Kansas' Largest Ethnic Groups

German is the largest ethnicity in Kansas, with almost 29% of residents listing German ancestry.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Kansas Population	As a Percent of Total Kansas Population
	Total Population	2,859,169	100.00%
1	German	827,129	28.93%
2	Irish	367,281	12.85%
3	English	290,898	10.17%
4	Mexican	253,653	8.87%
5	American	237,043	8.29%
6	African-American*	141,843	4.96%
7	French, except Basque	89,036	3.11%
8	Swedish	66,016	2.31%
9	Italian	63,200	2.21%
10	Dutch	59,116	2.07%
11	Scottish	57,464	2.01%
12	European	44,038	1.54%
13	Polish	37,892	1.33%
14	Scotch-Irish	33,043	1.16%
15	Norwegian	32,198	1.13%
16	Czech	25,527	0.89%
17	Russian	25,039	0.88%
18	Welsh	20,887	0.73%
19	Swiss	15,947	0.56%
20	Danish	15,852	0.55%
21	Chinese, except Taiwanese	14,940	0.52%
22	Vietnamese	13,687	0.48%
23	Asian Indian	12,595	0.44%
24	French Canadian	11,283	0.39%
25	British	10,854	0.38%
26	African	10,212	0.36%
27	Puerto Rican	9,587	0.34%
28	Croatian	8,679	0.30%
29	Salvadoran	7,543	0.26%
30	Filipino	5,549	0.19%
31	Laotian	5,364	0.19%
32	Cherokee	4,990	0.17%
33	Austrian	4,946	0.17%
34	Belgian	4,818	0.17%
35	Greek	4,429	0.15%
36	Korean	4,426	0.15%
37	Scandinavian	3,814	0.13%
38	Spaniard	3,792	0.13%
39	Lebanese	3,782	0.13%
40	Pennsylvania German	3,596	0.13%
41	Czechoslovakian	3,335	0.12%
42	Guatemalan	3,327	0.12%
43	Hungarian	3,015	0.11%
44	Ukrainian	2,965	0.10%
45	Honduran	2,893	0.10%
46	Northern European	2,871	0.10%
47	Spanish	2,592	0.09%
48	Portuguese	2,474	0.09%
49	Finnish	2,456	0.09%
50	Sioux	2,271	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.