Monday, July 29, 2013

New Hampshire's largest ancestry groups


Irish-Americans were the largest ancestry group in New Hampshire in 2010. Here is a list of the 50 biggest ancestries in the state:
Rank
Ancestry
New Hampshire Estimated Population
Percentage of Total Population

Total:
1,316,759
100.0%
1
Irish
282,668
21.5%
2
English
231,601
17.6%
3
French (except Basque)
210,263
16.0%
4
Italian
135,514
10.3%
5
French Canadian
111,280
8.5%
6
German
110,047
8.4%
7
American
71,147
5.4%
8
Scottish
57,787
4.4%
9
Polish
55,815
4.2%
10
Swedish
25,755
2.0%
11
Greek
21,002
1.6%
12
Portuguese
17,871
1.4%
13
Canadian
14,997
1.1%
14
Scotch-Irish
14,015
1.1%
15
Norwegian
12,585
1.0%
16
Dutch
11,894
0.9%
17
Russian
11,212
0.9%
18
European
10,389
0.8%
19
Lithuanian
8,422
0.6%
20
Welsh
8,399
0.6%
21
Finnish
8,350
0.6%
22
British
6,229
0.5%
23
Lebanese
4,763
0.4%
24
Swiss
3,572
0.3%
25
Ukrainian
3,559
0.3%
26
Armenian
3,506
0.3%
27
Czech
3,447
0.3%
28
Danish
3,294
0.3%
29
Hungarian
3,277
0.2%
30
Austrian
2,704
0.2%
31
Brazilian
2,583
0.2%
32
Scandinavian
2,220
0.2%
33
Belgian
1,527
0.1%
34
Slovak
1,505
0.1%
35
Czechoslovakian
1,251
0.1%
36
Jamaican
1,245
0.1%
37
Romanian
1,211
0.1%
38
African
1,195
0.1%
39
Yugoslavian
1,175
0.1%
40
Haitian
1,147
0.1%
41
Ghanaian
1,096
0.1%
42
Eastern European
1,040
0.1%
43
Other Subsaharan African
971
0.1%
44
Northern European
829
0.1%
45
Syrian
824
0.1%
46
Zimbabwean
808
0.1%
47
Sudanese
583
0.0%
48
Cape Verdean
534
0.0%
49
Albanian
529
0.0%
50
Australian
516
0.0%

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