Demographics
As of 2010, the city had a population of 210,232. Hence Lübeck has seen a slight decrease in population since 2006. The largest ethnic minority groups are Turks, Southern Europeans (mostly Greeks and Italians), Eastern Europeans (e.g. Poles, Russians), Arabs and several other smaller groups. As in other German cities, there is also an increasing and vibrant Afro-German community. Population structure
| Ancestry | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Germans | 176,650 | 84% |
| Turks | 11,200 | 5,3% |
| Eastern Europeans | 5,500 (3,000 Poles, 1,100 Russians, 1,400 others.) | 2,6% |
| Southern Europeans | 3,300 (1,300 Greeks, 1,000 Italians, 1,000 others.) | 1,5% |
| Arabs | 3,000 (1,000 Iraqis, 2,000 others.) | 1,4% |
| East Asians | 3,000 (500 Chinese, 2,500 others.) | 1,4% |
| African/Afro-Germans | 2,600 (500 Ghanaians, 400 Nigerians, 1,700 others.) | 1,2% |
| others | 5,460 | 2,6% |
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