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Charleston, SC Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

107,740 (85.88%) out of the total population of 125,458 reported first ancestry.

	Charleston, SC	% of the Total Population	South Carolina	U.S.
Arab	812	0.65%, see rank	0.22%	0.56%
Czech	348	0.28%, see rank	0.16%	0.47%
Danish	417	0.33%, see rank	0.15%	0.42%
Dutch	1,223	0.97%, see rank	0.92%	1.40%
English	14,400	11.48%, see rank	9.17%	8.02%
French	3,744	2.98%, see rank	2.15%	3.34%
German	14,299	11.40%, see rank	10.08%	15.03%
Greek	593	0.47%, see rank	0.29%	0.41%
Hungarian	394	0.31%, see rank	0.27%	0.46%
Irish	14,155	11.28%, see rank	9.62%	10.80%
Italian	5,083	4.05%, see rank	2.87%	5.52%
Norwegian	849	0.68%, see rank	0.37%	1.42%
Polish	2,450	1.95%, see rank	1.30%	3.01%
Portuguese	406	0.32%, see rank	0.12%	0.44%
Russian	1,086	0.87%, see rank	0.36%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	3,297	2.63%, see rank	2.38%	0.99%
Scottish	4,091	3.26%, see rank	2.21%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	770	0.61%, see rank	0.88%	0.95%
Swedish	707	0.56%, see rank	0.47%	1.27%
Swiss	466	0.37%, see rank	0.16%	0.30%
Ukrainian	269	0.21%, see rank	0.18%	0.31%
American	16,771	13.37%, see rank	12.63%	7.12%
Welsh	1,094	0.87%, see rank	0.50%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

105,686 (87.41%) out of the total population of 120,903 reported first ancestry.

	Charleston, SC	% of the Total Population	South Carolina	U.S.
Arab	990	0.82%, see rank	0.21%	0.53%
Czech	374	0.31%, see rank	0.16%	0.50%
Danish	266	0.22%, see rank	0.15%	0.45%
Dutch	1,403	1.16%, see rank	0.95%	1.51%
English	14,471	11.97%, see rank	9.23%	8.53%
French	3,676	3.04%, see rank	2.23%	3.54%
German	14,871	12.30%, see rank	10.22%	15.79%
Greek	832	0.69%, see rank	0.29%	0.42%
Hungarian	395	0.33%, see rank	0.24%	0.48%
Irish	13,894	11.49%, see rank	9.75%	11.36%
Italian	4,917	4.07%, see rank	2.81%	5.66%
Norwegian	768	0.64%, see rank	0.37%	1.46%
Polish	2,209	1.83%, see rank	1.31%	3.13%
Portuguese	216	0.18%, see rank	0.11%	0.46%
Russian	1,134	0.94%, see rank	0.34%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	2,983	2.47%, see rank	2.58%	1.07%
Scottish	4,196	3.47%, see rank	2.13%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	786	0.65%, see rank	1.00%	0.93%
Swedish	787	0.65%, see rank	0.48%	1.34%
Swiss	304	0.25%, see rank	0.19%	0.31%
Ukrainian	403	0.33%, see rank	0.15%	0.31%
American	13,060	10.80%, see rank	13.04%	6.72%
Welsh	730	0.60%, see rank	0.50%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

102,023 (87.69%) out of the total population of 116,347 reported first ancestry.

	Charleston, SC	% of the Total Population	South Carolina	U.S.
Arab	857	0.74%, see rank	0.23%	0.50%
Czech	393	0.34%, see rank	0.17%	0.53%
Danish	204	0.18%, see rank	0.14%	0.48%
Dutch	1,301	1.12%, see rank	1.00%	1.63%
English	14,530	12.49%, see rank	9.39%	9.02%
French	3,579	3.08%, see rank	2.32%	3.77%
German	14,340	12.33%, see rank	10.34%	16.51%
Greek	882	0.76%, see rank	0.30%	0.44%
Hungarian	327	0.28%, see rank	0.24%	0.51%
Irish	12,396	10.65%, see rank	9.66%	11.76%
Italian	4,521	3.89%, see rank	2.67%	5.78%
Norwegian	734	0.63%, see rank	0.38%	1.51%
Polish	2,127	1.83%, see rank	1.29%	3.24%
Portuguese	109	0.09%, see rank	0.12%	0.47%
Russian	1,267	1.09%, see rank	0.34%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	4,145	3.56%, see rank	3.36%	1.72%
Scottish	4,177	3.59%, see rank	2.15%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	754	0.65%, see rank	0.87%	0.91%
Swedish	993	0.85%, see rank	0.51%	1.41%
Swiss	297	0.26%, see rank	0.19%	0.33%
Ukrainian	408	0.35%, see rank	0.16%	0.31%
American	12,018	10.33%, see rank	12.49%	6.28%
Welsh	909	0.78%, see rank	0.50%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

100,723 (89.65%) out of the total population of 112,349 reported first ancestry.

	Charleston, SC	% of the Total Population	South Carolina	U.S.
Arab	708	0.63%, see rank	0.23%	0.50%
Czech	343	0.31%, see rank	0.16%	0.54%
Danish	276	0.25%, see rank	0.15%	0.49%
Dutch	1,323	1.18%, see rank	1.05%	1.68%
English	14,172	12.61%, see rank	9.57%	9.29%
French	3,554	3.16%, see rank	2.36%	3.90%
German	13,903	12.37%, see rank	10.32%	16.89%
Greek	865	0.77%, see rank	0.29%	0.45%
Hungarian	331	0.29%, see rank	0.24%	0.52%
Irish	12,473	11.10%, see rank	9.71%	12.01%
Italian	4,507	4.01%, see rank	2.59%	5.91%
Norwegian	584	0.52%, see rank	0.40%	1.55%
Polish	2,210	1.97%, see rank	1.26%	3.32%
Portuguese	181	0.16%, see rank	0.13%	0.48%
Russian	916	0.82%, see rank	0.35%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	3,953	3.52%, see rank	3.49%	1.77%
Scottish	4,205	3.74%, see rank	2.19%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	724	0.64%, see rank	0.98%	0.88%
Swedish	1,075	0.96%, see rank	0.52%	1.45%
Swiss	286	0.25%, see rank	0.20%	0.34%
Ukrainian	466	0.41%, see rank	0.16%	0.32%
American	11,640	10.36%, see rank	12.54%	6.43%
Welsh	812	0.72%, see rank	0.50%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

74,398 (76.98%) out of the total population of 96,650 reported first ancestry.

	Charleston, SC	% of the Total Population	South Carolina	U.S.
Arab	281	0.29%, see rank	0.13%	0.36%
Czech	134	0.14%, see rank	0.06%	0.27%
Danish	100	0.10%, see rank	0.08%	0.30%
Dutch	494	0.51%, see rank	0.56%	0.91%
English	7,559	7.82%, see rank	6.30%	5.91%
French	1,856	1.92%, see rank	1.39%	2.39%
German	7,083	7.33%, see rank	6.01%	10.81%
Greek	670	0.69%, see rank	0.19%	0.34%
Hungarian	305	0.32%, see rank	0.13%	0.32%
Irish	6,082	6.29%, see rank	5.42%	6.85%
Italian	2,496	2.58%, see rank	1.64%	4.59%
Norwegian	335	0.35%, see rank	0.27%	1.15%
Polish	1,085	1.12%, see rank	0.64%	2.24%
Portuguese	45	0.05%, see rank	0.05%	0.33%
Russian	671	0.69%, see rank	0.16%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	2,470	2.56%, see rank	2.53%	1.17%
Scottish	1,985	2.05%, see rank	1.30%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	1,233	1.28%, see rank	0.78%	0.61%
Swedish	334	0.35%, see rank	0.27%	0.87%
Swiss	93	0.10%, see rank	0.10%	0.19%
Ukrainian	123	0.13%, see rank	0.05%	0.24%
American	5,979	6.19%, see rank	13.90%	7.33%
Welsh	333	0.34%, see rank	0.23%	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.