Friday, November 14, 2014

Utah's Largest Ethnic Groups


Utah is just one of three American states where English is the largest ethnic group, the others being Maine and Vermont. Over 1 in 4 Utah residents claimed English heritage in 2010.

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

Total Population
2,776,469
100.00%
1
English
712,373
25.66%
2
German
326,278
11.75%
3
Mexican
279,648
10.07%
4
Irish
166,102
5.98%
5
American
155,681
5.61%
6
Danish
154,318
5.56%
7
Scottish
128,678
4.63%
8
European
126,815
4.57%
9
Swedish
108,335
3.90%
10
Italian
74,159
2.67%
11
Dutch
70,028
2.52%
12
Norwegian
67,955
2.45%
13
Welsh
57,205
2.06%
14
French, except Basque
51,807
1.87%
15
British
34,620
1.25%
16
Scandinavian
34,339
1.24%
17
Swiss
33,422
1.20%
18
Polish
25,146
0.91%
19
Navajo
19,434
0.70%
20
Scotch-Irish
17,186
0.62%
21
African-American*
15,885
0.57%
22
Greek
12,997
0.47%
23
Samoan
12,069
0.43%
24
Canadian
10,978
0.40%
25
Chinese, except Taiwanese
10,904
0.39%
26
Salvadoran
9,655
0.35%
27
Russian
9,472
0.34%
28
Spaniard
9,264
0.33%
29
Peruvian
8,293
0.30%
30
Spanish
8,231
0.30%
31
Czech
7,557
0.27%
32
Tongan
7,178
0.26%
33
Argentinean
7,058
0.25%
34
Puerto Rican
6,956
0.25%
35
Vietnamese
6,742
0.24%
36
Korean
6,670
0.24%
37
Asian Indian
6,407
0.23%
38
Japanese
6,349
0.23%
39
Northern European
6,233
0.22%
40
Austrian
5,999
0.22%
41
Yugoslavian
5,745
0.21%
42
French Canadian
5,395
0.19%
43
Guatemalan
5,348
0.19%
44
Brazilian
5,179
0.19%
45
Finnish
5,055
0.18%
46
Filipino
4,093
0.15%
47
Icelander
3,784
0.14%
48
Portuguese
3,616
0.13%
49
Somalian
3,584
0.13%
50
Ukrainian
3,551
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.

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