Minnesota's largest ancestry groups

German-Americans were Minnesota's largest ancestry group in 2010, with almost 36% of state residents claiming German heritage. Here is a look at Minnesota's 50 largest ancestry groups:

Rank	Ancestry	Minnesota Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	5,310,584	100.0%
1	German	1,908,288	35.9%
2	Norwegian	840,890	15.8%
3	Irish	582,386	11.0%
4	Swedish	481,114	9.1%
5	English	319,221	6.0%
6	Polish	253,796	4.8%
7	French (except Basque)	200,438	3.8%
8	American	161,040	3.0%
9	Italian	123,863	2.3%
10	Dutch	103,316	1.9%
11	Finnish	97,848	1.8%
12	Czech	95,309	1.8%
13	Danish	78,223	1.5%
14	Scandinavian	74,721	1.4%
15	European	70,177	1.3%
16	Scottish	62,444	1.2%
17	French Canadian	53,723	1.0%
18	Russian	40,326	0.8%
19	Somalian	34,458	0.6%
20	African	30,703	0.6%
21	Scotch-Irish	27,936	0.5%
22	Swiss	23,019	0.4%
23	Welsh	21,337	0.4%
24	Austrian	19,445	0.4%
25	Ukrainian	14,820	0.3%
26	Belgian	14,517	0.3%
27	Ethiopian	14,176	0.3%
28	Hungarian	14,171	0.3%
29	Northern European	13,625	0.3%
30	British	13,502	0.3%
31	Greek	12,151	0.2%
32	Slovene	10,732	0.2%
33	Czechoslovakian	10,262	0.2%
34	Liberian	9,449	0.2%
35	Slovak	7,739	0.1%
36	Yugoslavian	6,950	0.1%
37	Eastern European	6,892	0.1%
38	Nigerian	6,794	0.1%
39	Canadian	6,724	0.1%
40	Croatian	6,525	0.1%
41	Romanian	6,200	0.1%
42	Lebanese	5,874	0.1%
43	Serbian	5,227	0.1%
44	Other Subsaharan African	5,086	0.1%
45	Luxemburger	5,071	0.1%
46	Lithuanian	4,825	0.1%
47	Kenyan	4,026	0.1%
48	Latvian	3,897	0.1%
49	Icelander	3,829	0.1%
50	Slavic	3,502	0.1%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates