Washington's largest ancestry groups

German is the largest background of Washington residents. Here is a look at the state's 50 largest ancestries in 2010:

Rank	Ancestry	Washington Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	6,744,496	100.0%
1	German	1,311,161	19.4%
2	Irish	785,664	11.6%
3	English	751,471	11.1%
4	Norwegian	371,901	5.5%
5	American	309,150	4.6%
6	Italian	245,897	3.6%
7	French (except Basque)	239,148	3.5%
8	Swedish	229,241	3.4%
9	Scottish	200,085	3.0%
10	European	157,061	2.3%
11	Dutch	156,109	2.3%
12	Polish	129,037	1.9%
13	Scotch-Irish	93,747	1.4%
14	Russian	85,196	1.3%
15	Danish	70,753	1.0%
16	Welsh	66,315	1.0%
17	Ukrainian	55,698	0.8%
18	French Canadian	53,435	0.8%
19	Scandinavian	49,018	0.7%
20	Finnish	43,673	0.6%
21	British	42,472	0.6%
22	Swiss	36,422	0.5%
23	Canadian	35,920	0.5%
24	Czech	29,168	0.4%
25	Northern European	25,475	0.4%
26	Hungarian	23,416	0.3%
27	Greek	22,455	0.3%
28	Portuguese	22,440	0.3%
29	Austrian	20,580	0.3%
30	African	16,759	0.2%
31	Romanian	15,293	0.2%
32	Ethiopian	14,632	0.2%
33	Croatian	13,576	0.2%
34	Yugoslavian	13,368	0.2%
35	Somalian	11,234	0.2%
36	Iranian	10,456	0.2%
37	Czechoslovakian	9,604	0.1%
38	Lebanese	9,595	0.1%
39	Lithuanian	9,411	0.1%
40	Eastern European	9,168	0.1%
41	Turkish	6,990	0.1%
42	Belgian	6,484	0.1%
43	Armenian	6,080	0.1%
44	Slovak	5,785	0.1%
45	Australian	5,334	0.1%
46	Arab	4,493	0.1%
47	Bulgarian	4,285	0.1%
48	Slavic	3,954	0.1%
49	Icelander	3,953	0.1%
50	Nigerian	3,755	0.1%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates