Maine's largest ancestry groups

 English was the largest ancestry in Maine in 2010. Here is a look at the 50 largest ancestry groups in the state:

Rank	Ancestry	Maine Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	1,327,567	100.0%
1	English	287,386	21.6%
2	Irish	232,022	17.5%
3	French (except Basque)	220,990	16.6%
4	American	108,322	8.2%
5	French Canadian	101,004	7.6%
6	German	99,142	7.5%
7	Italian	74,494	5.6%
8	Scottish	71,978	5.4%
9	Polish	27,561	2.1%
10	Swedish	24,721	1.9%
11	Scotch-Irish	23,085	1.7%
12	Canadian	18,127	1.4%
13	Dutch	12,589	0.9%
14	Welsh	10,645	0.8%
15	European	9,480	0.7%
16	Norwegian	9,447	0.7%
17	Russian	9,105	0.7%
18	Portuguese	7,205	0.5%
19	Danish	6,445	0.5%
20	Greek	6,384	0.5%
21	British	6,356	0.5%
22	Lithuanian	6,338	0.5%
23	Somalian	5,546	0.4%
24	Finnish	5,441	0.4%
25	Hungarian	3,678	0.3%
26	Austrian	3,012	0.2%
27	Scandinavian	2,695	0.2%
28	Ukrainian	2,669	0.2%
29	Czech	2,175	0.2%
30	Swiss	2,103	0.2%
31	Lebanese	2,018	0.2%
32	Slovak	1,647	0.1%
33	Eastern European	1,351	0.1%
34	Czechoslovakian	1,315	0.1%
35	Armenian	1,297	0.1%
36	Northern European	1,236	0.1%
37	Romanian	1,203	0.1%
38	Belgian	1,164	0.1%
39	Jamaican	1,121	0.1%
40	Ethiopian	1,067	0.1%
41	African	1,004	0.1%
42	Cajun	822	0.1%
43	Albanian	796	0.1%
44	Haitian	795	0.1%
45	Australian	689	0.1%
46	Croatian	665	0.1%
47	Sudanese	592	0.0%
48	Arab	544	0.0%
49	Serbian	529	0.0%
50	Syrian	503	0.0%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates