German is Oklahoma's largest ethnic group, the ancestry of 14% of residents in 2010. The state also has a large Native American community, and Cherokee is Oklahoma's 7th largest ethnicity, the background of almost 100,000 residents.
Rank
|
Ethnicity
|
2010
Oklahoma Population |
As a
Percent of
Total Oklahoma Population |
Total
Population
|
3,761,702
|
100.00%
|
|
1
|
German
|
549,331
|
14.60%
|
2
|
Irish
|
473,623
|
12.59%
|
3
|
American
|
360,353
|
9.58%
|
4
|
English
|
307,961
|
8.19%
|
5
|
Mexican
|
279,839
|
7.44%
|
6
|
African-American*
|
227,692
|
6.05%
|
7
|
Cherokee
|
98,735
|
2.62%
|
8
|
French,
except Basque
|
77,179
|
2.05%
|
9
|
Dutch
|
77,101
|
2.05%
|
10
|
European
|
72,074
|
1.92%
|
11
|
Scottish
|
67,244
|
1.79%
|
12
|
Italian
|
65,642
|
1.75%
|
13
|
Scotch-Irish
|
43,316
|
1.15%
|
14
|
Polish
|
32,024
|
0.85%
|
15
|
Swedish
|
28,126
|
0.75%
|
16
|
Norwegian
|
25,010
|
0.66%
|
17
|
Welsh
|
18,941
|
0.50%
|
18
|
Dutch
West Indian
|
18,660
|
0.50%
|
19
|
Czech
|
18,456
|
0.49%
|
20
|
Vietnamese
|
15,893
|
0.42%
|
21
|
British
|
12,616
|
0.34%
|
22
|
Russian
|
12,367
|
0.33%
|
23
|
Asian
Indian
|
12,027
|
0.32%
|
24
|
French
Canadian
|
10,659
|
0.28%
|
25
|
Guatemalan
|
10,021
|
0.27%
|
26
|
African
|
9,719
|
0.26%
|
27
|
Swiss
|
9,463
|
0.25%
|
28
|
Puerto
Rican
|
9,049
|
0.24%
|
29
|
Chinese,
except Taiwanese
|
8,079
|
0.21%
|
30
|
Danish
|
7,900
|
0.21%
|
31
|
Filipino
|
6,109
|
0.16%
|
32
|
Lebanese
|
5,792
|
0.15%
|
33
|
Spaniard
|
5,735
|
0.15%
|
34
|
Greek
|
5,699
|
0.15%
|
35
|
Korean
|
5,361
|
0.14%
|
36
|
Iranian
|
5,218
|
0.14%
|
37
|
Hungarian
|
5,030
|
0.13%
|
38
|
Czechoslovakian
|
4,257
|
0.11%
|
39
|
Portuguese
|
3,993
|
0.11%
|
40
|
Spanish
|
3,676
|
0.10%
|
41
|
Scandinavian
|
3,591
|
0.10%
|
42
|
Ukrainian
|
3,489
|
0.09%
|
43
|
Salvadoran
|
3,443
|
0.09%
|
44
|
Canadian
|
3,252
|
0.09%
|
45
|
Honduran
|
2,831
|
0.08%
|
46
|
Peruvian
|
2,704
|
0.07%
|
47
|
Thai
|
2,440
|
0.06%
|
48
|
Laotian
|
2,425
|
0.06%
|
49
|
Finnish
|
2,381
|
0.06%
|
50
|
Austrian
|
2,335
|
0.06%
|
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.
