Missouri's largest ancestry groups

German was the largest ancestry claimed by Missouri residents in 2010. Here is a list of the state's 50 largest ancestries:

Rank	Ancestry	Missouri Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	5,996,231	100.0%
1	German	1,536,789	25.6%
2	Irish	830,534	13.9%
3	American	596,813	10.0%
4	English	593,402	9.9%
5	Italian	209,177	3.5%
6	French (except Basque)	202,973	3.4%
7	Dutch	105,785	1.8%
8	Scottish	104,840	1.7%
9	Polish	100,335	1.7%
10	Scotch-Irish	74,137	1.2%
11	European	69,038	1.2%
12	Swedish	60,419	1.0%
13	Norwegian	42,064	0.7%
14	Welsh	38,281	0.6%
15	Russian	33,146	0.6%
16	Czech	28,233	0.5%
17	Swiss	24,924	0.4%
18	Danish	21,788	0.4%
19	Yugoslavian	17,230	0.3%
20	British	17,124	0.3%
21	African	16,256	0.3%
22	Greek	16,065	0.3%
23	Hungarian	13,842	0.2%
24	French Canadian	13,121	0.2%
25	Austrian	11,269	0.2%
26	Croatian	8,814	0.1%
27	Ukrainian	8,476	0.1%
28	Scandinavian	7,216	0.1%
29	Belgian	6,858	0.1%
30	Finnish	6,528	0.1%
31	Canadian	6,315	0.1%
32	Portuguese	6,061	0.1%
33	Arab	5,795	0.1%
34	Czechoslovakian	5,720	0.1%
35	Romanian	5,183	0.1%
36	Eastern European	5,049	0.1%
37	Northern European	4,998	0.1%
38	Slovak	4,697	0.1%
39	Lithuanian	4,651	0.1%
40	Lebanese	4,420	0.1%
41	Albanian	4,298	0.1%
42	Iranian	4,298	0.1%
43	Other Arab	3,017	0.1%
44	Other Subsaharan African	3,005	0.1%
45	Nigerian	2,779	0.0%
46	Turkish	2,756	0.0%
47	Jamaican	2,729	0.0%
48	Pennsylvania German	2,602	0.0%
49	Bulgarian	2,470	0.0%
50	Sudanese	2,154	0.0%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates