Wisconsin's largest ancestries

German-Americans dominate in Wisconsin, with over 42% of residents claiming a German background. Here is a list of the state's 50 largest ancestries in 2010:

Rank	Ancestry	Wisconsin Estimated Population	Percentage of Total Population
	Total:	5,691,047	100.0%
1	German	2,436,991	42.8%
2	Irish	651,840	11.5%
3	Polish	526,146	9.2%
4	Norwegian	444,753	7.8%
5	English	354,222	6.2%
6	Italian	210,589	3.7%
7	French (except Basque)	201,265	3.5%
8	American	185,663	3.3%
9	Swedish	143,740	2.5%
10	Dutch	141,569	2.5%
11	Czech	91,018	1.6%
12	Danish	66,590	1.2%
13	Scottish	63,082	1.1%
14	Swiss	60,889	1.1%
15	French Canadian	57,816	1.0%
16	European	53,685	0.9%
17	Belgian	51,608	0.9%
18	Russian	39,003	0.7%
19	Finnish	37,576	0.7%
20	Austrian	27,878	0.5%
21	Welsh	25,833	0.5%
22	Scotch-Irish	25,695	0.5%
23	Hungarian	24,434	0.4%
24	Greek	19,237	0.3%
25	African	18,964	0.3%
26	Scandinavian	18,348	0.3%
27	Croatian	17,298	0.3%
28	Lithuanian	15,325	0.3%
29	Slovak	13,432	0.2%
30	British	11,818	0.2%
31	Ukrainian	9,783	0.2%
32	Czechoslovakian	8,765	0.2%
33	Slovene	8,663	0.2%
34	Serbian	8,375	0.1%
35	Pennsylvania German	8,022	0.1%
36	Canadian	7,054	0.1%
37	Yugoslavian	6,801	0.1%
38	Romanian	5,717	0.1%
39	Luxemburger	5,496	0.1%
40	Northern European	5,014	0.1%
41	Armenian	4,024	0.1%
42	Eastern European	3,295	0.1%
43	Slavic	3,286	0.1%
44	Albanian	2,932	0.1%
45	Lebanese	2,893	0.1%
46	Latvian	2,696	0.0%
47	Portuguese	2,605	0.0%
48	Nigerian	2,597	0.0%
49	Arab	2,471	0.0%
50	Other Arab	2,364	0.0%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates