Vermont's largest ancestries

English is the largest ancestral background in Vermont, claimed by over 1 in 6 residents. Here is a list of Vermont's 25 largest ancestries:

Rank	Ancestry	Vermont Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	625,960	100.0%
1	English	111,267	17.8%
2	Irish	109,485	17.5%
3	French (except Basque)	86,357	13.8%
4	German	64,829	10.4%
5	French Canadian	52,706	8.4%
6	American	45,206	7.2%
7	Italian	44,812	7.2%
8	Scottish	26,783	4.3%
9	Polish	24,250	3.9%
10	European	12,769	2.0%
11	Swedish	11,407	1.8%
12	Russian	8,628	1.4%
13	Dutch	8,226	1.3%
14	Scotch-Irish	7,640	1.2%
15	Welsh	7,036	1.1%
16	Norwegian	6,713	1.1%
17	British	4,432	0.7%
18	Portuguese	3,764	0.6%
19	Arab	2,826	0.5%
20	Hungarian	2,693	0.4%
21	Lithuanian	2,620	0.4%
22	Swiss	2,582	0.4%
23	Czech	2,527	0.4%
24	Greek	2,383	0.4%
25	Subsaharan African	2,022	0.3%

Please note that the Census Bureau's "People Reporting Ancestry" survey for Vermont is based on a limited number of ancestry groups compared to other states.

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

C04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates