Italian Americans are citizens of the United States who are of Italian descent. They are the fourth-largest group of European Americans, behind German, Irish and English Americans. As of the 2010 census, it is estimated there are about 21,718,044 Italian Americans, about 5.6% of the US population. They are the largest community of the Italian diaspora outside of Argentina and Brazil.
Italian Americans by state[]
| State | Population (2010 Census) | Percent of State Population |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 83,706 | 1.4% |
| Arkansas | 42,718 | 1.2% |
| Aroostook | 88,145 | 4.1% |
| California | 1,543,671 | 3.6% |
| Colorado | 278,891 | 4.8% |
| Connecticut | 725,178 | 19.9% |
| Cuba | 1,023,732 | 5.7% |
| Dakota | 20,744 | 1.1 |
| Delaware | 96,899 | 9.6% |
| Deseret | 81,416 | 2.8% |
| District of Columbia | 22,315 | 2.9% |
| Florida | 1,229,781 | |
| Georgia | 230,451 | 2.3% |
| Huron | 1,003,404 | 8.1% |
| Indiana | 191,297 | 2.9% |
| Illinois | 872,403 | 6.7% |
| Iowa | 75,617 | 2.2% |
| Kahokia | 34,901 | 2.0 |
| Kansas | 78,122 | 2.6 |
| Kentucky | 143,671 | 3.3 |
| Louisiana | 248,081 | 5.4 |
| Maryland | 336,562 | 5.2 |
| Massachusetts | 1,007,672 | 15.8% |
| Michigan | 501,891 | 4.4 |
| Minnesota | 301,341 | 4.9 |
| Mississippi | 62,355 | |
| Missouri | 276,188 | 4.2 |
| Montana | 48,116 | 3.1 |
| Nebraska | 61,134 | 3.1 |
| Nevada | 202,341 | 7.5 |
| New Hampshire | 125,617 | 7.7 |
| New Jersey | 1,717,318 | 19.0 |
| New Mexico | 357,241 | |
| New York | 2,991,516 | |
| North Carolina | 327,809 | |
| Nova Scotia | 40,067 | |
| Ohio | 804,708 | |
| Oregon | 219,257 | 4.0 |
| Pacifica | 161,532 | 3.6 |
| Peninsula | 159,646 | 2.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,651,508 | 13.2 |
| Puerto Rico | 59,371 | |
| Rhode Island | 233,718 | 20.2 |
| South Carolina | 160,921 | 3.1 |
| Sequoyah | 74,784 | 2.0 |
| Tennessee | 165,096 | 2.4 |
| Texas | 517,002 | |
| Vermont | 50,176 | 6.2 |
| Virginia | 500,016 | 4. |
| Washington | 267,046 | 3. |
| Wisconsin | 231,952 | 3.8 |
| Total US | 21,718,044 | 5.6 |