Louisiana's Largest Ethnic Groups

A significant French influence remains in Louisiana: French and French Canadian are the 2nd and 8th largest ethnic backgrounds, respectively. Also noteworthy is the Cajun population, the 10th largest ancestry in Louisiana. African-Americans are the state's largest ethnic group, at 31% of the population.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Louisiana Population	As a Percent of Total Louisiana Population
	Total Population	4,544,228	100.00%
1	African-American*	1,408,977	31.01%
2	French, except Basque	639,078	14.06%
3	American	432,948	9.53%
4	German	376,907	8.29%
5	Irish	342,504	7.54%
6	English	301,974	6.65%
7	Italian	216,086	4.76%
8	French Canadian	121,788	2.68%
9	Mexican	82,774	1.82%
10	Cajun	54,296	1.19%
11	Scottish	48,268	1.06%
12	Scotch-Irish	39,133	0.86%
13	Honduran	35,699	0.79%
14	Vietnamese	28,111	0.62%
15	African	26,193	0.58%
16	Dutch	25,113	0.55%
17	Polish	19,554	0.43%
18	European	19,278	0.42%
19	Swedish	12,317	0.27%
20	Cuban	11,133	0.24%
21	Norwegian	10,644	0.23%
22	Chinese, except Taiwanese	10,539	0.23%
23	Welsh	9,999	0.22%
24	Asian Indian	9,931	0.22%
25	Puerto Rican	9,370	0.21%
26	British	9,041	0.20%
27	Nicaraguan	8,974	0.20%
28	Spaniard	8,081	0.18%
29	Guatemalan	7,938	0.17%
30	Russian	6,796	0.15%
31	Greek	6,125	0.13%
32	Canadian	6,078	0.13%
33	Salvadoran	5,969	0.13%
34	Lebanese	5,919	0.13%
35	Filipino	5,205	0.11%
36	Laotian	4,781	0.11%
37	Hungarian	4,740	0.10%
38	Czech	4,659	0.10%
39	Danish	4,545	0.10%
40	Belgian	3,953	0.09%
41	Portuguese	3,751	0.08%
42	Spanish	3,487	0.08%
43	Colombian	3,050	0.07%
44	Swiss	3,020	0.07%
45	Cherokee	2,949	0.06%
46	Austrian	2,869	0.06%
47	Brazilian	2,843	0.06%
48	Jamaican	2,444	0.05%
49	Japanese	2,441	0.05%
50	Korean	2,431	0.05%

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.