North Dakota's Largest Ethnic Groups

German-Americans make up almost half of North Dakota residents. The state also has a large Norwegian community, comprising just under 30% of North Dakota's population.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 North Dakota Population	As a Percent of Total North Dakota Population
	Total Population	674,499	100.00%
1	German	311,587	46.20%
2	Norwegian	199,310	29.55%
3	Irish	54,874	8.14%
4	English	33,502	4.97%
5	Swedish	32,457	4.81%
6	French, except Basque	26,078	3.87%
7	Russian	25,261	3.75%
8	American	19,822	2.94%
9	Polish	15,534	2.30%
10	Czech	12,510	1.85%
11	Chippewa	11,849	1.76%
12	Sioux	11,823	1.75%
13	French Canadian	10,978	1.63%
14	Mexican	10,287	1.53%
15	Italian	8,933	1.32%
16	Danish	8,449	1.25%
17	Scottish	8,182	1.21%
18	Dutch	7,861	1.17%
19	Scotch-Irish	4,515	0.67%
20	African-American*	4,249	0.63%
21	Ukrainian	3,873	0.57%
22	European	3,170	0.47%
23	Subsaharan African	3,170	0.47%
24	Hungarian	2,518	0.37%
25	Swiss	2,380	0.35%
26	Arab	1,840	0.27%
27	Chinese, including Taiwanese	1,788	0.27%
28	Other Hispanic or Latino	1,434	0.21%
29	Vietnamese	1,389	0.21%
30	Welsh	1,328	0.20%
31	Asian Indian	1,187	0.18%
32	Puerto Rican	1,017	0.15%
33	Japanese	928	0.14%
34	Korean	857	0.13%
35	Filipino	635	0.09%
36	British	603	0.09%
37	Central American	549	0.08%
38	Navajo	446	0.07%
39	West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	433	0.06%
40	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	424	0.06%
41	Greek	416	0.06%
42	South American	266	0.04%
43	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	259	0.04%
44	Slovak	253	0.04%
45	Portuguese	251	0.04%
46	Cuban	107	0.02%
47	Cherokee	88	0.01%
48	Lithuanian	27	0.00%
49	Alaska Native tribes, specified	20	0.00%

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.