The vast majority of residents are African-American. Despite its position as a port city, Baltimore has failed to attract a substantial number of immigrants. While the United States has seen dramatic increases in immigration from Asia and Latin America, Baltimore still has a negligible population of residents from those areas. Even as a Black majority city, Baltimore has few immigrants from the West Indies or Africa. The city still has a large population of ethnic whites, with German-Americans and Irish-Americans making up the largest European groups.
Rank
|
Ethnicity | Baltimore, MD Population |
As a
Percent of
Total Baltimore Population |
Total
Population
|
620,538
|
100.00%
|
|
1
|
African-American*
|
373,339
|
60.2%
|
2
|
German
|
45,906
|
7.4%
|
3
|
Irish
|
39,501
|
6.4%
|
4
|
American
|
27,486
|
4.4%
|
5
|
English
|
23,236
|
3.7%
|
6
|
Italian
|
18,894
|
3.0%
|
7
|
Polish
|
15,080
|
2.4%
|
8
|
African
|
11,210
|
1.8%
|
9
|
Mexican
|
8,473
|
1.4%
|
10
|
Russian
|
6,362
|
1.0%
|
11
|
French
(except Basque)
|
5,463
|
0.9%
|
12
|
Scottish
|
4,773
|
0.8%
|
13
|
Scotch-Irish
|
4,103
|
0.7%
|
14
|
Jamaican
|
4,029
|
0.6%
|
15
|
Chinese
, except Taiwanese
|
3,644
|
0.6%
|
16
|
Asian
Indian
|
3,036
|
0.5%
|
17
|
European
|
3,008
|
0.5%
|
18
|
Puerto
Rican
|
2,789
|
0.4%
|
19
|
Dutch
|
2,727
|
0.4%
|
20
|
Greek
|
2,621
|
0.4%
|
21
|
Salvadoran
|
2,291
|
0.4%
|
22
|
Hungarian
|
2,050
|
0.3%
|
23
|
Taiwanese
|
2,011
|
0.3%
|
24
|
Japanese
|
2,005
|
0.3%
|
25
|
Welsh
|
1,970
|
0.3%
|
26
|
Nigerian
|
1,814
|
0.3%
|
27
|
Swedish
|
1,775
|
0.3%
|
28
|
Lithuanian
|
1,693
|
0.3%
|
29
|
Czech
|
1,668
|
0.3%
|
30
|
British
|
1,646
|
0.3%
|
31
|
Ukrainian
|
1,608
|
0.3%
|
32
|
Honduran
|
1,564
|
0.3%
|
33
|
Trinidadian
and Tobagonian
|
1,502
|
0.2%
|
34
|
Eastern
European
|
1,371
|
0.2%
|
35
|
Norwegian
|
1,303
|
0.2%
|
36
|
West
Indian
|
1,033
|
0.2%
|
37
|
Austrian
|
1,016
|
0.2%
|
38
|
Cuban
|
1,008
|
0.2%
|
39
|
Ethiopian
|
965
|
0.2%
|
40
|
Haitian
|
953
|
0.2%
|
41
|
Ecuadorian
|
887
|
0.1%
|
42
|
French
Canadian
|
877
|
0.1%
|
43
|
Guatemalan
|
862
|
0.1%
|
44
|
Iranian
|
788
|
0.1%
|
45
|
Argentinean
|
712
|
0.1%
|
46
|
Peruvian
|
670
|
0.1%
|
47
|
Swiss
|
660
|
0.1%
|
48
|
Romanian
|
634
|
0.1%
|
49
|
Portuguese
|
600
|
0.1%
|
50
|
Dominican
(Dominican Republic)
|
596
|
0.1%
|
Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
5 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, C02006,
C02007, C03001, B03002, B04006
* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.
