Oregon's largest ancestries

German-Americans are the largest ancestry group in Oregon, with over 1 in 5 residents claiming a German background. Here is a list of the state's 50 largest ancestry groups:

Rank	Ancestry	Oregon Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	3,838,957	100.0%
1	German	779,347	20.3%
2	Irish	484,663	12.6%
3	English	458,765	12.0%
4	American	192,306	5.0%
5	Italian	148,681	3.9%
6	Norwegian	146,197	3.8%
7	French (except Basque)	127,996	3.3%
8	Scottish	117,861	3.1%
9	Swedish	110,330	2.9%
10	European	94,238	2.5%
11	Dutch	90,850	2.4%
12	Polish	59,350	1.5%
13	Scotch-Irish	59,047	1.5%
14	Russian	52,284	1.4%
15	Danish	40,289	1.0%
16	Welsh	38,876	1.0%
17	Swiss	29,506	0.8%
18	French Canadian	28,498	0.7%
19	Scandinavian	24,580	0.6%
20	British	23,102	0.6%
21	Ukrainian	22,270	0.6%
22	Portuguese	22,202	0.6%
23	Finnish	21,612	0.6%
24	Czech	18,934	0.5%
25	Canadian	16,316	0.4%
26	Hungarian	15,387	0.4%
27	Greek	14,323	0.4%
28	African	12,000	0.3%
29	Romanian	11,228	0.3%
30	Northern European	10,817	0.3%
31	Austrian	10,346	0.3%
32	Eastern European	6,188	0.2%
33	Belgian	5,866	0.2%
34	Czechoslovakian	5,565	0.1%
35	Croatian	5,419	0.1%
36	Iranian	5,092	0.1%
37	Lithuanian	4,489	0.1%
38	Yugoslavian	4,278	0.1%
39	Armenian	3,610	0.1%
40	Lebanese	3,472	0.1%
41	Arab	2,872	0.1%
42	Slovak	2,641	0.1%
43	Bulgarian	2,398	0.1%
44	Other Arab	2,352	0.1%
45	Turkish	1,991	0.1%
46	Syrian	1,983	0.1%
47	Basque	1,930	0.1%
48	Slavic	1,925	0.1%
49	South African	1,915	0.0%
50	Pennsylvania German	1,906	0.0%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates