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Chester, PA Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

30,357 (89.27%) out of the total population of 34,007 reported first ancestry.

	Chester, PA	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	25	0.07%, see rank	0.49%	0.56%
Czech	4	0.01%, see rank	0.40%	0.47%
Danish	14	0.04%, see rank	0.13%	0.42%
Dutch	82	0.24%, see rank	1.76%	1.40%
English	576	1.69%, see rank	7.42%	8.02%
French	117	0.34%, see rank	1.87%	3.34%
German	1,338	3.93%, see rank	27.27%	15.03%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.50%	0.41%
Hungarian	69	0.20%, see rank	1.03%	0.46%
Irish	1,523	4.48%, see rank	16.97%	10.80%
Italian	964	2.83%, see rank	12.13%	5.52%
Norwegian	40	0.12%, see rank	0.33%	1.42%
Polish	457	1.34%, see rank	6.62%	3.01%
Portuguese	20	0.06%, see rank	0.15%	0.44%
Russian	52	0.15%, see rank	1.47%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	67	0.20%, see rank	1.18%	0.99%
Scottish	70	0.21%, see rank	1.50%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	518	1.52%, see rank	0.74%	0.95%
Swedish	58	0.17%, see rank	0.82%	1.27%
Swiss	70	0.21%, see rank	0.51%	0.30%
Ukrainian	139	0.41%, see rank	0.88%	0.31%
American	311	0.91%, see rank	5.22%	7.12%
Welsh	24	0.07%, see rank	1.30%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

30,349 (88.93%) out of the total population of 34,127 reported first ancestry.

	Chester, PA	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	42	0.12%, see rank	0.49%	0.53%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.44%	0.50%
Danish	14	0.04%, see rank	0.14%	0.45%
Dutch	155	0.45%, see rank	1.94%	1.51%
English	461	1.35%, see rank	7.94%	8.53%
French	74	0.22%, see rank	1.99%	3.54%
German	1,081	3.17%, see rank	28.44%	15.79%
Greek	39	0.11%, see rank	0.51%	0.42%
Hungarian	63	0.18%, see rank	1.08%	0.48%
Irish	1,231	3.61%, see rank	17.65%	11.36%
Italian	946	2.77%, see rank	12.26%	5.66%
Norwegian	57	0.17%, see rank	0.34%	1.46%
Polish	335	0.98%, see rank	6.78%	3.13%
Portuguese	13	0.04%, see rank	0.15%	0.46%
Russian	21	0.06%, see rank	1.53%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	114	0.33%, see rank	1.30%	1.07%
Scottish	110	0.32%, see rank	1.58%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	424	1.24%, see rank	0.68%	0.93%
Swedish	75	0.22%, see rank	0.85%	1.34%
Swiss	90	0.26%, see rank	0.55%	0.31%
Ukrainian	123	0.36%, see rank	0.91%	0.31%
American	138	0.40%, see rank	4.84%	6.72%
Welsh	27	0.08%, see rank	1.41%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

30,346 (88.05%) out of the total population of 34,464 reported first ancestry.

	Chester, PA	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	12	0.03%, see rank	0.47%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.46%	0.53%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.48%
Dutch	75	0.22%, see rank	2.13%	1.63%
English	479	1.39%, see rank	8.35%	9.02%
French	52	0.15%, see rank	2.11%	3.77%
German	834	2.42%, see rank	29.39%	16.51%
Greek	52	0.15%, see rank	0.53%	0.44%
Hungarian	12	0.03%, see rank	1.15%	0.51%
Irish	1,014	2.94%, see rank	17.85%	11.76%
Italian	670	1.94%, see rank	12.51%	5.78%
Norwegian	50	0.15%, see rank	0.34%	1.51%
Polish	386	1.12%, see rank	6.98%	3.24%
Portuguese	9	0.03%, see rank	0.15%	0.47%
Russian	55	0.16%, see rank	1.60%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	202	0.59%, see rank	1.99%	1.72%
Scottish	121	0.35%, see rank	1.67%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	292	0.85%, see rank	0.65%	0.91%
Swedish	81	0.24%, see rank	0.91%	1.41%
Swiss	43	0.12%, see rank	0.57%	0.33%
Ukrainian	89	0.26%, see rank	0.94%	0.31%
American	107	0.31%, see rank	4.36%	6.28%
Welsh	75	0.22%, see rank	1.49%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

31,679 (85.99%) out of the total population of 36,839 reported first ancestry.

	Chester, PA	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	14	0.04%, see rank	0.47%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.47%	0.54%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.49%
Dutch	150	0.41%, see rank	2.21%	1.68%
English	576	1.56%, see rank	8.53%	9.29%
French	53	0.14%, see rank	2.15%	3.90%
German	993	2.70%, see rank	29.85%	16.89%
Greek	74	0.20%, see rank	0.53%	0.45%
Hungarian	16	0.04%, see rank	1.17%	0.52%
Irish	1,310	3.56%, see rank	18.11%	12.01%
Italian	797	2.16%, see rank	12.73%	5.91%
Norwegian	65	0.18%, see rank	0.35%	1.55%
Polish	388	1.05%, see rank	7.14%	3.32%
Portuguese	31	0.08%, see rank	0.15%	0.48%
Russian	56	0.15%, see rank	1.65%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	206	0.56%, see rank	2.06%	1.77%
Scottish	170	0.46%, see rank	1.70%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	683	1.85%, see rank	0.64%	0.88%
Swedish	140	0.38%, see rank	0.93%	1.45%
Swiss	70	0.19%, see rank	0.58%	0.34%
Ukrainian	130	0.35%, see rank	0.98%	0.32%
American	182	0.49%, see rank	4.49%	6.43%
Welsh	56	0.15%, see rank	1.52%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

29,971 (81.32%) out of the total population of 36,854 reported first ancestry.

	Chester, PA	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	109	0.30%, see rank	0.32%	0.36%
Czech	6	0.02%, see rank	0.17%	0.27%
Danish	6	0.02%, see rank	0.08%	0.30%
Dutch	25	0.07%, see rank	0.99%	0.91%
English	222	0.60%, see rank	4.75%	5.91%
French	86	0.23%, see rank	1.05%	2.39%
German	635	1.72%, see rank	19.14%	10.81%
Greek	22	0.06%, see rank	0.37%	0.34%
Hungarian	29	0.08%, see rank	0.66%	0.32%
Irish	1,363	3.70%, see rank	10.11%	6.85%
Italian	934	2.53%, see rank	9.55%	4.59%
Norwegian	7	0.02%, see rank	0.22%	1.15%
Polish	392	1.06%, see rank	4.74%	2.24%
Portuguese	3	0.01%, see rank	0.08%	0.33%
Russian	8	0.02%, see rank	1.04%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	73	0.20%, see rank	1.29%	1.17%
Scottish	81	0.22%, see rank	0.93%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	1,015	2.75%, see rank	0.46%	0.61%
Swedish	65	0.18%, see rank	0.51%	0.87%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.31%	0.19%
Ukrainian	139	0.38%, see rank	0.72%	0.24%
American	494	1.34%, see rank	5.16%	7.33%
Welsh	30	0.08%, see rank	0.72%	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.