USA.com / South Dakota / Day County / Population and Races / Historical First Ancestry Data

Day County Historical First Ancestry Data

Basic InfoPopulation/RacesIncome/CareersHousingEducationOthers

ACS 2010-2014 data

4,960 (87.57%) out of the total population of 5,664 reported first ancestry.

	Day County	% of the Total Population	South Dakota	U.S.
Arab	11	0.19%, see rank	0.20%	0.56%
Czech	58	1.02%, see rank	2.18%	0.47%
Danish	67	1.18%, see rank	2.02%	0.42%
Dutch	91	1.61%, see rank	4.76%	1.40%
English	182	3.21%, see rank	5.90%	8.02%
French	169	2.98%, see rank	2.95%	3.34%
German	2,390	42.20%, see rank	40.25%	15.03%
Greek	1	0.02%, see rank	0.13%	0.41%
Hungarian	4	0.07%, see rank	0.13%	0.46%
Irish	390	6.89%, see rank	10.86%	10.80%
Italian	3	0.05%, see rank	1.34%	5.52%
Norwegian	1,494	26.38%, see rank	13.86%	1.42%
Polish	586	10.35%, see rank	1.58%	3.01%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.44%
Russian	95	1.68%, see rank	1.31%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	5	0.09%, see rank	0.58%	0.99%
Scottish	64	1.13%, see rank	1.17%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	7	0.12%, see rank	0.58%	0.95%
Swedish	172	3.04%, see rank	3.40%	1.27%
Swiss	4	0.07%, see rank	0.39%	0.30%
Ukrainian	6	0.11%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	185	3.27%, see rank	3.84%	7.12%
Welsh	8	0.14%, see rank	0.52%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

5,011 (88.33%) out of the total population of 5,673 reported first ancestry.

	Day County	% of the Total Population	South Dakota	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.21%	0.53%
Czech	69	1.22%, see rank	2.30%	0.50%
Danish	87	1.53%, see rank	2.23%	0.45%
Dutch	99	1.75%, see rank	4.82%	1.51%
English	240	4.23%, see rank	6.53%	8.53%
French	93	1.64%, see rank	3.20%	3.54%
German	2,294	40.44%, see rank	41.94%	15.79%
Greek	8	0.14%, see rank	0.14%	0.42%
Hungarian	4	0.07%, see rank	0.15%	0.48%
Irish	436	7.69%, see rank	11.11%	11.36%
Italian	2	0.04%, see rank	1.33%	5.66%
Norwegian	1,342	23.66%, see rank	14.03%	1.46%
Polish	529	9.32%, see rank	1.50%	3.13%
Portuguese	2	0.04%, see rank	0.09%	0.46%
Russian	118	2.08%, see rank	1.52%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	8	0.14%, see rank	0.70%	1.07%
Scottish	64	1.13%, see rank	1.22%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.55%	0.93%
Swedish	279	4.92%, see rank	3.67%	1.34%
Swiss	6	0.11%, see rank	0.35%	0.31%
Ukrainian	5	0.09%, see rank	0.16%	0.31%
American	440	7.76%, see rank	3.63%	6.72%
Welsh	8	0.14%, see rank	0.57%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

5,401 (94.52%) out of the total population of 5,714 reported first ancestry.

	Day County	% of the Total Population	South Dakota	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.50%
Czech	83	1.45%, see rank	2.33%	0.53%
Danish	145	2.54%, see rank	2.35%	0.48%
Dutch	153	2.68%, see rank	4.78%	1.63%
English	236	4.13%, see rank	7.17%	9.02%
French	156	2.73%, see rank	3.42%	3.77%
German	2,505	43.84%, see rank	43.77%	16.51%
Greek	6	0.11%, see rank	0.13%	0.44%
Hungarian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.51%
Irish	502	8.79%, see rank	11.13%	11.76%
Italian	2	0.04%, see rank	1.26%	5.78%
Norwegian	1,437	25.15%, see rank	14.93%	1.51%
Polish	729	12.76%, see rank	1.61%	3.24%
Portuguese	2	0.04%, see rank	0.07%	0.47%
Russian	108	1.89%, see rank	1.63%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	51	0.89%, see rank	1.18%	1.72%
Scottish	22	0.39%, see rank	1.29%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.42%	0.91%
Swedish	265	4.64%, see rank	3.82%	1.41%
Swiss	10	0.18%, see rank	0.37%	0.33%
Ukrainian	2	0.04%, see rank	0.15%	0.31%
American	346	6.06%, see rank	3.48%	6.28%
Welsh	8	0.14%, see rank	0.49%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

5,345 (94.82%) out of the total population of 5,637 reported first ancestry.

	Day County	% of the Total Population	South Dakota	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.50%
Czech	35	0.62%, see rank	2.27%	0.54%
Danish	133	2.36%, see rank	2.39%	0.49%
Dutch	144	2.55%, see rank	5.03%	1.68%
English	272	4.83%, see rank	7.35%	9.29%
French	142	2.52%, see rank	3.47%	3.90%
German	2,524	44.78%, see rank	44.52%	16.89%
Greek	5	0.09%, see rank	0.13%	0.45%
Hungarian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.52%
Irish	442	7.84%, see rank	11.41%	12.01%
Italian	6	0.11%, see rank	1.27%	5.91%
Norwegian	1,371	24.32%, see rank	15.19%	1.55%
Polish	846	15.01%, see rank	1.60%	3.32%
Portuguese	2	0.04%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	72	1.28%, see rank	1.68%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	53	0.94%, see rank	1.24%	1.77%
Scottish	19	0.34%, see rank	1.30%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.38%	0.88%
Swedish	273	4.84%, see rank	3.80%	1.45%
Swiss	8	0.14%, see rank	0.38%	0.34%
Ukrainian	7	0.12%, see rank	0.13%	0.32%
American	337	5.98%, see rank	3.48%	6.43%
Welsh	7	0.12%, see rank	0.46%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

5,512 (87.95%) out of the total population of 6,267 reported first ancestry.

	Day County	% of the Total Population	South Dakota	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.14%	0.36%
Czech	18	0.29%, see rank	1.34%	0.27%
Danish	61	0.97%, see rank	1.48%	0.30%
Dutch	65	1.04%, see rank	2.95%	0.91%
English	128	2.04%, see rank	3.84%	5.91%
French	86	1.37%, see rank	1.75%	2.39%
German	1,909	30.46%, see rank	32.30%	10.81%
Greek	6	0.10%, see rank	0.07%	0.34%
Hungarian	9	0.14%, see rank	0.07%	0.32%
Irish	213	3.40%, see rank	5.30%	6.85%
Italian	11	0.18%, see rank	0.72%	4.59%
Norwegian	1,483	23.66%, see rank	11.24%	1.15%
Polish	599	9.56%, see rank	0.89%	2.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.03%	0.33%
Russian	7	0.11%, see rank	0.32%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	9	0.14%, see rank	0.64%	1.17%
Scottish	25	0.40%, see rank	0.58%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	13	0.21%, see rank	0.22%	0.61%
Swedish	140	2.23%, see rank	2.09%	0.87%
Swiss	8	0.13%, see rank	0.19%	0.19%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.10%	0.24%
American	124	1.98%, see rank	3.87%	7.33%
Welsh	14	0.22%, see rank	0.20%	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.