Mississippi's largest ancestries

American is the largest ancestral background in Mississippi. Here is a list of the state's 25 largest ancestries in 2010:

Rank	Ancestry	Mississippi Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	2,970,036	100.0%
1	American	335,092	11.3%
2	Irish	263,081	8.9%
3	English	238,559	8.0%
4	German	172,070	5.8%
5	French (except Basque)	79,899	2.7%
6	Italian	54,471	1.8%
7	Scotch-Irish	47,316	1.6%
8	Scottish	44,314	1.5%
9	Dutch	22,846	0.8%
10	European	19,648	0.7%
11	Polish	15,130	0.5%
12	Subsaharan African	12,143	0.4%
13	Welsh	9,056	0.3%
14	Swedish	7,322	0.2%
15	French Canadian	7,065	0.2%
16	British	6,124	0.2%
17	Russian	5,094	0.2%
18	Arab	4,994	0.2%
19	Norwegian	4,338	0.1%
20	Hungarian	4,036	0.1%
21	Danish	2,851	0.1%
22	Greek	2,665	0.1%
23	West Indian (except Hispanic groups)	2,640	0.1%
24	Czech	2,420	0.1%
25	Swiss	1,835	0.1%

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

C04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates

Please note that the Census Bureau's "People Reporting Ancestry" survey for Mississippi is based on a limited number of ancestry groups compared to other states.