Saturday, November 1, 2014

Tennessee's Largest Ethnic Groups


Notable for Tennessee is the large number of residents who do not claim an immigrant background, almost 1 in 4 residents in 2010:
  • American is the state's largest ethnicity, at 17% of state residents.
  • African-Americans are the 2nd largest ethnicity, at 15%. 

The largest European ethnicity is Irish, and the growing Mexican population is the state's largest Hispanic ethnicity, making up almost 3% of residents.

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

Total Population
6,356,897
100.00%
1
American
1,087,397
17.11%
2
African-American*
994,816
15.65%
3
Irish
707,732
11.13%
4
German
645,892
10.16%
5
English
639,159
10.05%
6
Mexican
183,532
2.89%
7
Scotch-Irish
153,073
2.41%
8
Scottish
137,231
2.16%
9
Italian
135,235
2.13%
10
French, except Basque
110,157
1.73%
11
Dutch
77,992
1.23%
12
European
65,819
1.04%
13
Polish
62,616
0.99%
14
African
37,956
0.60%
15
Swedish
35,002
0.55%
16
Welsh
33,646
0.53%
17
British
27,319
0.43%
18
Norwegian
26,834
0.42%
19
Puerto Rican
21,892
0.34%
20
Russian
17,993
0.28%
21
Chinese, except Taiwanese
16,810
0.26%
22
Asian Indian
15,972
0.25%
23
Guatemalan
14,350
0.23%
24
French Canadian
14,164
0.22%
25
Salvadoran
13,957
0.22%
26
Honduran
11,893
0.19%
27
Hungarian
11,705
0.18%
28
Greek
11,444
0.18%
29
Czech
11,316
0.18%
30
Korean
11,125
0.18%
31
Danish
11,081
0.17%
32
Filipino
10,465
0.16%
33
Vietnamese
9,953
0.16%
34
Laotian
9,264
0.15%
35
Swiss
8,887
0.14%
36
Cuban
8,601
0.14%
37
Canadian
6,573
0.10%
38
Romanian
6,452
0.10%
39
Ukrainian
6,263
0.10%
40
Scandinavian
5,840
0.09%
41
Austrian
5,684
0.09%
42
Portuguese
5,650
0.09%
43
Lithuanian
5,593
0.09%
44
Lebanese
5,426
0.09%
45
Cherokee
5,340
0.08%
46
Ethiopian
5,029
0.08%
47
Nigerian
4,861
0.08%
48
Egyptian
4,829
0.08%
49
Arab
4,615
0.07%
50
Finnish
4,182
0.07%

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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