Largest ethnic groups by region and state in the United States

rank by: by total population | total ethnic population

For each entry, "%" represents the percentage of the population.

Each region or state lists the top 5 ethnic groups by size, in descending order. So far example, in the Northeast, 15.8 percent of the population classifies itself as Irish, 14.1% as Italian, 13.6% as German, 8.3% as English, and 6.5% as African American.

Region	Total Population	Ancestry	%	Ancestry	%	Ancestry	%	Ancestry	%	Ancestry	%
United States	281,421,906	German	15.2	Irish	10.8	African American	8.8	English	8.7	American	7.2
Region
Northeast	53,594,378	Irish	15.8	Italian	14.1	German	13.6	English	8.3	African American	6.5
Midwest	64,392,776	German	26.6	Irish	11.8	English	8.4	African American	7.8	American	6.5
South	100,236,820	African American	14	American	11.2	German	10	Irish	8.8	English	8.4
West	63,197,932	Mexican	16	German	13.3	English	9.9	Irish	9	American	4.1
State
Alabama	4,447,100	African American	19.9	American	16.8	English	7.8	Irish	7.7	German	5.7
Alaska	626,932	German	16.6	Irish	10.8	American Indian	10.5	English	9.6	Eskimo	6.1
Arizona	5,130,632	Mexican	18	German	15.6	English	10.4	Irish	10.2	American Indian	6.1
Arkansas	2,673,400	American	15.7	African American	11.9	Irish	9.5	German	9.3	English	7.9
California	33,871,648	Mexican	22.2	German	9.8	Irish	7.7	English	7.4	African American	5.1
Colorado	4,301,261	German	22	Irish	12.2	English	12	Mexican	9	American	5
Connecticut	3,405,565	Italian	18.6	Irish	16.6	English	10.3	German	9.8	Polish	8.3
Delaware	783,600	Irish	16.6	German	14.3	African American	14	English	12.1	Italian	9.3
District of Columbia	572,059	African American	43.4	Irish	4.9	German	4.8	English	4.4	Salvadoran	2.3
Florida	15,982,378	German	11.8	Irish	10.3	English	9.2	African American	8.6	American	7.8
Georgia	8,186,453	African American	21.6	American	13.3	English	8.1	Irish	7.8	German	7
Hawaii	1,211,537	Japanese	20.7	Filipino	17.7	Hawaiian	16.3	Chinese	8.3	German	5.8
Idaho	1,293,953	German	18.8	English	18.1	Irish	10	American	8.1	Mexican	5.5
Illinois	12,419,293	German	19.6	Irish	12.2	African American	11.5	Mexican	8.2	Polish	7.5
Indiana	6,080,485	German	22.6	American	11.8	Irish	10.8	English	8.9	African American	6.5
Iowa	2,926,324	German	35.7	Irish	13.5	English	9.5	American	6.6	Norwegian	5.7
Kansas	2,688,418	German	25.8	Irish	11.5	English	10.8	American	8.7	Mexican	4.7
Kentucky	4,041,769	American	20.7	German	12.7	Irish	10.5	English	9.7	African American	5.7
Louisiana	4,468,976	African American	25.5	French	12.2	American	10	German	7	Irish	7
Maine	1,274,923	English	21.5	Irish	15.1	French	14.2	American	9.3	French_Canadian	8.6
Maryland	5,296,486	African American	20.5	German	15.7	Irish	11.7	English	9	American	5.6
Massachusetts	6,349,097	Irish	22.5	Italian	13.5	English	11.4	French	8	German	5.9
Michigan	9,938,444	German	20.4	African American	11	Irish	10.7	English	9.9	Polish	8.6
Minnesota	4,919,479	German	36.7	Norwegian	17.3	Irish	11.2	Swedish	9.9	English	6.3
Mississippi	2,844,658	African American	28.3	American	14	Irish	6.9	English	6.1	German	4.5
Missouri	5,595,211	German	23.5	Irish	12.7	American	10.4	English	9.5	African American	8.8
Montana	902,195	German	27	Irish	14.8	English	12.6	Norwegian	10.6	American Indian	7.4
Nebraska	1,711,263	German	38.6	Irish	13.4	English	9.6	Swedish	4.9	Czech	4.9
Nevada	1,998,257	German	14.1	Mexican	12.7	Irish	11	English	10.1	Italian	6.6
New Hampshire	1,235,786	Irish	19.4	English	18	French	14.6	French_Canadian	10.3	German	8.6
New Jersey	8,414,350	Italian	17.8	Irish	15.9	German	12.6	African American	8.8	Polish	6.9
New Mexico	1,819,046	Mexican	16.3	American Indian	10.3	German	9.8	Hispanic	9.4	Spanish	9.3
New York	18,976,457	Italian	14.4	Irish	12.9	German	11.2	African American	7.7	English	6
North Carolina	8,049,313	African American	16.6	American	13.7	English	9.5	German	9.5	Irish	7.4
North Dakota	642,200	German	43.9	Norwegian	30.1	Irish	7.7	American Indian	5.1	Swedish	5
Ohio	11,353,140	German	25.2	Irish	12.7	English	9.2	African American	9.1	American	8.5
Oklahoma	3,450,654	German	12.6	American Indian	12.1	American	11.2	Irish	10.3	English	8.4
Oregon	3,421,399	German	20.5	English	13.2	Irish	11.9	American	6.2	Mexican	5.5
Pennsylvania	12,281,054	German	25.4	Irish	16.1	Italian	11.5	English	7.9	African American	7.4
Rhode Island	1,048,319	Italian	19	Irish	18.4	English	12	French	10.9	Portuguese	8.7
South Carolina	4,012,012	African American	22.8	American	13.7	German	8.4	English	8.2	Irish	7.9
South Dakota	754,844	German	40.7	Norwegian	15.3	Irish	10.4	American Indian	8.2	English	7.1
Tennessee	5,689,283	American	17.3	African American	13	Irish	9.3	English	9.1	German	8.3
Texas	20,851,820	Mexican	22.6	German	9.9	African American	8.7	Irish	7.2	American	7.2
Utah	2,233,169	English	29	German	11.5	American	6.6	Danish	6.5	Irish	5.9
Vermont	608,827	English	18.4	Irish	16.4	French	14.5	German	9.1	French_Canadian	8.8
Virginia	7,078,515	African American	14.9	German	11.7	American	11.2	English	11.1	Irish	9.8
Washington	5,894,121	German	18.7	English	12	Irish	11.4	Norwegian	6.2	American	5.2
West Virginia	1,808,344	American	18.7	German	14	Irish	11	English	9.7	American Indian	4.4
Wisconsin	5,363,675	German	42.6	Irish	10.9	Polish	9.3	Norwegian	8.5	English	6.5
Wyoming	493,782	German	25.9	English	15.9	Irish	13.3	American	6.4	American Indian	4.7
Puerto Rico	3,808,610	Puerto Rican	69	American	2.5	Spaniard	2.1	Dominican	1.7	Hispanic	0.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census and Census 2000 special tabulations.

Compiled by Rhett Butler

Table key

Data derived from the U.S. Bureau of the Census (2010).

Count Number of occurrences: Estimate of the number of people with the surname in the United States. (s) means the data was suppressed for privacy.
#/100K Occurrences / 100,000 people: The number of occurrences of a given surname per 100,000 in the United States.
% White % Non-Hispanic White Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic white" (race)
% Black % Non-Hispanic Black Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic black" (race)
% API % Non-Hispanic Asian & Pacific Islander Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic Asian & Pacific Islander" (race)
% AIAN % Non-Hispanic American Indian & Alaskan Native Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic American Indian & Alaskan Native" (race)
% 2 or More Races % Non-Hispanic of 2 or More Races: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic two or more races" (race)
% Hispanic % Hispanic Origin: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "Hispanic origin" (race)
Rank in 2010
Count in 2010 Number of occurrences: Estimate of the number of people with the surname in the United States according to the 2000 census.
% Change % Change between 2000 and 2010
Rank change Change in rank between 2000 and 2010