% |
| 43. | French Canadian | 268 | 0.28% |
| 44. | Canadian | 261 | 0.27% |
| 45. | Finnish | 256 | 0.27% |
| 46. | Croatian | 251 | 0.26% |
| 47. | Cuban | 242 | 0.25% |
| 48. | Eastern European | 229 | 0.24% |
| 49. | Taiwanese | 208 | 0.22% |
| 50. | Romanian | 204 | 0.21% |
| 51. | Colombian | 195 | 0.20% |
| 52. | Venezuelan | 194 | 0.20% |
| 53. | Fijian | 183 | 0.19% |
| 54. | Chilean | 174 | 0.18% |
| 55. | Palestinian | 166 | 0.17% |
| 56. | Ecuadorian | 163 | 0.17% |
| 57. | Basque | 143 | 0.15% |
| 58. | Lebanese | 141 | 0.15% |
| 59. | Belgian | 140 | 0.15% |
| 60. | Maltese | 139 | 0.14% |
| 61. | Egyptian | 139 | 0.14% |
| 62. | Northern European | 119 | 0.12% |
| 63. | Thai | 119 | 0.12% |
| 64. | Moroccan | 105 | 0.11% |
| 65. | Indonesian | 98 | 0.10% |
| 66. | Lithuanian | 95 | 0.10% |
| 67. | Cherokee | 89 | 0.09% |
| 68. | Scandinavian | 88 | 0.09% |
| 69. | Slovak | 87 | 0.09% |
| 70. | Brazilian | 87 | 0.09% |
| 71. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 86 | 0.09% |
| 72. | Latvian | 81 | 0.08% |
| 73. | Argentinean | 77 | 0.08% |
| 74. | Australian | 72 | 0.08% |
| 75. | Pakistani | 67 | 0.07% |
| 76. | Israeli | 61 | 0.06% |
| 77. | Czechoslovakian | 60 | 0.06% |
| 78. | Yugoslavian | 58 | 0.06% |
| 79. | Bolivian | 57 | 0.06% |
| 80. | Laotian | 53 | 0.06% |
| 81. | Celtic | 48 | 0.05% |
| 82. | Iraqi | 47 | 0.05% |
| 83. | South African | 44 | 0.05% |
| 84. | Estonian | 43 | 0.04% |
| 85. | Icelander | 40 | 0.04% |
| 86. | Slavic | 40 | 0.04% |
| 87. | Native Hawaiian | 39 | 0.04% |
| 88. | Samoan | 38 | 0.04% |
| 89. | Cambodian | 35 | 0.04% |
| 90. | Jordanian | 34 | 0.04% |
| 91. | Slovene | 30 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Afghan | 28 | 0.03% |
| 93. | New Zealander | 27 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Syrian | 26 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Guyanese | 26 | 0.03% |
| 96. | Bulgarian | 25 | 0.03% |
| 97. | Jamaican | 23 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Albanian | 22 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Panamanian | 20 | 0.02% |
| 100. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 20 | 0.02% |
| 101. | British West Indian | 17 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Spanish American | 15 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Serbian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 104. | Liberian | 13 | 0.01% |
| 105. | Chippewa | 12 | 0.01% |
| 106. | Apache | 12 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Pennsylvania German | 11 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Sri Lankan | 10 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 9 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Ethiopian | 8 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Alsatian | 7 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Cajun | 6 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Costa Rican | 2 | 0.00% |