Tennessee's largest ancestry groups

American ancestry was claimed by 17% of Tennessee residents in 2010, making it the state's largest ancestry group. Here is a look at the 50 biggest ancestries in Tennessee:

Rank	Ancestry	Tennessee Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	6,356,897	100.0%
1	American	1,087,397	17.1%
2	Irish	707,732	11.1%
3	German	645,892	10.2%
4	English	639,159	10.1%
5	Scotch-Irish	153,073	2.4%
6	Scottish	137,231	2.2%
7	Italian	135,235	2.1%
8	French (except Basque)	110,157	1.7%
9	Dutch	77,992	1.2%
10	European	65,819	1.0%
11	Polish	62,616	1.0%
12	African	37,956	0.6%
13	Swedish	35,002	0.6%
14	Welsh	33,646	0.5%
15	British	27,319	0.4%
16	Norwegian	26,834	0.4%
17	Russian	17,993	0.3%
18	French Canadian	14,164	0.2%
19	Hungarian	11,705	0.2%
20	Greek	11,444	0.2%
21	Czech	11,316	0.2%
22	Danish	11,081	0.2%
23	Swiss	8,887	0.1%
24	Canadian	6,573	0.1%
25	Romanian	6,452	0.1%
26	Ukrainian	6,263	0.1%
27	Scandinavian	5,840	0.1%
28	Austrian	5,684	0.1%
29	Portuguese	5,650	0.1%
30	Lithuanian	5,593	0.1%
31	Lebanese	5,426	0.1%
32	Other Arab	5,243	0.1%
33	Ethiopian	5,029	0.1%
34	Nigerian	4,861	0.1%
35	Egyptian	4,829	0.1%
36	Arab	4,615	0.1%
37	Finnish	4,182	0.1%
38	Somalian	4,158	0.1%
39	Iranian	3,959	0.1%
40	Eastern European	3,534	0.1%
41	Yugoslavian	3,527	0.1%
42	Slovak	3,396	0.1%
43	Iraqi	3,270	0.1%
44	Other Subsaharan African	3,201	0.1%
45	Northern European	2,270	0.0%
46	Slavic	2,213	0.0%
47	Haitian	2,178	0.0%
48	Pennsylvania German	2,079	0.0%
49	Jamaican	2,021	0.0%
50	Croatian	1,928	0.0%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates