Friday, May 8, 2015

Baltimore Ethnicity

In light of last week's Baltimore riots we take a look at ethnicity in the city.

The vast majority of residents are African-American. Despite its position as a port city, Baltimore has failed to attract a substantial number of immigrants. While the United States has seen dramatic increases in immigration from Asia and Latin America, Baltimore still has a negligible population of residents from those areas. Even as a Black majority city, Baltimore has few immigrants from the West Indies or Africa. The city still has a large population of ethnic whites, with German-Americans and Irish-Americans making up the largest European groups.

 Rank
Ethnicity Baltimore, MD Population
As a Percent of
Total Baltimore Population

Total Population
620,538
100.00%
1
African-American*
373,339
60.2%
2
German
45,906
7.4%
3
Irish
39,501
6.4%
4
American
27,486
4.4%
5
English
23,236
3.7%
6
Italian
18,894
3.0%
7
Polish
15,080
2.4%
8
African
11,210
1.8%
9
Mexican
8,473
1.4%
10
Russian
6,362
1.0%
11
French (except Basque)
5,463
0.9%
12
Scottish
4,773
0.8%
13
Scotch-Irish
4,103
0.7%
14
Jamaican
4,029
0.6%
15
Chinese , except Taiwanese
3,644
0.6%
16
Asian Indian
3,036
0.5%
17
European
3,008
0.5%
18
Puerto Rican
2,789
0.4%
19
Dutch
2,727
0.4%
20
Greek
2,621
0.4%
21
Salvadoran
2,291
0.4%
22
Hungarian
2,050
0.3%
23
Taiwanese
2,011
0.3%
24
Japanese
2,005
0.3%
25
Welsh
1,970
0.3%
26
Nigerian
1,814
0.3%
27
Swedish
1,775
0.3%
28
Lithuanian
1,693
0.3%
29
Czech
1,668
0.3%
30
British
1,646
0.3%
31
Ukrainian
1,608
0.3%
32
Honduran
1,564
0.3%
33
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
1,502
0.2%
34
Eastern European
1,371
0.2%
35
Norwegian
1,303
0.2%
36
West Indian
1,033
0.2%
37
Austrian
1,016
0.2%
38
Cuban
1,008
0.2%
39
Ethiopian
965
0.2%
40
Haitian
953
0.2%
41
Ecuadorian
887
0.1%
42
French Canadian
877
0.1%
43
Guatemalan
862
0.1%
44
Iranian
788
0.1%
45
Argentinean
712
0.1%
46
Peruvian
670
0.1%
47
Swiss
660
0.1%
48
Romanian
634
0.1%
49
Portuguese
600
0.1%
50
Dominican (Dominican Republic)
596
0.1%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
5 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, C02006, C02007, C03001, B03002, B04006

* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.