Friday, December 12, 2014

West Virginia's Largest Ethnic Groups


German is the largest ethnic group in West Virginia, the ancestry of 18% of state residents in 2010.

Rank
Ethnicity
2010
West Virginia Population
As a Percent of
Total West Virginia Population

Total Population
1,853,973
100.00%
1
German
335,477
18.10%
2
Irish
267,713
14.44%
3
American
232,119
12.52%
4
English
205,530
11.09%
5
Italian
85,848
4.63%
6
African-American*
50,073
2.70%
7
Dutch
45,323
2.44%
8
Scottish
42,349
2.28%
9
Scotch-Irish
39,648
2.14%
10
Polish
34,292
1.85%
11
French, except Basque
29,068
1.57%
12
European
14,793
0.80%
13
Welsh
13,637
0.74%
14
Hungarian
11,106
0.60%
15
Mexican
9,413
0.51%
16
Swedish
6,984
0.38%
17
Russian
6,622
0.36%
18
Greek
5,450
0.29%
19
Slovak
4,348
0.23%
20
Other Hispanic or Latino
4,324
0.23%
21
African
4,093
0.22%
22
British
3,955
0.21%
23
Czech
3,455
0.19%
24
Swiss
3,370
0.18%
25
Norwegian
3,357
0.18%
26
French Canadian
3,354
0.18%
27
Chinese, including Taiwanese
3,335
0.18%
28
Central American
3,269
0.18%
29
Lebanese
3,124
0.17%
30
American Indian or Alaska Native
3,094
0.17%
31
Puerto Rican
2,950
0.16%
32
Ukrainian
2,283
0.12%
33
Austrian
2,152
0.12%
34
Canadian
2,129
0.11%
35
Lithuanian
2,110
0.11%
36
Filipino
2,042
0.11%
37
Belgian
1,791
0.10%
38
Czechoslovakian
1,767
0.10%
39
Slavic
1,723
0.09%
40
Serbian
1,465
0.08%
41
Croatian
1,436
0.08%
42
Vietnamese
1,400
0.08%
43
South American
1,361
0.07%
44
Danish
1,306
0.07%
45
Asian Indian
994
0.05%
46
Finnish
937
0.05%
47
Korean
924
0.05%
48
Scandinavian
868
0.05%
49
Egyptian
807
0.04%
50
Yugoslavian
759
0.04%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, C02006, C02007, C03001, 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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