Indiana's Largest Ethnic Groups

German-Americans are the largest ethnic group in Indiana, with almost 1 in 4 residents claiming German descent.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Indiana Population	As a Percent of Total Indiana Population
	Total Population	6,490,621	100.00%
1	German	1,586,157	24.44%
2	Irish	788,683	12.15%
3	American	711,963	10.97%
4	English	587,189	9.05%
5	African-American*	491,970	7.58%
6	Mexican	300,198	4.63%
7	Polish	194,588	3.00%
8	Italian	184,424	2.84%
9	French, except Basque	144,390	2.22%
10	Dutch	135,747	2.09%
11	Scottish	113,093	1.74%
12	European	71,497	1.10%
13	African	66,099	1.02%
14	Swedish	59,995	0.92%
15	Scotch-Irish	59,205	0.91%
16	Swiss	41,017	0.63%
17	Welsh	36,162	0.56%
18	Norwegian	35,414	0.55%
19	Hungarian	34,790	0.54%
20	Puerto Rican	28,561	0.44%
21	Asian Indian	27,411	0.42%
22	Chinese, except Taiwanese	25,123	0.39%
23	British	22,294	0.34%
24	Russian	21,839	0.34%
25	Greek	21,826	0.34%
26	Slovak	18,325	0.28%
27	Czech	16,703	0.26%
28	French Canadian	15,343	0.24%
29	Danish	12,277	0.19%
30	Belgian	11,946	0.18%
31	Honduran	11,261	0.17%
32	Serbian	10,875	0.17%
33	Croatian	10,752	0.17%
34	Lithuanian	10,722	0.17%
35	Pennsylvania German	10,044	0.15%
36	Korean	9,765	0.15%
37	Filipino	9,432	0.15%
38	Austrian	8,696	0.13%
39	Romanian	8,325	0.13%
40	Ukrainian	8,146	0.13%
41	Salvadoran	7,609	0.12%
42	Scandinavian	7,368	0.11%
43	Canadian	7,348	0.11%
44	Yugoslavian	6,368	0.10%
45	Macedonian	6,277	0.10%
46	Nigerian	6,226	0.10%
47	Vietnamese	6,209	0.10%
48	Czechoslovakian	5,207	0.08%
49	Cuban	5,168	0.08%
50	Guatemalan	5,114	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.