American is the most populous ancestry in North Carolina. Here is a list of the 50 largest ancestries in North Carolina in the 2010 American Community Survey:
Rank
|
Ancestry
|
North Carolina Estimated
Population
|
Percentage of Total Population
|
Total:
|
9,561,558
|
100.0%
|
|
1
|
American
|
1,109,520
|
11.6%
|
2
|
German
|
1,043,990
|
10.9%
|
3
|
English
|
957,086
|
10.0%
|
4
|
Irish
|
869,820
|
9.1%
|
5
|
Italian
|
281,277
|
2.9%
|
6
|
Scotch-Irish
|
274,149
|
2.9%
|
7
|
Scottish
|
245,021
|
2.6%
|
8
|
French
(except Basque)
|
164,954
|
1.7%
|
9
|
Polish
|
123,281
|
1.3%
|
10
|
European
|
111,540
|
1.2%
|
11
|
Dutch
|
111,095
|
1.2%
|
12
|
African
|
59,165
|
0.6%
|
13
|
Welsh
|
52,532
|
0.5%
|
14
|
Swedish
|
51,856
|
0.5%
|
15
|
Norwegian
|
45,607
|
0.5%
|
16
|
British
|
43,299
|
0.5%
|
17
|
Russian
|
42,385
|
0.4%
|
18
|
French
Canadian
|
32,051
|
0.3%
|
19
|
Hungarian
|
27,028
|
0.3%
|
20
|
Greek
|
25,756
|
0.3%
|
21
|
Czech
|
18,158
|
0.2%
|
22
|
Swiss
|
17,536
|
0.2%
|
23
|
Ukrainian
|
16,149
|
0.2%
|
24
|
Danish
|
15,541
|
0.2%
|
25
|
Canadian
|
14,302
|
0.1%
|
26
|
Portuguese
|
14,052
|
0.1%
|
27
|
Jamaican
|
12,176
|
0.1%
|
28
|
Lebanese
|
12,089
|
0.1%
|
29
|
Slovak
|
10,400
|
0.1%
|
30
|
Austrian
|
10,291
|
0.1%
|
31
|
Romanian
|
9,414
|
0.1%
|
32
|
Lithuanian
|
9,223
|
0.1%
|
33
|
Scandinavian
|
8,637
|
0.1%
|
34
|
Eastern
European
|
7,751
|
0.1%
|
35
|
West
Indian
|
6,962
|
0.1%
|
36
|
Finnish
|
6,813
|
0.1%
|
37
|
Haitian
|
5,619
|
0.1%
|
38
|
Iranian
|
5,490
|
0.1%
|
39
|
Other
Subsaharan African
|
5,413
|
0.1%
|
40
|
Yugoslavian
|
5,068
|
0.1%
|
41
|
Northern
European
|
5,017
|
0.1%
|
42
|
Arab
|
4,996
|
0.1%
|
43
|
Belgian
|
4,964
|
0.1%
|
44
|
Egyptian
|
4,792
|
0.1%
|
45
|
Nigerian
|
4,606
|
0.0%
|
46
|
Croatian
|
4,215
|
0.0%
|
47
|
Brazilian
|
3,904
|
0.0%
|
48
|
South
African
|
3,841
|
0.0%
|
49
|
Czechoslovakian
|
3,677
|
0.0%
|
50
|
Turkish
|
3,404
|
0.0%
|
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates
