Montana's Largest Ethnic Groups

Montana's largest ethnic group is German, with over 28% of state residents listing German ancestry in 2010.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Montana Population	As a Percent of Total Montana Population
	Total Population	990,898	100.00%
1	German	283,255	28.59%
2	Irish	150,609	15.20%
3	English	125,166	12.63%
4	Norwegian	90,371	9.12%
5	American	67,408	6.80%
6	French, except Basque	40,335	4.07%
7	Italian	34,428	3.47%
8	Swedish	31,048	3.13%
9	Scottish	30,760	3.10%
10	Dutch	26,181	2.64%
11	Polish	25,220	2.55%
12	Mexican	18,823	1.90%
13	Scotch-Irish	18,097	1.83%
14	European	15,405	1.55%
15	Danish	12,986	1.31%
16	Russian	10,411	1.05%
17	French Canadian	9,767	0.99%
18	Welsh	9,123	0.92%
19	Czech	8,419	0.85%
20	Swiss	6,473	0.65%
21	Greek	4,854	0.49%
22	Sioux	4,657	0.47%
23	Other Hispanic or Latino	4,513	0.46%
24	British	3,691	0.37%
25	African-American*	3,397	0.34%
26	Chippewa	3,361	0.34%
27	Hungarian	2,648	0.27%
28	Ukrainian	2,333	0.24%
29	Lithuanian	2,224	0.22%
30	Arab	1,916	0.19%
31	South American	1,811	0.18%
32	Portuguese	1,613	0.16%
33	Chinese, including Taiwanese	1,398	0.14%
34	Cuban	1,345	0.14%
35	Filipino	1,320	0.13%
36	Subsaharan African	1,240	0.13%
37	Cherokee	1,194	0.12%
38	Puerto Rican	960	0.10%
39	Navajo	851	0.09%
40	Korean	717	0.07%
41	Japanese	710	0.07%
42	Central American	631	0.06%
43	Slovak	629	0.06%
44	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	592	0.06%
45	Asian Indian	571	0.06%
46	Alaska Native tribes, specified	174	0.02%
47	West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	146	0.01%
48	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	93	0.01%
49	Vietnamese	77	0.01%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, C02006, C02007, C03001, B03002, C04006

* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.