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08879 Zip Code Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
20,942 (91.51%) out of the total population of 22,885 reported first ancestry.
| 08879 Zip Code | % of the Total Population | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| Arab | 363 | 1.59%, see rank | 1.09% | 0.56% |
| Czech | 156 | 0.68%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.47% |
| Danish | 122 | 0.53%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.42% |
| Dutch | 164 | 0.72%, see rank | 1.08% | 1.40% |
| English | 744 | 3.25%, see rank | 4.98% | 8.02% |
| French | 298 | 1.30%, see rank | 1.49% | 3.34% |
| German | 1,893 | 8.27%, see rank | 11.12% | 15.03% |
| Greek | 60 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.72% | 0.41% |
| Hungarian | 331 | 1.45%, see rank | 1.12% | 0.46% |
| Irish | 4,413 | 19.28%, see rank | 14.59% | 10.80% |
| Italian | 3,797 | 16.59%, see rank | 16.58% | 5.52% |
| Norwegian | 97 | 0.42%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.42% |
| Polish | 3,363 | 14.70%, see rank | 5.98% | 3.01% |
| Portuguese | 213 | 0.93%, see rank | 0.88% | 0.44% |
| Russian | 370 | 1.62%, see rank | 2.00% | 0.92% |
| Scotch-Irish | 7 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.39% | 0.99% |
| Scottish | 106 | 0.46%, see rank | 1.04% | 1.72% |
| Subsaharan African | 138 | 0.60%, see rank | 0.97% | 0.95% |
| Swedish | 163 | 0.71%, see rank | 0.58% | 1.27% |
| Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.19% | 0.30% |
| Ukrainian | 204 | 0.89%, see rank | 0.78% | 0.31% |
| American | 1,063 | 4.64%, see rank | 4.19% | 7.12% |
| Welsh | 42 | 0.18%, see rank | 0.38% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
20,783 (93.29%) out of the total population of 22,279 reported first ancestry.
| 08879 Zip Code | % of the Total Population | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| Arab | 295 | 1.32%, see rank | 1.02% | 0.53% |
| Czech | 58 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.50% |
| Danish | 152 | 0.68%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.45% |
| Dutch | 199 | 0.89%, see rank | 1.15% | 1.51% |
| English | 786 | 3.53%, see rank | 5.42% | 8.53% |
| French | 280 | 1.26%, see rank | 1.57% | 3.54% |
| German | 1,970 | 8.84%, see rank | 11.81% | 15.79% |
| Greek | 67 | 0.30%, see rank | 0.73% | 0.42% |
| Hungarian | 302 | 1.36%, see rank | 1.19% | 0.48% |
| Irish | 3,793 | 17.03%, see rank | 15.34% | 11.36% |
| Italian | 4,194 | 18.82%, see rank | 17.07% | 5.66% |
| Norwegian | 196 | 0.88%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.46% |
| Polish | 4,148 | 18.62%, see rank | 6.30% | 3.13% |
| Portuguese | 213 | 0.96%, see rank | 0.91% | 0.46% |
| Russian | 387 | 1.74%, see rank | 2.14% | 0.97% |
| Scotch-Irish | 24 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.44% | 1.07% |
| Scottish | 72 | 0.32%, see rank | 1.10% | 1.81% |
| Subsaharan African | 76 | 0.34%, see rank | 1.02% | 0.93% |
| Swedish | 44 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.60% | 1.34% |
| Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.31% |
| Ukrainian | 187 | 0.84%, see rank | 0.79% | 0.31% |
| American | 931 | 4.18%, see rank | 3.77% | 6.72% |
| Welsh | 96 | 0.43%, see rank | 0.41% | 0.60% |
US Census 2000 data
19,591 (89.23%) out of the total population of 21,956 reported first ancestry.
| 08879 Zip Code | % of the Total Population | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| Arab | 183 | 0.83%, see rank | 0.75% | 0.36% |
| Czech | 74 | 0.34%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.27% |
| Danish | 135 | 0.61%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.30% |
| Dutch | 93 | 0.42%, see rank | 0.74% | 0.91% |
| English | 555 | 2.53%, see rank | 3.57% | 5.91% |
| French | 207 | 0.94%, see rank | 0.94% | 2.39% |
| German | 1,642 | 7.48%, see rank | 7.42% | 10.81% |
| Greek | 134 | 0.61%, see rank | 0.60% | 0.34% |
| Hungarian | 400 | 1.82%, see rank | 0.86% | 0.32% |
| Irish | 3,469 | 15.80%, see rank | 10.49% | 6.85% |
| Italian | 3,380 | 15.39%, see rank | 15.32% | 4.59% |
| Norwegian | 69 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.39% | 1.15% |
| Polish | 3,461 | 15.76%, see rank | 4.80% | 2.24% |
| Portuguese | 150 | 0.68%, see rank | 0.76% | 0.33% |
| Russian | 182 | 0.83%, see rank | 1.68% | 0.68% |
| Scotch-Irish | 126 | 0.57%, see rank | 0.66% | 1.17% |
| Scottish | 159 | 0.72%, see rank | 0.78% | 1.12% |
| Subsaharan African | 56 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.80% | 0.61% |
| Swedish | 81 | 0.37%, see rank | 0.39% | 0.87% |
| Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.19% |
| Ukrainian | 221 | 1.01%, see rank | 0.61% | 0.24% |
| American | 651 | 2.97%, see rank | 3.14% | 7.33% |
| Welsh | 70 | 0.32%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.31% |
* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.