19.0% Italian 18.3% Irish 12.1% English 8.2% Portuguese 8.0% French 6.4% French Canadian 3.3% Dominican [ 48 ] 3.3% Puerto Rican 2.2% Chinese 1.8% Guatemalan Hispanics in the state make up 12.7% of the population, predominantly Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Guatemalan populations. [ 49 ] According to the 2000 U.S. Census