Oregon Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Oregon, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Oregon for the past 6 years. These start from the latest figures from the Census Bureau for , back to -5.
To make the surfacing of this data easier, we've listed it in descending order based on the most recent year of data available, which means that past years may not be in the correct descending order.
All ancestry labels below are the grouping terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau and are not labels that Name Census has provided.
Oregon Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
3,352,941 |
3,387,825 |
3,416,776 |
3,445,933 |
3,480,920 |
3,449,081 |
Hispanic or Latino |
485,646 |
494,806 |
509,507 |
523,956 |
537,217 |
552,279 |
Mexican |
411,776 |
416,105 |
425,950 |
431,169 |
436,485 |
445,523 |
German |
222,440 |
215,155 |
211,079 |
202,012 |
192,393 |
189,666 |
American |
181,909 |
177,526 |
171,426 |
169,724 |
167,680 |
158,466 |
Asian |
156,695 |
160,155 |
166,351 |
174,510 |
180,580 |
187,801 |
English |
135,658 |
131,473 |
126,342 |
124,179 |
120,364 |
127,995 |
Some Other Race |
132,667 |
124,565 |
121,000 |
127,084 |
126,587 |
140,247 |
Irish |
113,829 |
108,773 |
104,438 |
101,876 |
98,307 |
101,036 |
European |
75,550 |
80,532 |
87,186 |
101,291 |
118,984 |
120,868 |
African American |
72,837 |
74,012 |
76,347 |
77,789 |
78,679 |
79,117 |
Norwegian |
51,264 |
48,949 |
47,444 |
44,616 |
43,290 |
40,646 |
Italian |
45,162 |
43,636 |
43,410 |
41,702 |
39,914 |
38,057 |
Chinese |
36,257 |
36,514 |
37,402 |
38,587 |
40,801 |
41,058 |
American Indian |
34,152 |
32,960 |
33,828 |
34,440 |
34,697 |
33,139 |
Scottish |
33,800 |
33,362 |
32,434 |
31,330 |
29,468 |
27,531 |
Swedish |
28,261 |
27,972 |
26,191 |
24,179 |
22,062 |
20,589 |
Dutch |
19,972 |
19,316 |
18,675 |
17,332 |
17,275 |
16,001 |
French |
19,058 |
18,448 |
18,178 |
17,612 |
16,345 |
15,271 |
Russian |
18,838 |
19,396 |
19,764 |
18,971 |
17,861 |
16,928 |
Asian Indian |
18,775 |
20,307 |
22,870 |
24,598 |
25,432 |
29,566 |
Polish |
18,691 |
17,889 |
17,339 |
16,548 |
15,681 |
16,049 |
Scotch-Irish |
18,600 |
18,015 |
17,616 |
17,310 |
16,087 |
15,883 |
Korean |
17,192 |
15,582 |
15,203 |
15,939 |
16,886 |
16,638 |
Filipino |
16,901 |
17,466 |
18,488 |
20,103 |
20,543 |
21,214 |
Subsaharan African |
15,655 |
14,642 |
16,279 |
17,471 |
16,964 |
16,376 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
15,042 |
14,936 |
15,157 |
16,006 |
16,625 |
16,445 |
Japanese |
13,436 |
13,386 |
13,604 |
13,500 |
13,825 |
13,799 |
British |
12,915 |
13,721 |
15,023 |
15,757 |
17,036 |
16,444 |
Ukrainian |
12,616 |
13,385 |
14,391 |
12,951 |
12,179 |
13,116 |
Danish |
11,461 |
10,388 |
10,530 |
10,004 |
9,005 |
8,293 |
Scandinavian |
11,160 |
11,449 |
11,860 |
12,317 |
13,241 |
13,264 |
Puerto Rican |
11,137 |
11,859 |
13,143 |
13,797 |
13,973 |
14,501 |
French Canadian |
9,836 |
9,730 |
9,398 |
8,672 |
8,165 |
8,062 |
Total Arab |
9,787 |
10,331 |
9,763 |
10,280 |
10,664 |
11,510 |
Northern European |
9,705 |
9,195 |
10,241 |
11,782 |
13,653 |
14,010 |
Spaniard |
9,460 |
9,736 |
9,803 |
10,629 |
11,464 |
11,532 |
Guatemalan |
8,874 |
8,813 |
9,363 |
10,007 |
12,231 |
11,386 |
Welsh |
7,655 |
7,797 |
7,640 |
7,277 |
7,082 |
6,591 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
7,386 |
9,522 |
11,078 |
14,086 |
15,616 |
17,396 |
Romanian |
7,156 |
6,836 |
6,280 |
6,095 |
6,686 |
6,683 |
Salvadoran |
7,038 |
8,189 |
8,783 |
10,668 |
10,362 |
10,508 |
Portuguese |
6,848 |
6,762 |
6,719 |
6,502 |
5,745 |
5,366 |
African |
6,775 |
6,310 |
5,814 |
6,515 |
6,472 |
6,166 |
Finnish |
6,756 |
6,613 |
6,610 |
6,102 |
5,718 |
5,405 |
Swiss |
6,430 |
5,956 |
5,920 |
6,144 |
6,044 |
6,697 |
Spanish |
6,141 |
6,803 |
6,812 |
7,011 |
7,741 |
9,679 |
Canadian |
5,833 |
5,534 |
5,256 |
5,034 |
5,038 |
4,945 |
Czech |
5,699 |
5,179 |
4,933 |
5,200 |
5,055 |
4,972 |
Laotian |
4,917 |
5,102 |
4,817 |
5,544 |
4,953 |
5,050 |
Two or more Asian |
4,762 |
5,052 |
5,317 |
5,573 |
5,832 |
6,736 |
Cuban |
4,659 |
5,137 |
5,930 |
6,713 |
6,953 |
7,649 |
Greek |
4,595 |
4,520 |
4,431 |
4,915 |
4,832 |
4,252 |
Cambodian |
4,501 |
4,822 |
4,372 |
4,472 |
4,290 |
4,219 |
Iranian |
3,992 |
3,875 |
4,200 |
4,213 |
4,388 |
4,803 |
Hungarian |
3,918 |
3,850 |
3,644 |
3,615 |
3,559 |
3,968 |
Eastern European |
3,898 |
4,644 |
5,082 |
5,819 |
6,589 |
6,810 |
Peruvian |
3,171 |
3,237 |
3,048 |
3,562 |
4,040 |
3,950 |
Colombian |
3,129 |
3,453 |
3,238 |
3,631 |
3,997 |
4,135 |
Other Arab |
3,097 |
2,956 |
2,576 |
2,970 |
3,083 |
2,882 |
Ethiopian |
2,982 |
2,895 |
3,173 |
4,056 |
4,054 |
3,885 |
Thai |
2,702 |
2,699 |
2,937 |
3,036 |
3,442 |
3,669 |
Somali |
2,677 |
2,426 |
3,041 |
3,189 |
3,044 |
2,903 |
Austrian |
2,362 |
2,480 |
2,444 |
2,204 |
2,226 |
2,458 |
Hmong |
2,298 |
2,411 |
2,919 |
3,429 |
3,074 |
2,716 |
Czechoslovakian |
2,241 |
1,882 |
1,849 |
1,735 |
1,724 |
1,517 |
Yugoslavian |
2,217 |
1,989 |
1,715 |
1,857 |
1,852 |
1,236 |
Arab |
2,080 |
2,236 |
1,899 |
1,532 |
1,671 |
1,465 |
Croatian |
1,961 |
2,003 |
1,736 |
1,880 |
1,761 |
1,796 |
Belgian |
1,875 |
1,699 |
1,529 |
1,574 |
1,610 |
1,515 |
Argentinean |
1,702 |
1,672 |
1,749 |
1,517 |
1,299 |
1,165 |
Honduran |
1,664 |
1,669 |
1,589 |
1,536 |
2,032 |
2,116 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
1,659 |
1,868 |
1,678 |
1,729 |
1,765 |
2,800 |
Ecuadorian |
1,522 |
1,260 |
1,405 |
1,566 |
1,564 |
1,705 |
Lithuanian |
1,497 |
1,409 |
1,375 |
1,401 |
1,476 |
1,779 |
Lebanese |
1,415 |
1,594 |
1,831 |
1,839 |
1,758 |
1,931 |
Chilean |
1,344 |
1,160 |
1,500 |
1,550 |
1,775 |
1,738 |
Armenian |
1,339 |
1,091 |
1,263 |
1,158 |
1,155 |
1,174 |
Other Asian, not specified |
1,327 |
1,156 |
1,265 |
1,349 |
1,674 |
2,075 |
Alaska Native tribes |
1,319 |
1,207 |
1,452 |
1,651 |
1,839 |
1,612 |
Taiwanese |
1,300 |
1,381 |
1,450 |
1,556 |
1,762 |
1,715 |
Basque |
1,286 |
1,300 |
1,275 |
1,376 |
1,343 |
1,260 |
Venezuelan |
1,254 |
1,127 |
1,155 |
1,213 |
1,621 |
1,482 |
Nicaraguan |
1,242 |
1,145 |
1,394 |
1,461 |
1,804 |
1,797 |
Pennsylvania German |
1,205 |
963 |
963 |
854 |
765 |
663 |
Costa Rican |
1,194 |
1,215 |
1,104 |
1,021 |
1,036 |
1,732 |
Nepalese |
1,124 |
1,121 |
994 |
786 |
768 |
572 |
Indonesian |
1,122 |
1,082 |
1,042 |
1,140 |
1,085 |
793 |
Turkish |
1,117 |
1,415 |
1,146 |
942 |
1,060 |
1,373 |
Dominican |
1,116 |
829 |
668 |
687 |
821 |
819 |
Other Subsaharan African |
1,040 |
1,014 |
1,608 |
798 |
820 |
891 |
Burmese |
1,010 |
1,660 |
1,568 |
1,185 |
1,636 |
2,130 |
Slovak |
912 |
852 |
966 |
911 |
983 |
870 |
Australian |
873 |
916 |
787 |
929 |
950 |
799 |
Brazilian |
854 |
889 |
997 |
1,095 |
1,206 |
1,062 |
Egyptian |
842 |
819 |
1,038 |
1,024 |
1,011 |
1,489 |
Slavic |
840 |
977 |
956 |
794 |
764 |
661 |
Panamanian |
804 |
1,018 |
952 |
967 |
978 |
1,637 |
Iraqi |
749 |
817 |
642 |
1,070 |
1,296 |
1,654 |
Bulgarian |
746 |
757 |
809 |
729 |
628 |
595 |
Nigerian |
715 |
776 |
923 |
959 |
854 |
651 |
Pakistani |
627 |
847 |
912 |
1,194 |
1,341 |
1,231 |
Syrian |
591 |
733 |
747 |
615 |
587 |
890 |
Serbian |
581 |
531 |
474 |
678 |
673 |
579 |
Celtic |
546 |
636 |
675 |
692 |
811 |
788 |
Jamaican |
514 |
453 |
440 |
518 |
631 |
1,185 |
Afghan |
512 |
731 |
886 |
901 |
513 |
676 |
Latvian |
511 |
598 |
579 |
670 |
779 |
652 |
Haitian |
503 |
718 |
667 |
701 |
584 |
813 |
Bhutanese |
470 |
474 |
437 |
540 |
268 |
189 |
South African |
421 |
348 |
336 |
258 |
290 |
377 |
Icelander |
414 |
497 |
448 |
416 |
278 |
284 |
Slovene |
382 |
422 |
390 |
406 |
343 |
404 |
Moroccan |
372 |
308 |
382 |
541 |
567 |
410 |
Estonian |
366 |
416 |
343 |
389 |
451 |
403 |
Other Central American |
352 |
158 |
146 |
243 |
378 |
427 |
Israeli |
352 |
397 |
517 |
550 |
425 |
508 |
Albanian |
345 |
339 |
400 |
329 |
193 |
131 |
Palestinian |
342 |
421 |
293 |
145 |
197 |
311 |
Kenyan |
329 |
351 |
413 |
657 |
542 |
518 |
Jordanian |
299 |
447 |
355 |
544 |
494 |
478 |
Bolivian |
298 |
276 |
282 |
496 |
480 |
427 |
Sri Lankan |
293 |
321 |
309 |
418 |
509 |
627 |
Cajun |
289 |
254 |
206 |
192 |
229 |
314 |
Liberian |
249 |
31 |
39 |
48 |
32 |
52 |
Mongolian |
229 |
288 |
149 |
114 |
96 |
62 |
Bangladeshi |
226 |
348 |
658 |
758 |
922 |
762 |
West Indian |
215 |
175 |
128 |
127 |
129 |
198 |
New Zealander |
212 |
209 |
145 |
149 |
181 |
276 |
Ghanaian |
193 |
229 |
449 |
468 |
468 |
601 |
Spanish American |
187 |
164 |
60 |
36 |
17 |
98 |
German Russian |
186 |
278 |
234 |
229 |
237 |
260 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
172 |
181 |
167 |
192 |
142 |
325 |
Maltese |
166 |
129 |
84 |
39 |
31 |
37 |
Luxembourger |
146 |
127 |
134 |
94 |
159 |
180 |
Sudanese |
137 |
156 |
163 |
183 |
54 |
55 |
Belizean |
130 |
191 |
108 |
94 |
206 |
230 |
Macedonian |
91 |
115 |
160 |
232 |
290 |
329 |
Uruguayan |
85 |
57 |
45 |
167 |
237 |
530 |
Okinawan |
81 |
88 |
42 |
48 |
25 |
23 |
Cypriot |
80 |
32 |
37 |
35 |
50 |
49 |
Other South American |
78 |
170 |
276 |
193 |
186 |
148 |
Dutch West Indian |
68 |
84 |
91 |
70 |
34 |
5 |
Malaysian |
67 |
70 |
109 |
138 |
248 |
203 |
Senegalese |
50 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
21 |
13 |
Bahamian |
50 |
48 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Alsatian |
44 |
42 |
80 |
69 |
90 |
70 |
Cape Verdean |
44 |
24 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
39 |
23 |
30 |
40 |
32 |
46 |
Paraguayan |
33 |
32 |
34 |
30 |
127 |
199 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
28 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
Ugandan |
25 |
40 |
121 |
153 |
141 |
105 |
Other Asian, specified |
19 |
28 |
74 |
64 |
92 |
965 |
Zimbabwean |
13 |
22 |
63 |
70 |
62 |
66 |
Other West Indian |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
11 |
Sierra Leonean |
5 |
5 |
95 |
104 |
110 |
93 |
Guyanese |
2 |
15 |
1 |
7 |
57 |
58 |
Data Source(s)
All of the data on this page is sourced from the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, from the United States Census Bureau. The latest year for the ACS is currently .
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