Wisconsin's Largest Ethnic Groups

German-Americans dominate in Wisconsin, making up an incredible 42% population in 2010. There is also a large Polish influence in Wisconsin, and Polish-Americans make up 9% of state residents.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 Wisconsin Population	As a Percent of Total Wisconsin Population
	Total Population	5,691,047	100.00%
1	German	2,436,991	42.82%
2	Irish	651,840	11.45%
3	Polish	526,146	9.25%
4	Norwegian	444,753	7.81%
5	English	354,222	6.22%
6	African-American*	313,593	5.51%
7	Mexican	249,474	4.38%
8	Italian	210,589	3.70%
9	French, except Basque	201,265	3.54%
10	American	185,663	3.26%
11	Swedish	143,740	2.53%
12	Dutch	141,569	2.49%
13	Czech	91,018	1.60%
14	Danish	66,590	1.17%
15	Scottish	63,082	1.11%
16	Swiss	60,889	1.07%
17	French Canadian	57,816	1.02%
18	European	53,685	0.94%
19	Belgian	51,608	0.91%
20	Hmong	49,031	0.86%
21	Puerto Rican	48,675	0.86%
22	Russian	39,003	0.69%
23	Finnish	37,576	0.66%
24	Austrian	27,878	0.49%
25	Welsh	25,833	0.45%
26	Scotch-Irish	25,695	0.45%
27	Hungarian	24,434	0.43%
28	Greek	19,237	0.34%
29	African	18,964	0.33%
30	Scandinavian	18,348	0.32%
31	Chinese, except Taiwanese	18,279	0.32%
32	Asian Indian	18,222	0.32%
33	Croatian	17,298	0.30%
34	Lithuanian	15,325	0.27%
35	Chippewa	14,579	0.26%
36	Slovak	13,432	0.24%
37	British	11,818	0.21%
38	Ukrainian	9,783	0.17%
39	Korean	9,189	0.16%
40	Czechoslovakian	8,765	0.15%
41	Slovene	8,663	0.15%
42	Serbian	8,375	0.15%
43	Filipino	8,309	0.15%
44	Pennsylvania German	8,022	0.14%
45	Canadian	7,054	0.12%
46	Yugoslavian	6,801	0.12%
47	Laotian	6,024	0.11%
48	Romanian	5,717	0.10%
49	Luxemburger	5,496	0.10%
50	Northern European	5,014	0.09%

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.