Cherokee County Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
20,858 (76.81%) out of the total population of 27,156 reported first ancestry.
Cherokee County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.34% | 0.56% |
Czech | 75 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.47% |
Danish | 6 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 556 | 2.05%, see rank | 1.07% | 1.40% |
English | 2,864 | 10.55%, see rank | 9.75% | 8.02% |
French | 760 | 2.80%, see rank | 2.02% | 3.34% |
German | 3,016 | 11.11%, see rank | 10.69% | 15.03% |
Greek | 62 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 132 | 0.49%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.46% |
Irish | 3,698 | 13.62%, see rank | 8.88% | 10.80% |
Italian | 908 | 3.34%, see rank | 3.06% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 58 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.46% | 1.42% |
Polish | 296 | 1.09%, see rank | 1.39% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.44% |
Russian | 68 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.43% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,018 | 3.75%, see rank | 2.68% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 1,536 | 5.66%, see rank | 2.46% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 1.00% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 213 | 0.78%, see rank | 0.55% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 48 | 0.18%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 16 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 3,659 | 13.47%, see rank | 12.51% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 36 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
20,526 (75.18%) out of the total population of 27,304 reported first ancestry.
Cherokee County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 11 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.53% |
Czech | 94 | 0.34%, see rank | 0.19% | 0.50% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 715 | 2.62%, see rank | 1.16% | 1.51% |
English | 3,284 | 12.03%, see rank | 10.07% | 8.53% |
French | 757 | 2.77%, see rank | 2.10% | 3.54% |
German | 3,350 | 12.27%, see rank | 11.12% | 15.79% |
Greek | 87 | 0.32%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 112 | 0.41%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.48% |
Irish | 3,763 | 13.78%, see rank | 9.11% | 11.36% |
Italian | 785 | 2.88%, see rank | 3.03% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 59 | 0.22%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.46% |
Polish | 276 | 1.01%, see rank | 1.39% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.46% |
Russian | 84 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.44% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,290 | 4.72%, see rank | 2.90% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 1,268 | 4.64%, see rank | 2.56% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 37 | 0.14%, see rank | 0.92% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 127 | 0.47%, see rank | 0.57% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 43 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 48 | 0.18%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 2,973 | 10.89%, see rank | 12.08% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 37 | 0.14%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
20,508 (75.07%) out of the total population of 27,317 reported first ancestry.
Cherokee County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 31 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.50% |
Czech | 90 | 0.33%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.53% |
Danish | 13 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 821 | 3.01%, see rank | 1.29% | 1.63% |
English | 3,645 | 13.34%, see rank | 10.59% | 9.02% |
French | 591 | 2.16%, see rank | 2.20% | 3.77% |
German | 3,532 | 12.93%, see rank | 11.67% | 16.51% |
Greek | 62 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 73 | 0.27%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.51% |
Irish | 4,458 | 16.32%, see rank | 9.49% | 11.76% |
Italian | 616 | 2.26%, see rank | 3.07% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 52 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.51% |
Polish | 465 | 1.70%, see rank | 1.42% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 40 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.47% |
Russian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,953 | 7.15%, see rank | 3.67% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 1,251 | 4.58%, see rank | 2.66% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 25 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.86% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 119 | 0.44%, see rank | 0.57% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 27 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 60 | 0.22%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 3,321 | 12.16%, see rank | 11.50% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 78 | 0.29%, see rank | 0.58% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
19,423 (74.13%) out of the total population of 26,203 reported first ancestry.
Cherokee County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 32 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.50% |
Czech | 43 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.54% |
Danish | 35 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 733 | 2.80%, see rank | 1.35% | 1.68% |
English | 3,567 | 13.61%, see rank | 10.90% | 9.29% |
French | 535 | 2.04%, see rank | 2.23% | 3.90% |
German | 3,888 | 14.84%, see rank | 12.06% | 16.89% |
Greek | 39 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 91 | 0.35%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.52% |
Irish | 4,038 | 15.41%, see rank | 9.64% | 12.01% |
Italian | 663 | 2.53%, see rank | 3.10% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 32 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.55% |
Polish | 460 | 1.76%, see rank | 1.45% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 29 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.48% |
Russian | 4 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,648 | 6.29%, see rank | 3.79% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 1,068 | 4.08%, see rank | 2.72% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 11 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.88% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 146 | 0.56%, see rank | 0.59% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 22 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 69 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.32% |
American | 3,288 | 12.55%, see rank | 11.85% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 124 | 0.47%, see rank | 0.59% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
15,975 (65.75%) out of the total population of 24,298 reported first ancestry.
Cherokee County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 8 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.36% |
Czech | 22 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.27% |
Danish | 35 | 0.14%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.30% |
Dutch | 217 | 0.89%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.91% |
English | 1,652 | 6.80%, see rank | 7.50% | 5.91% |
French | 330 | 1.36%, see rank | 1.25% | 2.39% |
German | 1,690 | 6.96%, see rank | 6.68% | 10.81% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.34% |
Hungarian | 47 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.32% |
Irish | 1,730 | 7.12%, see rank | 4.93% | 6.85% |
Italian | 299 | 1.23%, see rank | 1.81% | 4.59% |
Norwegian | 114 | 0.47%, see rank | 0.30% | 1.15% |
Polish | 82 | 0.34%, see rank | 0.75% | 2.24% |
Portuguese | 22 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.33% |
Russian | 19 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.68% |
Scotch-Irish | 781 | 3.21%, see rank | 2.66% | 1.17% |
Scottish | 346 | 1.42%, see rank | 1.60% | 1.12% |
Subsaharan African | 8 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.75% | 0.61% |
Swedish | 101 | 0.42%, see rank | 0.33% | 0.87% |
Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.19% |
Ukrainian | 6 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.24% |
American | 5,477 | 22.54%, see rank | 13.86% | 7.33% |
Welsh | 69 | 0.28%, 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.