Maryland's largest ancestry groups

German was the largest ancestry in Maryland in 2010, with German-Americans comprising over 15% of residents. Here is a look at the 50 largest ancestries in the state:

Rank	Ancestry	Maryland Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	5,785,982	100.0%
1	German	904,044	15.6%
2	Irish	683,240	11.8%
3	English	470,933	8.1%
4	Italian	301,497	5.2%
5	American	257,149	4.4%
6	Polish	201,221	3.5%
7	French (except Basque)	104,211	1.8%
8	Scottish	96,953	1.7%
9	African	90,406	1.6%
10	Russian	84,046	1.5%
11	European	72,984	1.3%
12	Dutch	54,388	0.9%
13	Scotch-Irish	44,065	0.8%
14	Welsh	42,227	0.7%
15	Swedish	35,249	0.6%
16	Greek	34,956	0.6%
17	Jamaican	28,995	0.5%
18	Norwegian	28,617	0.5%
19	Hungarian	26,340	0.5%
20	British	25,794	0.4%
21	Ethiopian	23,248	0.4%
22	Other Subsaharan African	23,085	0.4%
23	Nigerian	22,594	0.4%
24	Czech	22,485	0.4%
25	Ukrainian	21,053	0.4%
26	Eastern European	19,864	0.3%
27	French Canadian	18,476	0.3%
28	Lithuanian	16,803	0.3%
29	Iranian	16,313	0.3%
30	Austrian	14,672	0.3%
31	Slovak	13,668	0.2%
32	Danish	13,271	0.2%
33	Swiss	12,822	0.2%
34	Haitian	12,148	0.2%
35	Portuguese	10,757	0.2%
36	Lebanese	8,957	0.2%
37	West Indian	7,737	0.1%
38	Romanian	7,729	0.1%
39	Trinidadian and Tobagonian	7,667	0.1%
40	Canadian	7,160	0.1%
41	Brazilian	6,806	0.1%
42	Turkish	6,750	0.1%
43	Guyanese	5,856	0.1%
44	Armenian	5,724	0.1%
45	Liberian	5,472	0.1%
46	Czechoslovakian	5,370	0.1%
47	Ghanaian	5,174	0.1%
48	Other Arab	4,768	0.1%
49	Northern European	4,762	0.1%
50	Egyptian	4,713	0.1%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates