Pennsylvania's Largest Ethnic Groups

Over 1 in 4 Pennsylvania residents had a German background in 2010, making it the state's largest ethnic group. Also noteworthy is the state's home grown ancestral background, the Pennsylvania Germans. At over 164,000 residents, they form Pennsylvania's 15th largest ethnic group.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Pennsylvania Population	As a Percent of Total Pennsylvania Population
	Total Population	12,709,630	100.00%
1	German	3,418,156	26.89%
2	Irish	2,207,704	17.37%
3	Italian	1,536,952	12.09%
4	African-American*	1,162,802	9.15%
5	English	1,014,344	7.98%
6	Polish	866,572	6.82%
7	American	575,529	4.53%
8	Puerto Rican	378,312	2.98%
9	Dutch	248,835	1.96%
10	Slovak	233,160	1.83%
11	French, except Basque	216,994	1.71%
12	Scottish	198,168	1.56%
13	Russian	194,710	1.53%
14	Welsh	174,569	1.37%
15	Pennsylvania German	164,677	1.30%
16	Scotch-Irish	163,836	1.29%
17	Hungarian	135,885	1.07%
18	Mexican	126,192	0.99%
19	Ukrainian	109,320	0.86%
20	Swedish	107,355	0.84%
21	Asian Indian	102,096	0.80%
22	European	97,846	0.77%
23	Chinese, except Taiwanese	80,119	0.63%
24	Lithuanian	79,626	0.63%
25	Greek	71,648	0.56%
26	Swiss	66,495	0.52%
27	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	66,345	0.52%
28	African	59,840	0.47%
29	Czech	52,347	0.41%
30	Austrian	51,997	0.41%
31	Croatian	51,547	0.41%
32	Vietnamese	45,358	0.36%
33	Norwegian	42,722	0.34%
34	Korean	39,755	0.31%
35	British	39,548	0.31%
36	Jamaican	30,708	0.24%
37	French Canadian	29,677	0.23%
38	Eastern European	29,517	0.23%
39	Colombian	22,335	0.18%
40	Czechoslovakian	21,934	0.17%
41	Haitian	21,178	0.17%
42	Serbian	20,226	0.16%
43	Lebanese	18,855	0.15%
44	Filipino	18,554	0.15%
45	Cuban	18,289	0.14%
46	Danish	18,284	0.14%
47	Portuguese	17,863	0.14%
48	Slavic	17,629	0.14%
49	Romanian	17,205	0.14%
50	Slovene	17,050	0.13%

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.