Friday, January 3, 2014

America's Largest Ethnic Groups



Throughout the year of 2014, The American Mosaic will present rankings of the largest ethnic groups in each state, plus the District of Columbia.

Each week a new state will be highlighted. The rankings are based on the United States Census Bureau's 2010 Decennial Census and the 2010 American Community Survey.

Collecting ethnic and nationality data from the Census is not so straightforward. Not every ethnicity is surveyed for every state: states with smaller populations receive an abbreviated survey. Also, different surveys elaborate on ancestry or ethnicity depending on the race. The Census Bureau only surveys white and black ethnicities under "Ancestry" in the American Community Survey. Meanwhile Asian, Hispanic and Native American nationalities are collected separately in the decennial Census. Lastly, African-American is not a separate ethnicity for the Census, rather it is collected under race, combined with other Black ethnic groups. To determine the African-American population, West Indian & African nationalities as well as Hispanic Blacks were subtracted from the total Black population, with the balance assumed to be African- Americans.

Starting this off is a look at the largest ethnic groups nationally. While there has been increased racial diversity due to a boom in immigration from Latin America and Asia, European ethnicities still dominate, with German being the country's largest ethnic group:


Rank
Ethnicity
2010
United States Population
As a Percent of
Total United States Population

Total Population
309,349,689
100.0%
1
German
47,901,779
15.5%
2
Irish
34,669,616
11.2%
3
Mexican
32,929,683
10.6%
4
African-American*
32,484,003
10.5%
5
English
25,926,451
8.4%
6
American
19,975,875
6.5%
7
Italian
17,235,941
5.6%
8
Polish
9,569,207
3.1%
9
French, except Basque
8,761,496
2.8%
10
Scottish
5,460,679
1.8%
11
Puerto Rican
4,691,890
1.5%
12
Dutch
4,645,131
1.5%
13
Norwegian
4,470,081
1.4%
14
Swedish
4,088,555
1.3%
15
European
3,616,843
1.2%
16
Chinese, except Taiwanese
3,291,388
1.1%
17
Scotch-Irish
3,257,161
1.1%
18
Russian
2,971,599
1.0%
19
Asian Indian
2,765,155
0.9%
20
Filipino
2,512,686
0.8%
21
French Canadian
2,042,808
0.7%
22
Cuban
1,873,585
0.6%
23
Salvadoran
1,829,798
0.6%
24
Welsh
1,793,356
0.6%
25
African
1,676,413
0.5%
26
Vietnamese
1,625,365
0.5%
27
Czech
1,525,187
0.5%
28
Dominican (Dominican Republic)
1,508,871
0.5%
29
Hungarian
1,501,736
0.5%
30
Korean
1,456,076
0.5%
31
Portuguese
1,405,909
0.5%
32
Danish
1,375,506
0.4%
33
Greek
1,315,775
0.4%
34
British
1,181,340
0.4%
35
Guatemalan
1,156,861
0.4%
36
Jamaican
965,355
0.3%
37
Swiss
961,380
0.3%
38
Colombian
961,223
0.3%
39
Ukrainian
939,746
0.3%
40
Haitian
881,488
0.3%
41
Japanese
774,600
0.3%
42
Slovak
762,030
0.2%
43
Honduran
730,227
0.2%
44
Austrian
722,282
0.2%
45
Canadian
717,390
0.2%
46
Spaniard
694,494
0.2%
47
Lithuanian
660,071
0.2%
48
Ecuadorian
650,348
0.2%
49
Finnish
647,697
0.2%
50
Peruvian
598,671
0.2%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
1 year estimates, tables: B02001, B02005, B02006, B02007, B03001, B03002, B04006, C02005, C02006, C02007, C03001, C04006

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


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