Friday, December 26, 2014

Wyoming's Largest Ethnic Groups


Germans are the largest ethnic group in Wyoming. Over 28% of residents claimed a German ancestry in the 2010 American Community Survey.

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

Total Population
564,460
100.00%
1
German
160,779
28.48%
2
English
77,642
13.76%
3
Irish
75,865
13.44%
4
American
48,198
8.54%
5
Mexican
38,046
6.74%
6
Scottish
20,721
3.67%
7
Swedish
18,647
3.30%
8
Norwegian
18,479
3.27%
9
Italian
18,418
3.26%
10
French, except Basque
16,500
2.92%
11
American Indian or Alaska Native
14,581
2.58%
12
Dutch
11,383
2.02%
13
Danish
10,548
1.87%
14
Polish
10,515
1.86%
15
European
10,287
1.82%
16
Other Hispanic or Latino
9,342
1.66%
17
Scotch-Irish
8,695
1.54%
18
Welsh
6,048
1.07%
19
Russian
5,587
0.99%
20
African-American*
4,282
0.76%
21
Czech
3,641
0.65%
22
Hungarian
3,078
0.55%
23
Swiss
3,065
0.54%
24
French Canadian
2,996
0.53%
25
British
2,203
0.39%
26
Greek
2,185
0.39%
27
South American
1,733
0.31%
28
Filipino
1,337
0.24%
29
Portuguese
1,308
0.23%
30
Central American
929
0.16%
31
Arab
903
0.16%
32
Slovak
729
0.13%
33
Ukrainian
639
0.11%
34
Asian Indian
609
0.11%
35
Japanese
557
0.10%
36
Korean
467
0.08%
37
Puerto Rican
407
0.07%
38
Chinese, including Taiwanese
359
0.06%
39
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
347
0.06%
40
Cuban
236
0.04%
41
Lithuanian
186
0.03%
42
Subsaharan African
166
0.03%
43
Vietnamese
145
0.03%
44
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)
64
0.01%
45
Dominican (Dominican Republic)
0
0.00%

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.

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