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Dauphin County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

232,565 (86.15%) out of the total population of 269,946 reported first ancestry.

	Dauphin County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,245	0.46%, see rank	0.49%	0.56%
Czech	848	0.31%, see rank	0.40%	0.47%
Danish	311	0.12%, see rank	0.13%	0.42%
Dutch	4,780	1.77%, see rank	1.76%	1.40%
English	16,301	6.04%, see rank	7.42%	8.02%
French	5,038	1.87%, see rank	1.87%	3.34%
German	80,295	29.74%, see rank	27.27%	15.03%
Greek	918	0.34%, see rank	0.50%	0.41%
Hungarian	2,030	0.75%, see rank	1.03%	0.46%
Irish	31,302	11.60%, see rank	16.97%	10.80%
Italian	19,688	7.29%, see rank	12.13%	5.52%
Norwegian	760	0.28%, see rank	0.33%	1.42%
Polish	9,248	3.43%, see rank	6.62%	3.01%
Portuguese	348	0.13%, see rank	0.15%	0.44%
Russian	2,505	0.93%, see rank	1.47%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	3,141	1.16%, see rank	1.18%	0.99%
Scottish	3,238	1.20%, see rank	1.50%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	2,527	0.94%, see rank	0.74%	0.95%
Swedish	1,211	0.45%, see rank	0.82%	1.27%
Swiss	1,473	0.55%, see rank	0.51%	0.30%
Ukrainian	1,471	0.54%, see rank	0.88%	0.31%
American	12,484	4.62%, see rank	5.22%	7.12%
Welsh	3,602	1.33%, see rank	1.30%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

236,681 (88.35%) out of the total population of 267,891 reported first ancestry.

	Dauphin County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,350	0.50%, see rank	0.49%	0.53%
Czech	1,101	0.41%, see rank	0.44%	0.50%
Danish	232	0.09%, see rank	0.14%	0.45%
Dutch	5,646	2.11%, see rank	1.94%	1.51%
English	17,537	6.55%, see rank	7.94%	8.53%
French	5,365	2.00%, see rank	1.99%	3.54%
German	85,246	31.82%, see rank	28.44%	15.79%
Greek	1,017	0.38%, see rank	0.51%	0.42%
Hungarian	2,305	0.86%, see rank	1.08%	0.48%
Irish	31,328	11.69%, see rank	17.65%	11.36%
Italian	20,922	7.81%, see rank	12.26%	5.66%
Norwegian	665	0.25%, see rank	0.34%	1.46%
Polish	9,278	3.46%, see rank	6.78%	3.13%
Portuguese	303	0.11%, see rank	0.15%	0.46%
Russian	2,593	0.97%, see rank	1.53%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	3,554	1.33%, see rank	1.30%	1.07%
Scottish	3,290	1.23%, see rank	1.58%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	2,384	0.89%, see rank	0.68%	0.93%
Swedish	1,452	0.54%, see rank	0.85%	1.34%
Swiss	1,754	0.65%, see rank	0.55%	0.31%
Ukrainian	1,442	0.54%, see rank	0.91%	0.31%
American	11,722	4.38%, see rank	4.84%	6.72%
Welsh	3,666	1.37%, see rank	1.41%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

238,458 (90.04%) out of the total population of 264,823 reported first ancestry.

	Dauphin County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,207	0.46%, see rank	0.47%	0.50%
Czech	1,436	0.54%, see rank	0.46%	0.53%
Danish	243	0.09%, see rank	0.15%	0.48%
Dutch	6,684	2.52%, see rank	2.13%	1.63%
English	17,906	6.76%, see rank	8.35%	9.02%
French	5,497	2.08%, see rank	2.11%	3.77%
German	89,998	33.98%, see rank	29.39%	16.51%
Greek	705	0.27%, see rank	0.53%	0.44%
Hungarian	2,558	0.97%, see rank	1.15%	0.51%
Irish	32,428	12.25%, see rank	17.85%	11.76%
Italian	21,540	8.13%, see rank	12.51%	5.78%
Norwegian	822	0.31%, see rank	0.34%	1.51%
Polish	9,205	3.48%, see rank	6.98%	3.24%
Portuguese	264	0.10%, see rank	0.15%	0.47%
Russian	2,799	1.06%, see rank	1.60%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	5,353	2.02%, see rank	1.99%	1.72%
Scottish	3,502	1.32%, see rank	1.67%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	2,380	0.90%, see rank	0.65%	0.91%
Swedish	1,866	0.70%, see rank	0.91%	1.41%
Swiss	1,473	0.56%, see rank	0.57%	0.33%
Ukrainian	1,440	0.54%, see rank	0.94%	0.31%
American	11,654	4.40%, see rank	4.36%	6.28%
Welsh	4,136	1.56%, see rank	1.49%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

231,311 (90.21%) out of the total population of 256,400 reported first ancestry.

	Dauphin County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,239	0.48%, see rank	0.47%	0.50%
Czech	1,359	0.53%, see rank	0.47%	0.54%
Danish	316	0.12%, see rank	0.16%	0.49%
Dutch	6,813	2.66%, see rank	2.21%	1.68%
English	18,033	7.03%, see rank	8.53%	9.29%
French	5,071	1.98%, see rank	2.15%	3.90%
German	90,199	35.18%, see rank	29.85%	16.89%
Greek	619	0.24%, see rank	0.53%	0.45%
Hungarian	2,290	0.89%, see rank	1.17%	0.52%
Irish	31,934	12.45%, see rank	18.11%	12.01%
Italian	21,688	8.46%, see rank	12.73%	5.91%
Norwegian	676	0.26%, see rank	0.35%	1.55%
Polish	9,803	3.82%, see rank	7.14%	3.32%
Portuguese	299	0.12%, see rank	0.15%	0.48%
Russian	2,577	1.01%, see rank	1.65%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	5,210	2.03%, see rank	2.06%	1.77%
Scottish	3,356	1.31%, see rank	1.70%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	2,842	1.11%, see rank	0.64%	0.88%
Swedish	1,915	0.75%, see rank	0.93%	1.45%
Swiss	1,443	0.56%, see rank	0.58%	0.34%
Ukrainian	1,401	0.55%, see rank	0.98%	0.32%
American	12,703	4.95%, see rank	4.49%	6.43%
Welsh	3,651	1.42%, see rank	1.52%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

203,579 (80.85%) out of the total population of 251,798 reported first ancestry.

	Dauphin County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	496	0.20%, see rank	0.32%	0.36%
Czech	250	0.10%, see rank	0.17%	0.27%
Danish	269	0.11%, see rank	0.08%	0.30%
Dutch	3,173	1.26%, see rank	0.99%	0.91%
English	8,965	3.56%, see rank	4.75%	5.91%
French	2,314	0.92%, see rank	1.05%	2.39%
German	61,983	24.62%, see rank	19.14%	10.81%
Greek	536	0.21%, see rank	0.37%	0.34%
Hungarian	1,525	0.61%, see rank	0.66%	0.32%
Irish	15,310	6.08%, see rank	10.11%	6.85%
Italian	14,576	5.79%, see rank	9.55%	4.59%
Norwegian	585	0.23%, see rank	0.22%	1.15%
Polish	5,331	2.12%, see rank	4.74%	2.24%
Portuguese	140	0.06%, see rank	0.08%	0.33%
Russian	1,557	0.62%, see rank	1.04%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	2,690	1.07%, see rank	1.29%	1.17%
Scottish	1,883	0.75%, see rank	0.93%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	2,227	0.88%, see rank	0.46%	0.61%
Swedish	787	0.31%, see rank	0.51%	0.87%
Swiss	816	0.32%, see rank	0.31%	0.19%
Ukrainian	1,008	0.40%, see rank	0.72%	0.24%
American	14,902	5.92%, see rank	5.16%	7.33%
Welsh	2,118	0.84%, 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.