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Chester, WV Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
2,242 (87.44%) out of the total population of 2,564 reported first ancestry.
Chester, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 41 | 1.60%, see rank | 0.35% | 0.56% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.47% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 53 | 2.07%, see rank | 1.98% | 1.40% |
English | 492 | 19.19%, see rank | 11.39% | 8.02% |
French | 66 | 2.57%, see rank | 1.72% | 3.34% |
German | 528 | 20.59%, see rank | 17.89% | 15.03% |
Greek | 22 | 0.86%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 73 | 2.85%, see rank | 0.49% | 0.46% |
Irish | 913 | 35.61%, see rank | 14.57% | 10.80% |
Italian | 268 | 10.45%, see rank | 4.58% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.23% | 1.42% |
Polish | 133 | 5.19%, see rank | 1.96% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.44% |
Russian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 31 | 1.21%, see rank | 2.06% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 40 | 1.56%, see rank | 2.12% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.39% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.31% |
American | 165 | 6.44%, see rank | 13.03% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 53 | 2.07%, see rank | 0.74% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
2,131 (82.95%) out of the total population of 2,569 reported first ancestry.
Chester, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.35% | 0.53% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.19% | 0.50% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 53 | 2.06%, see rank | 2.23% | 1.51% |
English | 293 | 11.41%, see rank | 11.83% | 8.53% |
French | 67 | 2.61%, see rank | 1.85% | 3.54% |
German | 535 | 20.83%, see rank | 19.01% | 15.79% |
Greek | 11 | 0.43%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 26 | 1.01%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.48% |
Irish | 749 | 29.16%, see rank | 15.07% | 11.36% |
Italian | 138 | 5.37%, see rank | 4.68% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.46% |
Polish | 150 | 5.84%, see rank | 1.86% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.46% |
Russian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.37% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 115 | 4.48%, see rank | 2.15% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 50 | 1.95%, see rank | 2.12% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.41% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 5 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.10% | 0.31% |
American | 327 | 12.73%, see rank | 12.87% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 49 | 1.91%, see rank | 0.77% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
2,244 (86.81%) out of the total population of 2,585 reported first ancestry.
Chester, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.50% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.53% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 39 | 1.51%, see rank | 2.50% | 1.63% |
English | 420 | 16.25%, see rank | 12.27% | 9.02% |
French | 102 | 3.95%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.77% |
German | 758 | 29.32%, see rank | 19.84% | 16.51% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 27 | 1.04%, see rank | 0.53% | 0.51% |
Irish | 449 | 17.37%, see rank | 15.14% | 11.76% |
Italian | 155 | 6.00%, see rank | 4.66% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.51% |
Polish | 209 | 8.09%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.47% |
Russian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.37% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 137 | 5.30%, see rank | 2.85% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 57 | 2.21%, see rank | 2.14% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.41% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 6 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.31% |
American | 450 | 17.41%, see rank | 13.40% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 32 | 1.24%, see rank | 0.78% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
2,096 (85.24%) out of the total population of 2,459 reported first ancestry.
Chester, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 7 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.50% |
Czech | 7 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.54% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 42 | 1.71%, see rank | 2.54% | 1.68% |
English | 361 | 14.68%, see rank | 12.50% | 9.29% |
French | 77 | 3.13%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.90% |
German | 665 | 27.04%, see rank | 20.13% | 16.89% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 15 | 0.61%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Irish | 573 | 23.30%, see rank | 15.26% | 12.01% |
Italian | 120 | 4.88%, see rank | 4.57% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.55% |
Polish | 207 | 8.42%, see rank | 1.93% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.48% |
Russian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.35% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 140 | 5.69%, see rank | 2.84% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 43 | 1.75%, see rank | 2.13% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.40% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 6 | 0.24%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.32% |
American | 362 | 14.72%, see rank | 14.04% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 28 | 1.14%, see rank | 0.81% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
1,769 (68.25%) out of the total population of 2,592 reported first ancestry.
Chester, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.36% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.27% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.30% |
Dutch | 16 | 0.62%, see rank | 1.06% | 0.91% |
English | 267 | 10.30%, see rank | 7.41% | 5.91% |
French | 29 | 1.12%, see rank | 0.96% | 2.39% |
German | 386 | 14.89%, see rank | 10.06% | 10.81% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.34% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.32% |
Irish | 196 | 7.56%, see rank | 7.04% | 6.85% |
Italian | 173 | 6.67%, see rank | 3.28% | 4.59% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.16% | 1.15% |
Polish | 76 | 2.93%, see rank | 1.16% | 2.24% |
Portuguese | 8 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.33% |
Russian | 18 | 0.69%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.68% |
Scotch-Irish | 82 | 3.16%, see rank | 1.70% | 1.17% |
Scottish | 14 | 0.54%, see rank | 1.08% | 1.12% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.61% |
Swedish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.87% |
Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.19% |
Ukrainian | 5 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.24% |
American | 270 | 10.42%, see rank | 18.83% | 7.33% |
Welsh | 7 | 0.27%, 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.