Friday, January 10, 2014

Alabama's Largest Ethnic Groups

The largest ethnic group in Alabama in 2010 was African-American. Also notable for Alabama is the high number of respondents listing just "American" as their ethnicity, versus an immigrant ethnic heritage.


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

Total Population
4,785,298
 100.0%
1
African-American*
1,212,076
25.33%
2
American
660,698
13.81%
3
Irish
467,002
9.76%
4
English
418,961
8.76%
5
German
338,979
7.08%
6
Mexican
127,157
2.66%
7
Scottish
97,784
2.04%
8
French, except Basque
91,804
1.92%
9
Italian
81,993
1.71%
10
Scotch-Irish
75,353
1.57%
11
Dutch
49,685
1.04%
12
European
39,744
0.83%
13
Polish
32,003
0.67%
14
African
30,336
0.63%
15
Total:
27,768
0.58%
16
Welsh
17,082
0.36%
17
Swedish
16,228
0.34%
18
British
14,951
0.31%
19
Guatemalan
14,816
0.31%
20
Norwegian
14,013
0.29%
21
Puerto Rican
13,655
0.29%
22
Asian Indian
12,240
0.26%
23
Greek
9,601
0.20%
24
Vietnamese
9,591
0.20%
25
Chinese, except Taiwanese
9,515
0.20%
26
Russian
8,843
0.18%
27
French Canadian
8,038
0.17%
28
Korean
7,009
0.15%
29
Lebanese
5,206
0.11%
30
Hungarian
4,936
0.10%
31
Filipino
4,934
0.10%
32
Swiss
4,910
0.10%
33
Honduran
4,559
0.10%
34
Jamaican
4,457
0.09%
35
Austrian
4,130
0.09%
36
Portuguese
3,913
0.08%
37
Czech
3,720
0.08%
38
Scandinavian
3,704
0.08%
39
Canadian
3,551
0.07%
40
Danish
3,377
0.07%
41
Spaniard
2,955
0.06%
42
Ukrainian
2,723
0.06%
43
Turkish
2,424
0.05%
44
Peruvian
2,419
0.05%
45
Colombian
2,407
0.05%
46
Cuban
2,200
0.05%
47
Japanese
2,137
0.04%
48
Czechoslovakian
2,078
0.04%
49
Salvadoran
1,901
0.04%
50
Nigerian
1,801
0.04%

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

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

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