New Hampshire's Largest Ethnic Groups

Irish is the largest ethnicity in New Hampshire, with over 1 in 5 residents claiming Irish heritage.  The French influence is also strong in the state, with French and French Canadian each claiming 16% and 8% of residents, respectively. 

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 New Hampshire Population	As a Percent of Total New Hampshire Population
	Total Population	1,316,759	100.00%
1	Irish	282,668	21.47%
2	English	231,601	17.59%
3	French, except Basque	210,263	15.97%
4	Italian	135,514	10.29%
5	French Canadian	111,280	8.45%
6	German	110,047	8.36%
7	American	71,147	5.40%
8	Scottish	57,787	4.39%
9	Polish	55,815	4.24%
10	Swedish	25,755	1.96%
11	Greek	21,002	1.59%
12	Portuguese	17,871	1.36%
13	Canadian	14,997	1.14%
14	Scotch-Irish	14,015	1.06%
15	Norwegian	12,585	0.96%
16	Dutch	11,894	0.90%
17	Russian	11,212	0.85%
18	Puerto Rican	10,769	0.82%
19	European	10,389	0.79%
20	Mexican	8,564	0.65%
21	Lithuanian	8,422	0.64%
22	Welsh	8,399	0.64%
23	Finnish	8,350	0.63%
24	British	6,229	0.47%
25	Asian Indian	5,967	0.45%
26	Chinese, except Taiwanese	5,508	0.42%
27	South American	5,224	0.40%
28	African-American*	5,015	0.38%
29	Lebanese	4,763	0.36%
30	Vietnamese	4,174	0.32%
31	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	4,053	0.31%
32	Swiss	3,572	0.27%
33	Ukrainian	3,559	0.27%
34	Armenian	3,506	0.27%
35	Czech	3,447	0.26%
36	Danish	3,294	0.25%
37	Hungarian	3,277	0.25%
38	Central American	3,195	0.24%
39	American Indian or Alaska Native	2,888	0.22%
40	Austrian	2,704	0.21%
41	Other Hispanic or Latino	2,643	0.20%
42	Brazilian	2,583	0.20%
43	Korean	2,518	0.19%
44	Cuban	2,493	0.19%
45	Scandinavian	2,220	0.17%
46	Filipino	2,025	0.15%
47	Belgian	1,527	0.12%
48	Slovak	1,505	0.11%
49	Pakistani	1,303	0.10%
50	Indonesian	1,273	0.10%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

1 year estimates, tables: B02001, B02006, B03002, B04006, C03001

* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.