Massachusetts' Largest Ancestry Groups

Irish-Americans dominate in Massachusetts. Over 23% over residents claim Irish heritage, making it the state's largest ancestry group. Here is a look at the top 50 largest ancestries in Massachusetts:

Rank	Ancestry	Massachusetts Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	6,557,254	100.0%
1	Irish	1,521,511	23.2%
2	Italian	889,338	13.6%
3	English	706,577	10.8%
4	French (except Basque)	516,110	7.9%
5	German	423,503	6.5%
6	Polish	326,749	5.0%
7	Portuguese	314,493	4.8%
8	French Canadian	257,393	3.9%
9	American	211,334	3.2%
10	Scottish	163,574	2.5%
11	Russian	126,183	1.9%
12	Swedish	123,920	1.9%
13	Greek	83,943	1.3%
14	Brazilian	73,312	1.1%
15	Haitian	73,201	1.1%
16	European	62,463	1.0%
17	Canadian	60,108	0.9%
18	Cape Verdean	54,323	0.8%
19	Lithuanian	51,763	0.8%
20	Scotch-Irish	45,868	0.7%
21	Dutch	45,130	0.7%
22	Norwegian	34,872	0.5%
23	Lebanese	33,695	0.5%
24	Armenian	33,095	0.5%
25	Eastern European	31,003	0.5%
26	British	29,713	0.5%
27	African	28,650	0.4%
28	Jamaican	26,526	0.4%
29	Finnish	24,960	0.4%
30	Ukrainian	23,381	0.4%
31	Hungarian	23,133	0.4%
32	Welsh	22,854	0.3%
33	Austrian	17,010	0.3%
34	Albanian	15,852	0.2%
35	Danish	12,874	0.2%
36	Swiss	12,503	0.2%
37	Czech	10,725	0.2%
38	Iranian	9,543	0.1%
39	Romanian	8,528	0.1%
40	West Indian	8,320	0.1%
41	Scandinavian	7,830	0.1%
42	Northern European	7,581	0.1%
43	Other Arab	6,761	0.1%
44	Syrian	6,366	0.1%
45	Slovak	6,234	0.1%
46	Other Subsaharan African	5,993	0.1%
47	Moroccan	5,973	0.1%
48	Yugoslavian	5,844	0.1%
49	Turkish	5,669	0.1%
50	Nigerian	5,653	0.1%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates