Nebraska's largest ancestry groups

German was the biggest ancestry in Nebraska in 2010. Here is a look at the state's 50 largest ancestry groups:

Rank	Ancestry	Nebraska Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	1,830,429	100.0%
1	German	721,504	39.4%
2	Irish	256,551	14.0%
3	English	168,590	9.2%
4	Czech	91,838	5.0%
5	Swedish	87,106	4.8%
6	American	79,648	4.4%
7	Polish	63,840	3.5%
8	Danish	50,328	2.7%
9	Italian	49,825	2.7%
10	French (except Basque)	46,931	2.6%
11	Norwegian	37,264	2.0%
12	Dutch	36,178	2.0%
13	Scottish	23,653	1.3%
14	European	18,494	1.0%
15	Scotch-Irish	16,951	0.9%
16	Welsh	12,958	0.7%
17	Russian	11,982	0.7%
18	Swiss	7,827	0.4%
19	African	6,693	0.4%
20	Czechoslovakian	5,750	0.3%
21	French Canadian	5,193	0.3%
22	Scandinavian	4,660	0.3%
23	British	4,227	0.2%
24	Sudanese	3,454	0.2%
25	Austrian	3,320	0.2%
26	Greek	3,077	0.2%
27	Hungarian	3,040	0.2%
28	Iraqi	2,888	0.2%
29	Lithuanian	2,597	0.1%
30	Somalian	2,283	0.1%
31	Croatian	2,151	0.1%
32	Finnish	2,005	0.1%
33	Ukrainian	1,815	0.1%
34	Belgian	1,813	0.1%
35	Canadian	1,636	0.1%
36	Northern European	1,558	0.1%
37	Lebanese	1,554	0.1%
38	Romanian	1,553	0.1%
39	Afghan	1,507	0.1%
40	Portuguese	1,396	0.1%
41	Pennsylvania German	1,269	0.1%
42	Luxemburger	1,106	0.1%
43	Slovak	1,046	0.1%
44	Yugoslavian	940	0.1%
45	Serbian	917	0.1%
46	Jamaican	839	0.0%
47	Slavic	823	0.0%
48	Iranian	674	0.0%
49	Arab	655	0.0%
50	Other Arab	623	0.0%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates