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Amherst, VA Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

2,073 (78.43%) out of the total population of 2,643 reported first ancestry.

	Amherst, VA	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	7	0.26%, see rank	0.83%	0.56%
Czech	40	1.51%, see rank	0.28%	0.47%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.23%	0.42%
Dutch	20	0.76%, see rank	1.00%	1.40%
English	413	15.63%, see rank	10.69%	8.02%
French	86	3.25%, see rank	2.33%	3.34%
German	347	13.13%, see rank	11.87%	15.03%
Greek	4	0.15%, see rank	0.41%	0.41%
Hungarian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.35%	0.46%
Irish	186	7.04%, see rank	9.99%	10.80%
Italian	43	1.63%, see rank	4.00%	5.52%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.61%	1.42%
Polish	60	2.27%, see rank	1.89%	3.01%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.44%
Russian	13	0.49%, see rank	0.70%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	216	8.17%, see rank	1.68%	0.99%
Scottish	35	1.32%, see rank	2.13%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	21	0.79%, see rank	2.02%	0.95%
Swedish	10	0.38%, see rank	0.71%	1.27%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.30%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.23%	0.31%
American	239	9.04%, see rank	11.04%	7.12%
Welsh	17	0.64%, see rank	0.65%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

1,942 (81.43%) out of the total population of 2,385 reported first ancestry.

	Amherst, VA	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	5	0.21%, see rank	0.75%	0.53%
Czech	20	0.84%, see rank	0.29%	0.50%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.45%
Dutch	21	0.88%, see rank	1.05%	1.51%
English	370	15.51%, see rank	11.31%	8.53%
French	58	2.43%, see rank	2.44%	3.54%
German	265	11.11%, see rank	12.33%	15.79%
Greek	4	0.17%, see rank	0.44%	0.42%
Hungarian	8	0.34%, see rank	0.36%	0.48%
Irish	164	6.88%, see rank	10.45%	11.36%
Italian	62	2.60%, see rank	4.05%	5.66%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.62%	1.46%
Polish	18	0.75%, see rank	1.95%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.46%
Russian	13	0.55%, see rank	0.70%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	200	8.39%, see rank	1.78%	1.07%
Scottish	64	2.68%, see rank	2.30%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	12	0.50%, see rank	2.05%	0.93%
Swedish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.74%	1.34%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.26%	0.31%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.31%
American	426	17.86%, see rank	11.02%	6.72%
Welsh	13	0.55%, see rank	0.70%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

2,043 (82.68%) out of the total population of 2,471 reported first ancestry.

	Amherst, VA	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.65%	0.50%
Czech	20	0.81%, see rank	0.32%	0.53%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.25%	0.48%
Dutch	11	0.45%, see rank	1.16%	1.63%
English	400	16.19%, see rank	11.75%	9.02%
French	62	2.51%, see rank	2.54%	3.77%
German	320	12.95%, see rank	12.95%	16.51%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.44%	0.44%
Hungarian	14	0.57%, see rank	0.38%	0.51%
Irish	240	9.71%, see rank	10.78%	11.76%
Italian	109	4.41%, see rank	4.05%	5.78%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.65%	1.51%
Polish	21	0.85%, see rank	1.98%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.19%	0.47%
Russian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.70%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	194	7.85%, see rank	2.57%	1.72%
Scottish	68	2.75%, see rank	2.41%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	2.00%	0.91%
Swedish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.77%	1.41%
Swiss	13	0.53%, see rank	0.27%	0.33%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.31%
American	353	14.29%, see rank	10.65%	6.28%
Welsh	0	0.00%, see rank	0.74%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

1,950 (81.52%) out of the total population of 2,392 reported first ancestry.

	Amherst, VA	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.66%	0.50%
Czech	5	0.21%, see rank	0.31%	0.54%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.27%	0.49%
Dutch	7	0.29%, see rank	1.24%	1.68%
English	323	13.50%, see rank	12.05%	9.29%
French	54	2.26%, see rank	2.64%	3.90%
German	258	10.79%, see rank	13.25%	16.89%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.44%	0.45%
Hungarian	14	0.59%, see rank	0.38%	0.52%
Irish	185	7.73%, see rank	11.09%	12.01%
Italian	91	3.80%, see rank	4.17%	5.91%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.66%	1.55%
Polish	15	0.63%, see rank	2.01%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.48%
Russian	13	0.54%, see rank	0.71%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	133	5.56%, see rank	2.67%	1.77%
Scottish	85	3.55%, see rank	2.52%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	1.88%	0.88%
Swedish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.78%	1.45%
Swiss	13	0.54%, see rank	0.27%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.25%	0.32%
American	403	16.85%, see rank	10.83%	6.43%
Welsh	0	0.00%, see rank	0.74%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

1,762 (78.28%) out of the total population of 2,251 reported first ancestry.

	Amherst, VA	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.53%	0.36%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.14%	0.27%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.30%
Dutch	15	0.67%, see rank	0.64%	0.91%
English	268	11.91%, see rank	8.34%	5.91%
French	18	0.80%, see rank	1.56%	2.39%
German	131	5.82%, see rank	7.93%	10.81%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.30%	0.34%
Hungarian	5	0.22%, see rank	0.23%	0.32%
Irish	104	4.62%, see rank	6.46%	6.85%
Italian	4	0.18%, see rank	2.87%	4.59%
Norwegian	5	0.22%, see rank	0.48%	1.15%
Polish	34	1.51%, see rank	1.17%	2.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.13%	0.33%
Russian	14	0.62%, see rank	0.45%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	38	1.69%, see rank	1.75%	1.17%
Scottish	58	2.58%, see rank	1.43%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.96%	0.61%
Swedish	10	0.44%, see rank	0.44%	0.87%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.19%
Ukrainian	3	0.13%, see rank	0.15%	0.24%
American	455	20.21%, see rank	11.42%	7.33%
Welsh	0	0.00%, see rank	0.38%	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.