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Dallas County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

58,276 (80.80%) out of the total population of 72,124 reported first ancestry.

	Dallas County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	380	0.53%, see rank	0.27%	0.56%
Czech	809	1.12%, see rank	1.89%	0.47%
Danish	1,547	2.14%, see rank	1.86%	0.42%
Dutch	2,314	3.21%, see rank	4.35%	1.40%
English	6,816	9.45%, see rank	8.78%	8.02%
French	1,937	2.69%, see rank	2.60%	3.34%
German	23,569	32.68%, see rank	36.73%	15.03%
Greek	163	0.23%, see rank	0.22%	0.41%
Hungarian	175	0.24%, see rank	0.12%	0.46%
Irish	9,267	12.85%, see rank	14.07%	10.80%
Italian	2,041	2.83%, see rank	2.10%	5.52%
Norwegian	3,517	4.88%, see rank	5.34%	1.42%
Polish	1,216	1.69%, see rank	1.28%	3.01%
Portuguese	69	0.10%, see rank	0.06%	0.44%
Russian	482	0.67%, see rank	0.36%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	563	0.78%, see rank	0.85%	0.99%
Scottish	941	1.30%, see rank	1.51%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	362	0.50%, see rank	0.56%	0.95%
Swedish	2,672	3.70%, see rank	2.92%	1.27%
Swiss	348	0.48%, see rank	0.47%	0.30%
Ukrainian	140	0.19%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	4,324	6.00%, see rank	6.36%	7.12%
Welsh	847	1.17%, see rank	0.67%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

57,684 (86.10%) out of the total population of 66,997 reported first ancestry.

	Dallas County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	195	0.29%, see rank	0.21%	0.53%
Czech	700	1.04%, see rank	1.99%	0.50%
Danish	1,352	2.02%, see rank	2.04%	0.45%
Dutch	2,715	4.05%, see rank	4.70%	1.51%
English	6,807	10.16%, see rank	9.27%	8.53%
French	1,800	2.69%, see rank	2.82%	3.54%
German	24,835	37.07%, see rank	38.44%	15.79%
Greek	231	0.34%, see rank	0.23%	0.42%
Hungarian	128	0.19%, see rank	0.12%	0.48%
Irish	10,082	15.05%, see rank	14.91%	11.36%
Italian	1,796	2.68%, see rank	2.14%	5.66%
Norwegian	3,734	5.57%, see rank	5.56%	1.46%
Polish	1,212	1.81%, see rank	1.31%	3.13%
Portuguese	82	0.12%, see rank	0.06%	0.46%
Russian	422	0.63%, see rank	0.38%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	644	0.96%, see rank	0.95%	1.07%
Scottish	965	1.44%, see rank	1.58%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	225	0.34%, see rank	0.54%	0.93%
Swedish	2,833	4.23%, see rank	3.15%	1.34%
Swiss	302	0.45%, see rank	0.50%	0.31%
Ukrainian	87	0.13%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	3,685	5.50%, see rank	5.98%	6.72%
Welsh	682	1.02%, see rank	0.71%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

54,571 (88.43%) out of the total population of 61,714 reported first ancestry.

	Dallas County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	119	0.19%, see rank	0.17%	0.50%
Czech	668	1.08%, see rank	2.07%	0.53%
Danish	1,335	2.16%, see rank	2.20%	0.48%
Dutch	3,015	4.89%, see rank	4.90%	1.63%
English	6,825	11.06%, see rank	9.85%	9.02%
French	1,827	2.96%, see rank	3.05%	3.77%
German	23,502	38.08%, see rank	39.79%	16.51%
Greek	211	0.34%, see rank	0.24%	0.44%
Hungarian	88	0.14%, see rank	0.14%	0.51%
Irish	9,819	15.91%, see rank	15.41%	11.76%
Italian	1,721	2.79%, see rank	2.22%	5.78%
Norwegian	3,327	5.39%, see rank	5.63%	1.51%
Polish	861	1.40%, see rank	1.35%	3.24%
Portuguese	27	0.04%, see rank	0.07%	0.47%
Russian	281	0.46%, see rank	0.36%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	997	1.62%, see rank	1.53%	1.72%
Scottish	893	1.45%, see rank	1.68%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	198	0.32%, see rank	0.51%	0.91%
Swedish	2,483	4.02%, see rank	3.26%	1.41%
Swiss	451	0.73%, see rank	0.53%	0.33%
Ukrainian	99	0.16%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	3,673	5.95%, see rank	5.61%	6.28%
Welsh	617	1.00%, see rank	0.76%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

49,944 (87.44%) out of the total population of 57,115 reported first ancestry.

	Dallas County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	50	0.09%, see rank	0.15%	0.50%
Czech	572	1.00%, see rank	2.12%	0.54%
Danish	1,324	2.32%, see rank	2.25%	0.49%
Dutch	2,521	4.41%, see rank	5.01%	1.68%
English	6,664	11.67%, see rank	10.07%	9.29%
French	1,808	3.17%, see rank	3.19%	3.90%
German	21,457	37.57%, see rank	40.46%	16.89%
Greek	87	0.15%, see rank	0.24%	0.45%
Hungarian	76	0.13%, see rank	0.14%	0.52%
Irish	9,393	16.45%, see rank	15.67%	12.01%
Italian	1,553	2.72%, see rank	2.18%	5.91%
Norwegian	2,997	5.25%, see rank	5.67%	1.55%
Polish	762	1.33%, see rank	1.39%	3.32%
Portuguese	49	0.09%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	276	0.48%, see rank	0.37%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	791	1.38%, see rank	1.58%	1.77%
Scottish	937	1.64%, see rank	1.72%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	92	0.16%, see rank	0.41%	0.88%
Swedish	1,977	3.46%, see rank	3.30%	1.45%
Swiss	342	0.60%, see rank	0.56%	0.34%
Ukrainian	96	0.17%, see rank	0.09%	0.32%
American	3,167	5.54%, see rank	5.67%	6.43%
Welsh	746	1.31%, see rank	0.78%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

30,884 (75.79%) out of the total population of 40,750 reported first ancestry.

	Dallas County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	46	0.11%, see rank	0.13%	0.36%
Czech	208	0.51%, see rank	1.09%	0.27%
Danish	710	1.74%, see rank	1.45%	0.30%
Dutch	1,024	2.51%, see rank	3.03%	0.91%
English	2,844	6.98%, see rank	5.89%	5.91%
French	618	1.52%, see rank	1.56%	2.39%
German	9,507	23.33%, see rank	28.26%	10.81%
Greek	23	0.06%, see rank	0.15%	0.34%
Hungarian	25	0.06%, see rank	0.07%	0.32%
Irish	3,296	8.09%, see rank	7.69%	6.85%
Italian	868	2.13%, see rank	1.28%	4.59%
Norwegian	1,447	3.55%, see rank	4.28%	1.15%
Polish	228	0.56%, see rank	0.70%	2.24%
Portuguese	8	0.02%, see rank	0.03%	0.33%
Russian	50	0.12%, see rank	0.17%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	522	1.28%, see rank	1.01%	1.17%
Scottish	490	1.20%, see rank	0.88%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	87	0.21%, see rank	0.23%	0.61%
Swedish	1,329	3.26%, see rank	2.04%	0.87%
Swiss	204	0.50%, see rank	0.30%	0.19%
Ukrainian	46	0.11%, see rank	0.05%	0.24%
American	3,042	7.47%, see rank	6.73%	7.33%
Welsh	271	0.67%, see rank	0.39%	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.