German is the largest ethnic group in Ohio. Over 1 in 4 Ohio residents had German roots in 2010:
Rank
|
Ethnicity
|
2010
Ohio Population |
As a
Percent of
Total Ohio Population |
Total
Population
|
11,536,182
|
100.00%
|
|
1
|
German
|
3,052,015
|
26.46%
|
2
|
Irish
|
1,625,166
|
14.09%
|
3
|
African-American*
|
1,281,363
|
11.11%
|
4
|
English
|
1,041,292
|
9.03%
|
5
|
American
|
914,236
|
7.92%
|
6
|
Italian
|
735,980
|
6.38%
|
7
|
Polish
|
442,936
|
3.84%
|
8
|
French,
except Basque
|
253,999
|
2.20%
|
9
|
Scottish
|
214,649
|
1.86%
|
10
|
Hungarian
|
193,512
|
1.68%
|
11
|
Dutch
|
186,998
|
1.62%
|
12
|
Mexican
|
183,782
|
1.59%
|
13
|
Slovak
|
137,343
|
1.19%
|
14
|
Welsh
|
126,572
|
1.10%
|
15
|
Scotch-Irish
|
123,572
|
1.07%
|
16
|
European
|
108,358
|
0.94%
|
17
|
Puerto
Rican
|
88,725
|
0.77%
|
18
|
Swiss
|
79,848
|
0.69%
|
19
|
Russian
|
77,054
|
0.67%
|
20
|
Swedish
|
74,989
|
0.65%
|
21
|
Czech
|
69,445
|
0.60%
|
22
|
Asian
Indian
|
67,548
|
0.59%
|
23
|
African
|
60,468
|
0.52%
|
24
|
Greek
|
53,547
|
0.46%
|
25
|
Slovene
|
49,874
|
0.43%
|
26
|
Chinese,
except Taiwanese
|
44,373
|
0.38%
|
27
|
Ukrainian
|
44,191
|
0.38%
|
28
|
Norwegian
|
41,360
|
0.36%
|
29
|
Croatian
|
40,042
|
0.35%
|
30
|
British
|
39,286
|
0.34%
|
31
|
Pennsylvania
German
|
35,296
|
0.31%
|
32
|
French
Canadian
|
30,273
|
0.26%
|
33
|
Lebanese
|
29,465
|
0.26%
|
34
|
Romanian
|
27,033
|
0.23%
|
35
|
Austrian
|
26,329
|
0.23%
|
36
|
Lithuanian
|
23,470
|
0.20%
|
37
|
Serbian
|
19,963
|
0.17%
|
38
|
Czechoslovakian
|
18,319
|
0.16%
|
39
|
Filipino
|
18,269
|
0.16%
|
40
|
Finnish
|
18,080
|
0.16%
|
41
|
Korean
|
16,269
|
0.14%
|
42
|
Somalian
|
15,131
|
0.13%
|
43
|
Canadian
|
14,480
|
0.13%
|
44
|
Eastern
European
|
14,415
|
0.12%
|
45
|
Danish
|
14,341
|
0.12%
|
46
|
Guatemalan
|
12,700
|
0.11%
|
47
|
Vietnamese
|
12,632
|
0.11%
|
48
|
Yugoslavian
|
12,168
|
0.11%
|
49
|
Japanese
|
10,319
|
0.09%
|
50
|
Portuguese
|
9,918
|
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.
