Washington DC's Largest Ethnic Groups

Although the black population has declined in recent years, African-Americans still dominate in the District of Columbia. Also noteworthy is the large Salvadoran community. An immigration boom from El Salvador has pushed them to become the District's 5th largest ethnic group.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 District of Columbia Population	As a Percent of Total District of Columbia Population
	Total Population	604,453	100.00%
1	African-American*	279,116	46.18%
2	Irish	41,980	6.95%
3	German	39,294	6.50%
4	English	31,100	5.15%
5	Salvadoran	19,112	3.16%
6	Italian	16,444	2.72%
7	French, except Basque	10,981	1.82%
8	African	10,011	1.66%
9	Polish	9,997	1.65%
10	Russian	9,862	1.63%
11	Mexican	9,353	1.55%
12	European	7,962	1.32%
13	American	7,181	1.19%
14	Scottish	6,994	1.16%
15	Chinese, except Taiwanese	6,079	1.01%
16	Ethiopian	4,779	0.79%
17	Asian Indian	4,759	0.79%
18	Eastern European	4,642	0.77%
19	Swedish	4,522	0.75%
20	British	4,134	0.68%
21	Dutch	4,078	0.67%
22	Puerto Rican	3,864	0.64%
23	Scotch-Irish	3,582	0.59%
24	Honduran	3,084	0.51%
25	Jamaican	3,056	0.51%
26	Korean	2,952	0.49%
27	Hungarian	2,946	0.49%
28	Welsh	2,941	0.49%
29	Norwegian	2,923	0.48%
30	Greek	2,775	0.46%
31	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	2,649	0.44%
32	Nigerian	2,332	0.39%
33	Peruvian	2,232	0.37%
34	Filipino	2,194	0.36%
35	Cuban	2,134	0.35%
36	Austrian	2,091	0.35%
37	American Indian and Alaska Native	1,927	0.32%
38	Ukrainian	1,854	0.31%
39	Swiss	1,808	0.30%
40	Guatemalan	1,785	0.30%
41	Nicaraguan	1,772	0.29%
42	West Indian	1,750	0.29%
43	Lebanese	1,720	0.28%
44	Bolivian	1,623	0.27%
45	Scandinavian	1,564	0.26%
46	Lithuanian	1,503	0.25%
47	French Canadian	1,494	0.25%
48	Vietnamese	1,412	0.23%
49	Portuguese	1,368	0.23%
50	Romanian	1,300	0.22%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

1 year estimates, tables: B02001, B02006, B03001, B03002, B04006

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