Texas' Largest Ethnic Groups

Texas is the second largest state by population, and also has the country's 2nd largest economy by state. It's a magnet for immigrants, as seen in the diversity of the state's ethnic groups. Mexican-Americans are the largest ethnic group, with one-third of Texans having a Mexican ancestry.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Texas Population	As a Percent of Total Texas Population
	Total Population	25,257,114	100.00%
1	Mexican	8,394,487	33.24%
2	German	2,629,301	10.41%
3	African-American*	2,625,814	10.40%
4	Irish	1,886,844	7.47%
5	English	1,686,422	6.68%
6	American	1,329,129	5.26%
7	French, except Basque	544,476	2.16%
8	Italian	468,757	1.86%
9	Scottish	369,161	1.46%
10	Scotch-Irish	287,393	1.14%
11	Polish	271,559	1.08%
12	Asian Indian	247,274	0.98%
13	Salvadoran	246,028	0.97%
14	Dutch	224,491	0.89%
15	Vietnamese	222,139	0.88%
16	European	214,441	0.85%
17	Czech	202,673	0.80%
18	Swedish	151,418	0.60%
19	Chinese, except Taiwanese	148,607	0.59%
20	Puerto Rican	138,136	0.55%
21	African	127,222	0.50%
22	Norwegian	126,355	0.50%
23	Honduran	103,567	0.41%
24	Welsh	96,675	0.38%
25	Filipino	94,711	0.37%
26	British	86,053	0.34%
27	Russian	80,082	0.32%
28	Guatemalan	76,944	0.30%
29	Korean	75,619	0.30%
30	French Canadian	73,483	0.29%
31	Spaniard	69,167	0.27%
32	Colombian	50,954	0.20%
33	Spanish	49,029	0.19%
34	Danish	48,220	0.19%
35	Cuban	47,510	0.19%
36	Pakistani	46,833	0.19%
37	Nigerian	43,458	0.17%
38	Greek	42,756	0.17%
39	Hungarian	39,708	0.16%
40	Iranian	35,887	0.14%
41	Lebanese	32,277	0.13%
42	Canadian	32,042	0.13%
43	Swiss	30,723	0.12%
44	Portuguese	28,788	0.11%
45	Peruvian	27,746	0.11%
46	Scandinavian	26,382	0.10%
47	Austrian	23,989	0.09%
48	Venezuelan	23,812	0.09%
49	Jamaican	23,284	0.09%
50	Nicaraguan	21,899	0.09%

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.