Friday, July 25, 2014

Nevada's Largest Ethnic Groups


One in five Nevadans has a Mexican background, making it the state's largest ethnic group.

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

Total Population
2,704,642
100.00%
1
Mexican
561,298
20.75%
2
German
343,249
12.69%
3
Irish
264,554
9.78%
4
English
222,241
8.22%
5
African-American*
180,507
6.67%
6
Italian
168,799
6.24%
7
Filipino
97,200
3.59%
8
American
97,097
3.59%
9
French, except Basque
68,775
2.54%
10
Polish
59,371
2.20%
11
Scottish
43,849
1.62%
12
Norwegian
40,479
1.50%
13
Dutch
35,445
1.31%
14
European
34,505
1.28%
15
Chinese, except Taiwanese
34,252
1.27%
16
Swedish
34,094
1.26%
17
Russian
27,590
1.02%
18
Cuban
25,209
0.93%
19
Puerto Rican
23,876
0.88%
20
Salvadoran
23,764
0.88%
21
Scotch-Irish
23,382
0.86%
22
Portuguese
21,183
0.78%
23
Guatemalan
18,720
0.69%
24
Danish
17,836
0.66%
25
Welsh
17,450
0.65%
26
African
16,155
0.60%
27
Korean
14,548
0.54%
28
Hungarian
14,254
0.53%
29
Spaniard
13,674
0.51%
30
Spanish
10,454
0.39%
31
French Canadian
10,451
0.39%
32
Japanese
10,382
0.38%
33
Greek
10,210
0.38%
34
Czech
9,713
0.36%
35
Asian Indian
9,256
0.34%
36
British
9,210
0.34%
37
Vietnamese
8,982
0.33%
38
Canadian
8,880
0.33%
39
Swiss
8,874
0.33%
40
Austrian
7,208
0.27%
41
Native Hawaiian
6,372
0.24%
42
Colombian
6,227
0.23%
43
Armenian
5,845
0.22%
44
Finnish
5,790
0.21%
45
Thai
5,698
0.21%
46
Scandinavian
5,408
0.20%
47
Peruvian
5,208
0.19%
48
Basque
5,010
0.19%
49
Lithuanian
4,678
0.17%
50
Romanian
4,572
0.17%

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.