Friday, October 25, 2013

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

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