Friday, May 16, 2014

Louisiana's Largest Ethnic Groups


A significant French influence remains in Louisiana: French and French Canadian are the 2nd and 8th largest ethnic backgrounds, respectively. Also noteworthy is the Cajun population, the 10th largest ancestry in Louisiana. African-Americans are the state's largest ethnic group, at 31% of the population.

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

Total Population
4,544,228
100.00%
1
African-American*
1,408,977
31.01%
2
French, except Basque
639,078
14.06%
3
American
432,948
9.53%
4
German
376,907
8.29%
5
Irish
342,504
7.54%
6
English
301,974
6.65%
7
Italian
216,086
4.76%
8
French Canadian
121,788
2.68%
9
Mexican
82,774
1.82%
10
Cajun
54,296
1.19%
11
Scottish
48,268
1.06%
12
Scotch-Irish
39,133
0.86%
13
Honduran
35,699
0.79%
14
Vietnamese
28,111
0.62%
15
African
26,193
0.58%
16
Dutch
25,113
0.55%
17
Polish
19,554
0.43%
18
European
19,278
0.42%
19
Swedish
12,317
0.27%
20
Cuban
11,133
0.24%
21
Norwegian
10,644
0.23%
22
Chinese, except Taiwanese
10,539
0.23%
23
Welsh
9,999
0.22%
24
Asian Indian
9,931
0.22%
25
Puerto Rican
9,370
0.21%
26
British
9,041
0.20%
27
Nicaraguan
8,974
0.20%
28
Spaniard
8,081
0.18%
29
Guatemalan
7,938
0.17%
30
Russian
6,796
0.15%
31
Greek
6,125
0.13%
32
Canadian
6,078
0.13%
33
Salvadoran
5,969
0.13%
34
Lebanese
5,919
0.13%
35
Filipino
5,205
0.11%
36
Laotian
4,781
0.11%
37
Hungarian
4,740
0.10%
38
Czech
4,659
0.10%
39
Danish
4,545
0.10%
40
Belgian
3,953
0.09%
41
Portuguese
3,751
0.08%
42
Spanish
3,487
0.08%
43
Colombian
3,050
0.07%
44
Swiss
3,020
0.07%
45
Cherokee
2,949
0.06%
46
Austrian
2,869
0.06%
47
Brazilian
2,843
0.06%
48
Jamaican
2,444
0.05%
49
Japanese
2,441
0.05%
50
Korean
2,431
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.

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