Friday, August 8, 2014

New Jersey's Largest Ethnic Groups


New Jersey is home to Ellis Island, and the legacy of immigration shows in the diversity of the state's population. Italian- Americans dominate: 17% of the state's population has roots in Italy.   

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

Total Population
8,801,624
100.00%
1
Italian
1,491,879
16.95%
2
Irish
1,335,209
15.17%
3
German
1,008,500
11.46%
4
African-American*
900,463
10.23%
5
Polish
539,598
6.13%
6
English
469,796
5.34%
7
Puerto Rican
430,863
4.90%
8
American
309,491
3.52%
9
Asian Indian
299,397
3.40%
10
Mexican
223,062
2.53%
11
Dominican (Dominican Republic)
204,699
2.33%
12
Russian
186,602
2.12%
13
Ecuadorian
127,845
1.45%
14
Chinese, except Taiwanese
127,345
1.45%
15
French, except Basque
124,391
1.41%
16
Hungarian
108,620
1.23%
17
Colombian
102,734
1.17%
18
Dutch
102,379
1.16%
19
Korean
100,125
1.14%
20
Filipino
98,274
1.12%
21
Scottish
94,545
1.07%
22
Cuban
92,780
1.05%
23
Peruvian
89,649
1.02%
24
Portuguese
84,386
0.96%
25
Ukrainian
70,594
0.80%
26
European
66,330
0.75%
27
Greek
64,310
0.73%
28
Salvadoran
59,353
0.67%
29
Jamaican
55,351
0.63%
30
Swedish
54,479
0.62%
31
African
49,715
0.56%
32
Haitian
49,340
0.56%
33
Guatemalan
48,440
0.55%
34
Eastern European
45,522
0.52%
35
Norwegian
42,237
0.48%
36
Austrian
38,402
0.44%
37
Welsh
37,716
0.43%
38
Slovak
36,998
0.42%
39
Honduran
36,722
0.42%
40
Scotch-Irish
33,877
0.38%
41
Brazilian
33,419
0.38%
42
Czech
30,732
0.35%
43
Egyptian
29,889
0.34%
44
Lithuanian
28,051
0.32%
45
British
25,676
0.29%
46
Pakistani
24,574
0.28%
47
French Canadian
22,286
0.25%
48
Vietnamese
21,436
0.24%
49
Guyanese
21,364
0.24%
50
Spaniard
20,921
0.24%

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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