Friday, November 29, 2013

Virginia's largest ancestries


German is the largest ancestral background of Virginia residents. Here is a look at Virginia's 50 largest ancestries in 2010:
Rank
Ancestry
Virginia Estimated Population
Percentage of Total Population

Total:
8,024,617
100.0%
1
German
980,727
12.2%
2
English
897,871
11.2%
3
American
884,916
11.0%
4
Irish
804,331
10.0%
5
Italian
307,135
3.8%
6
Scottish
170,360
2.1%
7
French (except Basque)
153,907
1.9%
8
Polish
151,136
1.9%
9
Scotch-Irish
140,769
1.8%
10
European
122,327
1.5%
11
African
111,663
1.4%
12
Dutch
84,465
1.1%
13
Swedish
62,330
0.8%
14
Welsh
57,312
0.7%
15
Russian
53,624
0.7%
16
British
53,465
0.7%
17
Norwegian
50,128
0.6%
18
Greek
34,097
0.4%
19
French Canadian
33,553
0.4%
20
Hungarian
29,621
0.4%
21
Czech
27,311
0.3%
22
Swiss
21,297
0.3%
23
Ethiopian
20,174
0.3%
24
Iranian
19,886
0.2%
25
Austrian
16,914
0.2%
26
Ukrainian
16,895
0.2%
27
Jamaican
16,352
0.2%
28
Lebanese
16,194
0.2%
29
Danish
15,471
0.2%
30
Slovak
14,237
0.2%
31
Portuguese
14,067
0.2%
32
Canadian
13,606
0.2%
33
Eastern European
12,074
0.2%
34
Lithuanian
11,311
0.1%
35
Scandinavian
10,947
0.1%
36
Ghanaian
10,742
0.1%
37
Other Arab
10,697
0.1%
38
Turkish
10,654
0.1%
39
Arab
10,641
0.1%
40
Afghan
10,191
0.1%
41
Egyptian
8,827
0.1%
42
Romanian
8,547
0.1%
43
Northern European
7,373
0.1%
44
Moroccan
7,280
0.1%
45
Yugoslavian
6,927
0.1%
46
Somalian
6,925
0.1%
47
Haitian
6,780
0.1%
48
Finnish
6,723
0.1%
49
Nigerian
6,124
0.1%
50
West Indian
5,830
0.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates