Largest Ancestry Groups in Arkansas in 2010

Irish-Americans dominate in Arkansas. They are the largest ancestry group in the state, with 1 in 8 residents claiming Irish heritage. Here is a list of the state's 50 largest ancestries in 2010:

Rank	Ancestry	Arkansas Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	2,921,606	100.0%
1	Irish	365,875	12.5%
2	German	327,754	11.2%
3	American	317,687	10.9%
4	English	287,269	9.8%
5	French (except Basque)	60,293	2.1%
6	Dutch	50,387	1.7%
7	Scottish	47,744	1.6%
8	Italian	47,446	1.6%
9	Scotch-Irish	38,109	1.3%
10	European	25,080	0.9%
11	Polish	22,717	0.8%
12	Swedish	17,472	0.6%
13	Norwegian	12,446	0.4%
14	Welsh	12,338	0.4%
15	British	7,840	0.3%
16	African	6,194	0.2%
17	Russian	5,485	0.2%
18	French Canadian	5,434	0.2%
19	Czech	5,397	0.2%
20	Danish	5,142	0.2%
21	Swiss	5,037	0.2%
22	Hungarian	4,983	0.2%
23	Greek	3,490	0.1%
24	Dutch West Indian	3,357	0.1%
25	Austrian	3,010	0.1%
26	Czechoslovakian	2,775	0.1%
27	Portuguese	2,754	0.1%
28	Scandinavian	2,300	0.1%
29	Finnish	1,941	0.1%
30	Romanian	1,829	0.1%
31	Canadian	1,714	0.1%
32	Lebanese	1,663	0.1%
33	Croatian	1,517	0.1%
34	Brazilian	1,270	0.0%
35	Ukrainian	1,229	0.0%
36	Pennsylvania German	1,175	0.0%
37	Cajun	1,060	0.0%
38	Slovak	1,058	0.0%
39	Belgian	989	0.0%
40	Lithuanian	978	0.0%
41	Basque	961	0.0%
42	Northern European	954	0.0%
43	Arab	823	0.0%
44	Iraqi	778	0.0%
45	Australian	732	0.0%
46	Haitian	686	0.0%
47	Jamaican	668	0.0%
48	Iranian	665	0.0%
49	Syrian	611	0.0%
50	Bahamian	539	0.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates