Chapel Hill, NC Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
51,384 (88.02%) out of the total population of 58,379 reported first ancestry.
Chapel Hill, NC | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 398 | 0.68%, see rank | 0.34% | 0.56% |
Czech | 285 | 0.49%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.47% |
Danish | 216 | 0.37%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 781 | 1.34%, see rank | 1.07% | 1.40% |
English | 8,235 | 14.11%, see rank | 9.75% | 8.02% |
French | 2,139 | 3.66%, see rank | 2.02% | 3.34% |
German | 8,635 | 14.79%, see rank | 10.69% | 15.03% |
Greek | 314 | 0.54%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 427 | 0.73%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.46% |
Irish | 5,910 | 10.12%, see rank | 8.88% | 10.80% |
Italian | 2,936 | 5.03%, see rank | 3.06% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 682 | 1.17%, see rank | 0.46% | 1.42% |
Polish | 1,973 | 3.38%, see rank | 1.39% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 135 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.44% |
Russian | 1,024 | 1.75%, see rank | 0.43% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,077 | 3.56%, see rank | 2.68% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 2,229 | 3.82%, see rank | 2.46% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 315 | 0.54%, see rank | 1.00% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 875 | 1.50%, see rank | 0.55% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 296 | 0.51%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 281 | 0.48%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 2,387 | 4.09%, see rank | 12.51% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 806 | 1.38%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
50,860 (89.09%) out of the total population of 57,088 reported first ancestry.
Chapel Hill, NC | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 508 | 0.89%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.53% |
Czech | 484 | 0.85%, see rank | 0.19% | 0.50% |
Danish | 305 | 0.53%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 827 | 1.45%, see rank | 1.16% | 1.51% |
English | 9,387 | 16.44%, see rank | 10.07% | 8.53% |
French | 1,773 | 3.11%, see rank | 2.10% | 3.54% |
German | 8,190 | 14.35%, see rank | 11.12% | 15.79% |
Greek | 487 | 0.85%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 273 | 0.48%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.48% |
Irish | 5,515 | 9.66%, see rank | 9.11% | 11.36% |
Italian | 2,461 | 4.31%, see rank | 3.03% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 625 | 1.09%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.46% |
Polish | 2,046 | 3.58%, see rank | 1.39% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 57 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.46% |
Russian | 1,212 | 2.12%, see rank | 0.44% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,243 | 3.93%, see rank | 2.90% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 2,690 | 4.71%, see rank | 2.56% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 331 | 0.58%, see rank | 0.92% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 949 | 1.66%, see rank | 0.57% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 342 | 0.60%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 375 | 0.66%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 2,024 | 3.55%, see rank | 12.08% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 952 | 1.67%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
49,346 (89.43%) out of the total population of 55,180 reported first ancestry.
Chapel Hill, NC | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 361 | 0.65%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.50% |
Czech | 430 | 0.78%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.53% |
Danish | 217 | 0.39%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 1,052 | 1.91%, see rank | 1.29% | 1.63% |
English | 10,042 | 18.20%, see rank | 10.59% | 9.02% |
French | 2,023 | 3.67%, see rank | 2.20% | 3.77% |
German | 8,092 | 14.66%, see rank | 11.67% | 16.51% |
Greek | 442 | 0.80%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 281 | 0.51%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.51% |
Irish | 5,429 | 9.84%, see rank | 9.49% | 11.76% |
Italian | 2,665 | 4.83%, see rank | 3.07% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 526 | 0.95%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.51% |
Polish | 1,646 | 2.98%, see rank | 1.42% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 96 | 0.17%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.47% |
Russian | 946 | 1.71%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,806 | 5.09%, see rank | 3.67% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 2,770 | 5.02%, see rank | 2.66% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 429 | 0.78%, see rank | 0.86% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 795 | 1.44%, see rank | 0.57% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 422 | 0.76%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 334 | 0.61%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 1,650 | 2.99%, see rank | 11.50% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 805 | 1.46%, see rank | 0.58% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
46,706 (89.40%) out of the total population of 52,241 reported first ancestry.
Chapel Hill, NC | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 387 | 0.74%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.50% |
Czech | 488 | 0.93%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.54% |
Danish | 262 | 0.50%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 870 | 1.67%, see rank | 1.35% | 1.68% |
English | 9,471 | 18.13%, see rank | 10.90% | 9.29% |
French | 2,269 | 4.34%, see rank | 2.23% | 3.90% |
German | 7,426 | 14.21%, see rank | 12.06% | 16.89% |
Greek | 452 | 0.87%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 258 | 0.49%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.52% |
Irish | 4,803 | 9.19%, see rank | 9.64% | 12.01% |
Italian | 2,306 | 4.41%, see rank | 3.10% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 570 | 1.09%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.55% |
Polish | 1,718 | 3.29%, see rank | 1.45% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 86 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.48% |
Russian | 964 | 1.85%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,183 | 6.09%, see rank | 3.79% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 3,090 | 5.91%, see rank | 2.72% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 407 | 0.78%, see rank | 0.88% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 808 | 1.55%, see rank | 0.59% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 381 | 0.73%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 327 | 0.63%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.32% |
American | 1,255 | 2.40%, see rank | 11.85% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 916 | 1.75%, see rank | 0.59% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
40,423 (82.98%) out of the total population of 48,715 reported first ancestry.
Chapel Hill, NC | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 258 | 0.53%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.36% |
Czech | 133 | 0.27%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.27% |
Danish | 145 | 0.30%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.30% |
Dutch | 469 | 0.96%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.91% |
English | 5,439 | 11.16%, see rank | 7.50% | 5.91% |
French | 830 | 1.70%, see rank | 1.25% | 2.39% |
German | 4,604 | 9.45%, see rank | 6.68% | 10.81% |
Greek | 181 | 0.37%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.34% |
Hungarian | 149 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.32% |
Irish | 3,419 | 7.02%, see rank | 4.93% | 6.85% |
Italian | 1,824 | 3.74%, see rank | 1.81% | 4.59% |
Norwegian | 430 | 0.88%, see rank | 0.30% | 1.15% |
Polish | 968 | 1.99%, see rank | 0.75% | 2.24% |
Portuguese | 97 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.33% |
Russian | 638 | 1.31%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.68% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,732 | 3.56%, see rank | 2.66% | 1.17% |
Scottish | 1,596 | 3.28%, see rank | 1.60% | 1.12% |
Subsaharan African | 673 | 1.38%, see rank | 0.75% | 0.61% |
Swedish | 398 | 0.82%, see rank | 0.33% | 0.87% |
Swiss | 138 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.19% |
Ukrainian | 62 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.24% |
American | 1,871 | 3.84%, see rank | 13.86% | 7.33% |
Welsh | 280 | 0.57%, see rank | 0.27% | 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.