Minnesota's Largest Ethnic Groups

German-Americans are the largest ethnic group in Minnesota, making up almost 36% of residents. Also noteworthy is the large Norwegian influence: Norwegian-Americans are the state's 2nd largest ethnicity at almost 16% of Minnesotans.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Minnesota Population	As a Percent of Total Minnesota Population
	Total Population	5,310,584	100.00%
1	German	1,908,288	35.93%
2	Norwegian	840,890	15.83%
3	Irish	582,386	10.97%
4	Swedish	481,114	9.06%
5	English	319,221	6.01%
6	Polish	253,796	4.78%
7	French, except Basque	200,438	3.77%
8	Mexican	179,773	3.39%
9	American	161,040	3.03%
10	African-American*	153,605	2.89%
11	Italian	123,863	2.33%
12	Dutch	103,316	1.95%
13	Finnish	97,848	1.84%
14	Czech	95,309	1.79%
15	Danish	78,223	1.47%
16	Scandinavian	74,721	1.41%
17	European	70,177	1.32%
18	Scottish	62,444	1.18%
19	Hmong	58,255	1.10%
20	French Canadian	53,723	1.01%
21	Russian	40,326	0.76%
22	Chippewa	37,312	0.70%
23	Asian Indian	34,705	0.65%
24	Somalian	34,458	0.65%
25	African	30,703	0.58%
26	Scotch-Irish	27,936	0.53%
27	Vietnamese	24,935	0.47%
28	Chinese, except Taiwanese	24,890	0.47%
29	Swiss	23,019	0.43%
30	Welsh	21,337	0.40%
31	Austrian	19,445	0.37%
32	Ukrainian	14,820	0.28%
33	Belgian	14,517	0.27%
34	Ethiopian	14,176	0.27%
35	Hungarian	14,171	0.27%
36	Northern European	13,625	0.26%
37	British	13,502	0.25%
38	Korean	13,026	0.25%
39	Greek	12,151	0.23%
40	Slovene	10,732	0.20%
41	Puerto Rican	10,622	0.20%
42	Czechoslovakian	10,262	0.19%
43	Liberian	9,449	0.18%
44	Cambodian	9,400	0.18%
45	Laotian	8,662	0.16%
46	Salvadoran	8,253	0.16%
47	Ecuadorian	8,137	0.15%
48	Filipino	7,957	0.15%
49	Slovak	7,739	0.15%
50	Yugoslavian	6,950	0.13%

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.