Delaware's Largest Ethnic Groups

African-American is the largest ethnic group in Delaware, the heritage of 19% of state residents in 2010.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Delaware Population	As a Percent of Total Delaware Population
	Total Population	899,769	100.00%
1	African-American*	172,966	19.22%
2	Irish	162,722	18.08%
3	German	141,309	15.71%
4	English	105,321	11.71%
5	Italian	86,706	9.64%
6	Polish	51,065	5.68%
7	American	38,201	4.25%
8	Mexican	29,219	3.25%
9	Puerto Rican	21,672	2.41%
10	French, except Basque	18,107	2.01%
11	Dutch	16,094	1.79%
12	Scottish	15,242	1.69%
13	Asian Indian	11,336	1.26%
14	Scotch-Irish	9,952	1.11%
15	Welsh	8,902	0.99%
16	Chinese, including Taiwanese	7,010	0.78%
17	African	6,627	0.74%
18	Russian	6,224	0.69%
19	Swedish	6,096	0.68%
20	European	5,909	0.66%
21	Ukrainian	5,731	0.64%
22	Guatemalan	5,499	0.61%
23	Greek	5,497	0.61%
24	Hungarian	4,522	0.50%
25	British	4,306	0.48%
26	Norwegian	3,965	0.44%
27	Filipino	3,703	0.41%
28	Pennsylvania German	3,040	0.34%
29	Czech	2,905	0.32%
30	Peruvian	2,854	0.32%
31	Cuban	2,569	0.29%
32	French Canadian	2,565	0.29%
33	Haitian	2,555	0.28%
34	American Indian and Alaska Native	2,470	0.27%
35	Ecuadorian	2,355	0.26%
36	Lithuanian	2,156	0.24%
37	Jamaican	2,056	0.23%
38	Slovak	2,038	0.23%
39	Danish	1,983	0.22%
40	Swiss	1,905	0.21%
41	Canadian	1,516	0.17%
42	Austrian	1,499	0.17%
43	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	1,452	0.16%
44	Romanian	1,394	0.15%
45	Eastern European	1,293	0.14%
46	Salvadoran	1,232	0.14%
47	Nigerian	1,217	0.14%
48	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,191	0.13%
49	Spaniard	1,057	0.12%
50	Honduran	1,039	0.12%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02006, B03001, B03002, B04006

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