Friday, August 1, 2014

New Hampshire's Largest Ethnic Groups


Irish is the largest ethnicity in New Hampshire, with over 1 in 5 residents claiming Irish heritage.  The French influence is also strong in the state, with French and French Canadian each claiming 16% and 8% of residents, respectively. 

Rank
Ethnicity
2010
New Hampshire Population
As a Percent of
Total
New Hampshire Population

Total Population
1,316,759
100.00%
1
Irish
282,668
21.47%
2
English
231,601
17.59%
3
French, except Basque
210,263
15.97%
4
Italian
135,514
10.29%
5
French Canadian
111,280
8.45%
6
German
110,047
8.36%
7
American
71,147
5.40%
8
Scottish
57,787
4.39%
9
Polish
55,815
4.24%
10
Swedish
25,755
1.96%
11
Greek
21,002
1.59%
12
Portuguese
17,871
1.36%
13
Canadian
14,997
1.14%
14
Scotch-Irish
14,015
1.06%
15
Norwegian
12,585
0.96%
16
Dutch
11,894
0.90%
17
Russian
11,212
0.85%
18
Puerto Rican
10,769
0.82%
19
European
10,389
0.79%
20
Mexican
8,564
0.65%
21
Lithuanian
8,422
0.64%
22
Welsh
8,399
0.64%
23
Finnish
8,350
0.63%
24
British
6,229
0.47%
25
Asian Indian
5,967
0.45%
26
Chinese,
except Taiwanese
5,508
0.42%
27
South American
5,224
0.40%
28
African-American*
5,015
0.38%
29
Lebanese
4,763
0.36%
30
Vietnamese
4,174
0.32%
31
Dominican
(Dominican Republic)
4,053
0.31%
32
Swiss
3,572
0.27%
33
Ukrainian
3,559
0.27%
34
Armenian
3,506
0.27%
35
Czech
3,447
0.26%
36
Danish
3,294
0.25%
37
Hungarian
3,277
0.25%
38
Central American
3,195
0.24%
39
American Indian or Alaska Native
2,888
0.22%
40
Austrian
2,704
0.21%
41
Other Hispanic or Latino
2,643
0.20%
42
Brazilian
2,583
0.20%
43
Korean
2,518
0.19%
44
Cuban
2,493
0.19%
45
Scandinavian
2,220
0.17%
46
Filipino
2,025
0.15%
47
Belgian
1,527
0.12%
48
Slovak
1,505
0.11%
49
Pakistani
1,303
0.10%
50
Indonesian
1,273
0.10%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
1 year estimates, tables: B02001, B02006, B03002, B04006, C03001

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

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