Editing Suffolk County, Massachusetts (section)

===Ancestry===
According to the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in Suffolk County, Massachusetts are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Ancestry
! Percentage of<br/>Suffolk County<br/>population
! Percentage of<br/>Massachusetts<br/>population
! Percentage of<br/>United States<br/>population
! County-to-State<br/>Difference
! County-to-USA<br/>Difference
|-
| [[Irish Americans|Irish]]
| 13.73%
| 21.16%
| 10.39%
| –7.42%
| +3.35%
|-
| [[Italian Americans|Italian]]
| 9.50%
| 13.19%
| 5.39%
| –3.69%
| +7.80%
|-
| [[West Indian Americans|West Indian]]
| 6.05%
| 1.96%
| 0.90%
| +4.09%
| +1.05%
|-
| [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]]
| 5.32%
| 4.52%
| 1.66%
| +0.80%
| +3.66%
|-
| [[English Americans|English]]
| 4.32%
| 9.77%
| 7.67%
| –5.45%
| –3.35%
|-
| [[German Americans|German]]
| 4.21%
| 6.00%
| 14.40%
| –1.79%
| –10.19%
|-
| [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]]
| 4.02%
| 2.28%
| 1.24%
| +1.74%
| +2.78%
|-
| [[American ancestry|American]]
| 3.96%
| 4.26%
| 6.89%
| –0.30%
| –2.93%
|-
| [[African immigration to the United States|Sub-Saharan African]]
| 3.78%
| 2.00%
| 1.01%
| +1.78%
| +2.76%
|-
| [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]]
| 3.13%
| 1.15%
| 0.31%
| +1.98%
| +2.82%
|-
| [[Polish Americans|Polish]]
| 2.41%
| 4.67%
| 2.93%
| –2.26%
| –0.53%
|-
| [[French Americans|French]]
| 2.01%
| 6.82%
| 2.56%
| –4.81%
| –0.55%
|-
| [[Cape Verdean Americans|Cape Verdean]]
| 1.99%
| 0.97%
| 0.03%
| +1.02%
| +1.96%
|-
| [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]]
| 1.61%
| 0.69%
| 0.54%
| +0.92%
| +1.07%
|-
| [[Russian Americans|Russian]]
| 1.56%
| 1.65%
| 0.88%
| –0.08%
| +0.69%
|-
| [[Arab Americans|Arab]]
| 1.54%
| 1.10%
| 0.59%
| +0.44%
| +0.95%
|-
| [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]]
| 1.47%
| 0.44%
| 0.34%
| +1.03%
| +1.12%
|-
| [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]]
| 1.27%
| 2.28%
| 1.71%
| –1.02%
| –0.45%
|-
| [[Indian Americans|Asian Indian]]
| 1.22%
| 1.39%
| 1.09%
| –0.17%
| +0.13%
|-
| [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]]
| 1.18%
| 0.67%
| 11.96%
| +0.51%
| –10.78%
|-
| [[French Canadian Americans|French Canadian]]
| 1.19%
| 3.91%
| 0.65%
| –2.72%
| +0.53%
|-
|}