Friday, April 11, 2014

Indiana's Largest Ethnic Groups


German-Americans are the largest ethnic group in Indiana, with almost 1 in 4 residents claiming German descent.


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

Total Population
6,490,621
100.00%
1
German
1,586,157
24.44%
2
Irish
788,683
12.15%
3
American
711,963
10.97%
4
English
587,189
9.05%
5
African-American*
491,970
7.58%
6
Mexican
300,198
4.63%
7
Polish
194,588
3.00%
8
Italian
184,424
2.84%
9
French, except Basque
144,390
2.22%
10
Dutch
135,747
2.09%
11
Scottish
113,093
1.74%
12
European
71,497
1.10%
13
African
66,099
1.02%
14
Swedish
59,995
0.92%
15
Scotch-Irish
59,205
0.91%
16
Swiss
41,017
0.63%
17
Welsh
36,162
0.56%
18
Norwegian
35,414
0.55%
19
Hungarian
34,790
0.54%
20
Puerto Rican
28,561
0.44%
21
Asian Indian
27,411
0.42%
22
Chinese, except Taiwanese
25,123
0.39%
23
British
22,294
0.34%
24
Russian
21,839
0.34%
25
Greek
21,826
0.34%
26
Slovak
18,325
0.28%
27
Czech
16,703
0.26%
28
French Canadian
15,343
0.24%
29
Danish
12,277
0.19%
30
Belgian
11,946
0.18%
31
Honduran
11,261
0.17%
32
Serbian
10,875
0.17%
33
Croatian
10,752
0.17%
34
Lithuanian
10,722
0.17%
35
Pennsylvania German
10,044
0.15%
36
Korean
9,765
0.15%
37
Filipino
9,432
0.15%
38
Austrian
8,696
0.13%
39
Romanian
8,325
0.13%
40
Ukrainian
8,146
0.13%
41
Salvadoran
7,609
0.12%
42
Scandinavian
7,368
0.11%
43
Canadian
7,348
0.11%
44
Yugoslavian
6,368
0.10%
45
Macedonian
6,277
0.10%
46
Nigerian
6,226
0.10%
47
Vietnamese
6,209
0.10%
48
Czechoslovakian
5,207
0.08%
49
Cuban
5,168
0.08%
50
Guatemalan
5,114
0.08%

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.

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