Vermont's Largest Ethnic Groups

English is the largest ethnicity in Vermont, claimed by almost 18% of the population. Vermont also has a large French influence, owing to it's shared border with Quebec to the North. French and French Canadians are 13.8% and 8.4% of the population, respectively.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Vermont Population	As a Percent of Total Vermont Population
	Total Population	625,960	100.0%
1	English	111,267	17.8%
2	Irish	109,485	17.5%
3	French, except Basque	86,357	13.8%
4	German	64,829	10.4%
5	French Canadian	52,706	8.4%
6	American	45,206	7.2%
7	Italian	44,812	7.2%
8	Scottish	26,783	4.3%
9	Polish	24,250	3.9%
10	European	12,769	2.0%
11	Swedish	11,407	1.8%
12	Russian	8,628	1.4%
13	Dutch	8,226	1.3%
14	Scotch-Irish	7,640	1.2%
15	Welsh	7,036	1.1%
16	Norwegian	6,713	1.1%
17	British	4,432	0.7%
18	Portuguese	3,764	0.6%
19	Mexican	3,543	0.6%
20	African-American*	3,407	54.0%
21	Arab	2,826	0.5%
22	Hungarian	2,693	0.4%
23	Lithuanian	2,620	0.4%
24	Swiss	2,582	0.4%
25	Czech	2,527	0.4%
26	Greek	2,383	0.4%
27	Subsaharan African	2,022	0.3%
28	Danish	1,864	0.3%
29	Chinese, including Taiwanese	1,683	0.3%
30	Ukrainian	1,681	0.3%
31	Vietnamese	1,668	0.3%
32	Puerto Rican	1,604	0.3%
33	American Indian or Alaska Native	1,542	0.2%
34	South American	1,396	0.2%
35	Slovak	1,340	0.2%
36	Other Hispanic or Latino	1,335	0.2%
37	Cuban	1,053	0.2%
38	West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	1,010	0.2%
39	Asian Indian	935	0.1%
40	Korean	850	0.1%
41	Central American	597	0.1%
42	Japanese	316	0.1%
43	Filipino	296	0.0%
44	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	186	0.0%
45	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	164	0.0%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, B02006, C02007, C03001, B03002, C04006

* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.