Nevada's largest ancestry groups

 Nevada's largest ancestry was German in 2010, with over 1 in 8 residents claiming German heritage. Here is a look at the Nevada's 50 biggest ancestries:

Rank	Ancestry	Nevada Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	2,704,642	100.0%
1	German	343,249	12.7%
2	Irish	264,554	9.8%
3	English	222,241	8.2%
4	Italian	168,799	6.2%
5	American	97,097	3.6%
6	French (except Basque)	68,775	2.5%
7	Polish	59,371	2.2%
8	Scottish	43,849	1.6%
9	Norwegian	40,479	1.5%
10	Dutch	35,445	1.3%
11	European	34,505	1.3%
12	Swedish	34,094	1.3%
13	Russian	27,590	1.0%
14	Scotch-Irish	23,382	0.9%
15	Portuguese	21,183	0.8%
16	Danish	17,836	0.7%
17	Welsh	17,450	0.6%
18	African	16,155	0.6%
19	Hungarian	14,254	0.5%
20	French Canadian	10,451	0.4%
21	Greek	10,210	0.4%
22	Czech	9,713	0.4%
23	British	9,210	0.3%
24	Canadian	8,880	0.3%
25	Swiss	8,874	0.3%
26	Austrian	7,208	0.3%
27	Armenian	5,845	0.2%
28	Finnish	5,790	0.2%
29	Scandinavian	5,408	0.2%
30	Basque	5,010	0.2%
31	Lithuanian	4,678	0.2%
32	Romanian	4,572	0.2%
33	Iranian	4,557	0.2%
34	Croatian	4,424	0.2%
35	Yugoslavian	4,213	0.2%
36	Lebanese	3,800	0.1%
37	Ukrainian	3,659	0.1%
38	Ethiopian	3,457	0.1%
39	Turkish	3,321	0.1%
40	Serbian	2,982	0.1%
41	Jamaican	2,661	0.1%
42	Slovak	2,497	0.1%
43	Belgian	2,427	0.1%
44	Albanian	2,324	0.1%
45	Bulgarian	2,287	0.1%
46	Eastern European	2,258	0.1%
47	Czechoslovakian	2,170	0.1%
48	Brazilian	2,075	0.1%
49	Northern European	1,794	0.1%
50	Other Arab	1,598	0.1%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates