Friday, January 17, 2014

Alaska's Largest Ethnic Groups


Germans are the largest ethnic group in Alaska, making up 18% of the population. One in eight residents is a member of an Alaska Native tribe. Alaska has the distinction of being the only American state to share a border with Russia, and Russians form the state's 17th largest ethnic group.

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

Total Population
713,985
100.00%
1
German
130,862
18.33%
2
Alaska Native tribes, specified
89,792
12.58%
3
Irish
78,413
10.98%
4
English
60,890
8.53%
5
Norwegian
27,444
3.84%
6
Mexican
26,838
3.76%
7
American
26,611
3.73%
8
French, except Basque
26,383
3.70%
9
Italian
23,838
3.34%
10
Scottish
20,831
2.92%
11
Filipino
19,800
2.77%
12
Polish
19,243
2.70%
13
African-American*
18,074
2.53%
14
European
17,674
2.48%
15
Swedish
17,602
2.47%
16
Dutch
13,853
1.94%
17
Russian
10,027
1.40%
18
French Canadian
8,940
1.25%
19
Scotch-Irish
8,779
1.23%
20
British
6,574
0.92%
21
Welsh
5,920
0.83%
22
Finnish
5,796
0.81%
23
Puerto Rican
5,286
0.74%
24
Danish
5,282
0.74%
25
Samoan
4,859
0.68%
26
Scandinavian
4,096
0.57%
27
Czech
3,945
0.55%
28
Korean
3,935
0.55%
29
Swiss
3,899
0.55%
30
Hmong
3,557
0.50%
31
Canadian
2,961
0.41%
32
Other Hispanic or Latino
2,877
0.40%
33
South American
2,645
0.37%
34
Japanese
2,481
0.35%
35
Austrian
2,321
0.33%
36
Chinese, except Taiwanese
2,212
0.31%
37
Hungarian
2,163
0.30%
38
Laotian
2,142
0.30%
39
Greek
2,126
0.30%
40
Northern European
1,992
0.28%
41
Portuguese
1,738
0.24%
42
African
1,665
0.23%
43
Dominican (Dominican Republic)
1,548
0.22%
44
Lithuanian
1,525
0.21%
45
Thai
1,311
0.18%
46
Ukrainian
1,306
0.18%
47
Czechoslovakian
1,233
0.17%
48
Native Hawaiian
1,170
0.16%
49
Celtic
1,104
0.15%
50
Central American
973
0.14%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, B02006, C02007, C03001, 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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