Colorado's Largest Ethnic Groups

Over 1 in 5 Colorado residents is of German ancestry, making it the state's largest ethnic group in 2010.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Colorado Population	As a Percent of Total Colorado Population
	Total Population	5,049,071	100.00%
1	German	1,083,815	21.47%
2	Mexican	811,192	16.07%
3	Irish	613,526	12.15%
4	English	546,865	10.83%
5	Italian	251,493	4.98%
6	American	243,886	4.83%
7	French, except Basque	155,790	3.09%
8	African-American*	149,168	2.95%
9	Swedish	131,292	2.60%
10	Scottish	129,386	2.56%
11	Polish	125,929	2.49%
12	Norwegian	112,098	2.22%
13	European	111,207	2.20%
14	Dutch	92,816	1.84%
15	Scotch-Irish	65,306	1.29%
16	Spaniard	57,436	1.14%
17	Russian	55,723	1.10%
18	Welsh	46,566	0.92%
19	Danish	45,505	0.90%
20	Czech	40,942	0.81%
21	Spanish	40,870	0.81%
22	British	28,859	0.57%
23	French Canadian	28,740	0.57%
24	Vietnamese	27,045	0.54%
25	Swiss	24,786	0.49%
26	Austrian	23,429	0.46%
27	Puerto Rican	23,192	0.46%
28	Chinese, except Taiwanese	22,144	0.44%
29	Hungarian	21,284	0.42%
30	Korean	20,822	0.41%
31	Canadian	19,044	0.38%
32	Greek	18,331	0.36%
33	Scandinavian	16,560	0.33%
34	Asian Indian	14,006	0.28%
35	Filipino	13,154	0.26%
36	Salvadoran	13,128	0.26%
37	African	13,031	0.26%
38	Northern European	12,493	0.25%
39	Finnish	12,318	0.24%
40	Ukrainian	10,234	0.20%
41	Portuguese	9,733	0.19%
42	Lithuanian	9,701	0.19%
43	Japanese	9,627	0.19%
44	Guatemalan	8,865	0.18%
45	Slovak	8,594	0.17%
46	Croatian	8,141	0.16%
47	Ethiopian	8,128	0.16%
48	Navajo	7,749	0.15%
49	Eastern European	7,474	0.15%
50	Belgian	7,007	0.14%

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.