Friday, May 31, 2013

Connecticut's largest ancesties in 2010

In 2010, over 18% of Connecticut residents claimed Italian heritage, making Italian-Americans the state's largest ancestry group. Here is a list of the 50 largest ancestries in the state:


Rank
Ancestry
Connecticut Estimated Population
Percentage of Total Population

Total:
3,577,073
100.0%
1
Italian
668,124
18.7%
2
Irish
595,804
16.7%
3
German
349,656
9.8%
4
English
329,019
9.2%
5
Polish
301,935
8.4%
6
French (except Basque)
209,533
5.9%
7
French Canadian
99,934
2.8%
8
American
98,337
2.7%
9
Scottish
72,406
2.0%
10
Swedish
64,160
1.8%
11
Russian
63,903
1.8%
12
Jamaican
52,185
1.5%
13
Portuguese
50,069
1.4%
14
Hungarian
38,142
1.1%
15
Greek
33,047
0.9%
16
Dutch
31,719
0.9%
17
European
29,832
0.8%
18
Lithuanian
29,779
0.8%
19
Brazilian
22,096
0.6%
20
Scotch-Irish
21,927
0.6%
21
Norwegian
21,540
0.6%
22
Slovak
20,504
0.6%
23
African
19,580
0.5%
24
Ukrainian
18,804
0.5%
25
Canadian
18,659
0.5%
26
Haitian
18,628
0.5%
27
British
15,742
0.4%
28
Welsh
15,216
0.4%
29
Czech
15,051
0.4%
30
Danish
14,424
0.4%
31
Eastern European
13,652
0.4%
32
Austrian
12,619
0.4%
33
Albanian
9,577
0.3%
34
West Indian
9,092
0.3%
35
Swiss
8,577
0.2%
36
Lebanese
8,069
0.2%
37
Armenian
7,847
0.2%
38
Romanian
6,838
0.2%
39
Czechoslovakian
6,298
0.2%
40
Finnish
6,159
0.2%
41
Scandinavian
4,850
0.1%
42
Croatian
4,195
0.1%
43
Cape Verdean
3,977
0.1%
44
Turkish
3,733
0.1%
45
Guyanese
3,672
0.1%
46
Northern European
3,577
0.1%
47
Yugoslavian
3,364
0.1%
48
Iranian
2,692
0.1%
49
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
2,542
0.1%
50
Belgian
2,347
0.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates