Friday, January 31, 2014

Arkansas' Largest Ethnic Groups


African-Americans were Arkansas' largest ethnic group in the 2010 American Community Survey.

Rank
Ethnicity
2010
Arkansas Population
As a Percent of
Total
Arkansas Population

Total Population
2,921,606
100.00%
1
African-American*
449,585
15.39%
2
Irish
365,875
12.52%
3
German
327,754
11.22%
4
American
317,687
10.87%
5
English
287,269
9.83%
6
Mexican
138,281
4.73%
7
French, except Basque
60,293
2.06%
8
Dutch
50,387
1.72%
9
Scottish
47,744
1.63%
10
Italian
47,446
1.62%
11
Scotch-Irish
38,109
1.30%
12
European
25,080
0.86%
13
Polish
22,717
0.78%
14
Swedish
17,472
0.60%
15
Salvadoran
15,172
0.52%
16
Norwegian
12,446
0.43%
17
Welsh
12,338
0.42%
18
Cherokee
8,093
0.28%
19
British
7,840
0.27%
20
African
6,194
0.21%
21
Puerto Rican
5,540
0.19%
22
Vietnamese
5,515
0.19%
23
Russian
5,485
0.19%
24
French Canadian
5,434
0.19%
25
Czech
5,397
0.18%
26
Asian Indian
5,326
0.18%
27
Laotian
5,273
0.18%
28
Guatemalan
5,176
0.18%
29
Danish
5,142
0.18%
30
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
5,090
0.17%
31
Swiss
5,037
0.17%
32
Hungarian
4,983
0.17%
33
Filipino
4,418
0.15%
34
Honduran
4,108
0.14%
35
Hmong
3,885
0.13%
36
Greek
3,490
0.12%
37
Dutch West Indian
3,357
0.11%
38
Chinese, except Taiwanese
3,306
0.11%
39
Austrian
3,010
0.10%
40
Czechoslovakian
2,775
0.09%
41
Portuguese
2,754
0.09%
42
Spaniard
2,514
0.09%
43
Scandinavian
2,300
0.08%
44
Finnish
1,941
0.07%
45
Romanian
1,829
0.06%
46
Canadian
1,714
0.06%
47
Nicaraguan
1,665
0.06%
48
Lebanese
1,663
0.06%
49
Croatian
1,517
0.05%
50
Korean
1,405
0.05%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, B02006, C02007, B03001, B03002, B04006

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