http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups <- List for ethnicity groups. Code to extract data is below the resulting HTML.

extract ethnic groups

var rows = $('table.wikitable tr') ;
rowlen = rows.length ;
rrr = [] ;
for( i=1 ; i<rowlen ; i++ ){
  row = rows[i];
  var v = $(row).find('td a')[0].innerHTML ;
  //alert( v );
  rrr.push( v );
}
select_string  = '<select name="">\n';
for( i = 0 ; i < rrr.length ; i++ ){
  select_string += '<option value="'+ rrr[i] +'">'+ rrr[i] +'</option>\n'
}
select_string += '</select>\n';

console.log(select_string);