Less than 5 % of Nevada 's population is a nondescript white .
The five largest non-Hispanic White ancestry groups were : German ( 11.3 % ) , Irish ( 9.0 % ) , English ( 6.9 % ) , Italian ( 5.8 % ) , and nondescript White ( 4.7 % ) .In 1980 , non-Hispanic whites made up 83.3 % of the state 's population .
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