 On the 2010 Census, residents self-identified with a variety of ethnic ancestries; the major categories reflect the settlers of the early to mid-19th century. People of American descent make up 21 % of the population of the city, followed by Irish at 15.2 %, English at 7.2 %, German at 4.3 %, Russian at 2.5 %, French at 2.4 %, Scottish at 1.5 %, French − Canadian at 0.7 %, Dutch at 0.5 %, Norwegian at 0.5 %, Slavic at 0.5 %, Palestinian at 0.4 %, Austrian at 0.3 %, Welsh at 0.3 %, Polish at 0.2 %, and Italian rounding out at 0.2 %. 818 persons were of "other ancestries".
