Idaho's Largest Ethnic Group

German-Americans were the largest ethnic group in Idaho in 2010. Also notable is the Basque presence in the state. While only 6,294 persons, it's the second largest Basque community in America.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Idaho Population	As a Percent of Total Idaho Population
	Total Population	1,571,450	100.00%
1	German	282,317	17.97%
2	English	256,886	16.35%
3	American	163,078	10.38%
4	Mexican	156,187	9.94%
5	Irish	149,055	9.49%
6	Norwegian	58,851	3.75%
7	Scottish	52,477	3.34%
8	Swedish	48,080	3.06%
9	Italian	47,712	3.04%
10	French, except Basque	43,067	2.74%
11	European	36,388	2.32%
12	Danish	35,549	2.26%
13	Dutch	32,643	2.08%
14	Scotch-Irish	19,670	1.25%
15	Welsh	18,269	1.16%
16	Polish	16,720	1.06%
17	Swiss	11,446	0.73%
18	Russian	10,828	0.69%
19	Scandinavian	9,724	0.62%
20	Portuguese	7,644	0.49%
21	French Canadian	7,425	0.47%
22	Czech	7,277	0.46%
23	British	6,925	0.44%
24	Basque	6,294	0.40%
25	Finnish	5,202	0.33%
26	Canadian	4,988	0.32%
27	Greek	4,476	0.28%
28	Yugoslavian	4,273	0.27%
29	Puerto Rican	4,267	0.27%
30	Northern European	4,239	0.27%
31	African-American*	4,157	0.26%
32	Austrian	4,014	0.26%
33	Chinese, except Taiwanese	4,012	0.26%
34	Hungarian	3,710	0.24%
35	Spaniard	3,511	0.22%
36	Ukrainian	3,319	0.21%
37	Japanese	2,546	0.16%
38	Asian Indian	2,330	0.15%
39	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	2,095	0.13%
40	African	2,038	0.13%
41	Korean	1,867	0.12%
42	Peruvian	1,770	0.11%
43	Salvadoran	1,722	0.11%
44	Vietnamese	1,658	0.11%
45	Belgian	1,497	0.10%
46	Filipino	1,462	0.09%
47	Spanish	1,348	0.09%
48	Czechoslovakian	1,329	0.08%
49	Croatian	1,291	0.08%
50	Cherokee	1,273	0.08%

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.