Friday, September 19, 2014

Oklahoma's Largest Ethnic Groups


German is Oklahoma's largest ethnic group, the ancestry of 14% of residents in 2010. The state also has a large Native American community, and Cherokee is Oklahoma's 7th largest ethnicity, the background of almost 100,000 residents.

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

Total Population
3,761,702
100.00%
1
German
549,331
14.60%
2
Irish
473,623
12.59%
3
American
360,353
9.58%
4
English
307,961
8.19%
5
Mexican
279,839
7.44%
6
African-American*
227,692
6.05%
7
Cherokee
98,735
2.62%
8
French, except Basque
77,179
2.05%
9
Dutch
77,101
2.05%
10
European
72,074
1.92%
11
Scottish
67,244
1.79%
12
Italian
65,642
1.75%
13
Scotch-Irish
43,316
1.15%
14
Polish
32,024
0.85%
15
Swedish
28,126
0.75%
16
Norwegian
25,010
0.66%
17
Welsh
18,941
0.50%
18
Dutch West Indian
18,660
0.50%
19
Czech
18,456
0.49%
20
Vietnamese
15,893
0.42%
21
British
12,616
0.34%
22
Russian
12,367
0.33%
23
Asian Indian
12,027
0.32%
24
French Canadian
10,659
0.28%
25
Guatemalan
10,021
0.27%
26
African
9,719
0.26%
27
Swiss
9,463
0.25%
28
Puerto Rican
9,049
0.24%
29
Chinese, except Taiwanese
8,079
0.21%
30
Danish
7,900
0.21%
31
Filipino
6,109
0.16%
32
Lebanese
5,792
0.15%
33
Spaniard
5,735
0.15%
34
Greek
5,699
0.15%
35
Korean
5,361
0.14%
36
Iranian
5,218
0.14%
37
Hungarian
5,030
0.13%
38
Czechoslovakian
4,257
0.11%
39
Portuguese
3,993
0.11%
40
Spanish
3,676
0.10%
41
Scandinavian
3,591
0.10%
42
Ukrainian
3,489
0.09%
43
Salvadoran
3,443
0.09%
44
Canadian
3,252
0.09%
45
Honduran
2,831
0.08%
46
Peruvian
2,704
0.07%
47
Thai
2,440
0.06%
48
Laotian
2,425
0.06%
49
Finnish
2,381
0.06%
50
Austrian
2,335
0.06%

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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