Friday, June 6, 2014

Massachusetts' Largest Ethnic Groups


Irish Americans remain the largest ethnic group in Massachusetts, 23% of state residents in 2010.

Also notable is the Portuguese community, the state's 7th largest ethnicity. Cape Verdeans share a linguistic background with the Portuguese, and America's largest Cape Verdean community resides in Massachusetts.

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

Total Population
6,557,254
100.00%
1
Irish
1,521,511
23.20%
2
Italian
889,338
13.56%
3
English
706,577
10.78%
4
French, except Basque
516,110
7.87%
5
German
423,503
6.46%
6
Polish
326,749
4.98%
7
Portuguese
314,493
4.80%
8
Puerto Rican
262,804
4.01%
9
French Canadian
257,393
3.93%
10
American
211,334
3.22%
11
African-American*
174,836
2.67%
12
Scottish
163,574
2.49%
13
Russian
126,183
1.92%
14
Swedish
123,920
1.89%
15
Chinese, except Taiwanese
121,857
1.86%
16
Dominican (Dominican Republic)
118,656
1.81%
17
Greek
83,943
1.28%
18
Brazilian
73,312
1.12%
19
Haitian
73,201
1.12%
20
Asian Indian
71,729
1.09%
21
European
62,463
0.95%
22
Canadian
60,108
0.92%
23
Cape Verdean
54,323
0.83%
24
Lithuanian
51,763
0.79%
25
Scotch-Irish
45,868
0.70%
26
Dutch
45,130
0.69%
27
Vietnamese
44,168
0.67%
28
Mexican
43,434
0.66%
29
Guatemalan
39,888
0.61%
30
Salvadoran
39,840
0.61%
31
Norwegian
34,872
0.53%
32
Lebanese
33,695
0.51%
33
Armenian
33,095
0.50%
34
Eastern European
31,003
0.47%
35
Colombian
30,852
0.47%
36
British
29,713
0.45%
37
Cambodian
29,213
0.45%
38
African
28,650
0.44%
39
Jamaican
26,526
0.40%
40
Finnish
24,960
0.38%
41
Korean
24,861
0.38%
42
Ukrainian
23,381
0.36%
43
Hungarian
23,133
0.35%
44
Welsh
22,854
0.35%
45
Austrian
17,010
0.26%
46
Albanian
15,852
0.24%
47
Honduran
14,525
0.22%
48
Total: American Indian or Alaska Native
13,481
0.21%
49
Danish
12,874
0.20%
50
Cuban
12,527
0.19%

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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