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Dorchester County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

27,916 (85.60%) out of the total population of 32,614 reported first ancestry.

	Dorchester County	% of the Total Population	Maryland	U.S.
Arab	28	0.09%, see rank	0.48%	0.56%
Czech	176	0.54%, see rank	0.38%	0.47%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.18%	0.42%
Dutch	187	0.57%, see rank	0.86%	1.40%
English	3,589	11.00%, see rank	7.82%	8.02%
French	408	1.25%, see rank	1.89%	3.34%
German	3,683	11.29%, see rank	14.69%	15.03%
Greek	105	0.32%, see rank	0.59%	0.41%
Hungarian	10	0.03%, see rank	0.41%	0.46%
Irish	3,042	9.33%, see rank	11.24%	10.80%
Italian	884	2.71%, see rank	5.21%	5.52%
Norwegian	82	0.25%, see rank	0.51%	1.42%
Polish	684	2.10%, see rank	3.31%	3.01%
Portuguese	19	0.06%, see rank	0.18%	0.44%
Russian	98	0.30%, see rank	1.33%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	240	0.74%, see rank	0.75%	0.99%
Scottish	844	2.59%, see rank	1.63%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	77	0.24%, see rank	3.62%	0.95%
Swedish	156	0.48%, see rank	0.58%	1.27%
Swiss	61	0.19%, see rank	0.20%	0.30%
Ukrainian	53	0.16%, see rank	0.37%	0.31%
American	7,271	22.29%, see rank	5.14%	7.12%
Welsh	188	0.58%, see rank	0.63%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

28,295 (86.87%) out of the total population of 32,570 reported first ancestry.

	Dorchester County	% of the Total Population	Maryland	U.S.
Arab	27	0.08%, see rank	0.46%	0.53%
Czech	145	0.45%, see rank	0.43%	0.50%
Danish	42	0.13%, see rank	0.21%	0.45%
Dutch	180	0.55%, see rank	0.95%	1.51%
English	3,927	12.06%, see rank	8.43%	8.53%
French	521	1.60%, see rank	2.08%	3.54%
German	4,088	12.55%, see rank	15.67%	15.79%
Greek	55	0.17%, see rank	0.59%	0.42%
Hungarian	2	0.01%, see rank	0.43%	0.48%
Irish	3,332	10.23%, see rank	11.84%	11.36%
Italian	896	2.75%, see rank	5.34%	5.66%
Norwegian	94	0.29%, see rank	0.51%	1.46%
Polish	710	2.18%, see rank	3.44%	3.13%
Portuguese	12	0.04%, see rank	0.18%	0.46%
Russian	115	0.35%, see rank	1.45%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	159	0.49%, see rank	0.84%	1.07%
Scottish	650	2.00%, see rank	1.70%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	74	0.23%, see rank	3.17%	0.93%
Swedish	204	0.63%, see rank	0.61%	1.34%
Swiss	65	0.20%, see rank	0.22%	0.31%
Ukrainian	26	0.08%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	6,813	20.92%, see rank	4.77%	6.72%
Welsh	261	0.80%, see rank	0.69%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

28,206 (87.36%) out of the total population of 32,287 reported first ancestry.

	Dorchester County	% of the Total Population	Maryland	U.S.
Arab	17	0.05%, see rank	0.42%	0.50%
Czech	102	0.32%, see rank	0.42%	0.53%
Danish	37	0.11%, see rank	0.21%	0.48%
Dutch	187	0.58%, see rank	1.04%	1.63%
English	4,501	13.94%, see rank	8.85%	9.02%
French	672	2.08%, see rank	2.26%	3.77%
German	3,712	11.50%, see rank	16.31%	16.51%
Greek	165	0.51%, see rank	0.60%	0.44%
Hungarian	5	0.02%, see rank	0.49%	0.51%
Irish	3,580	11.09%, see rank	12.18%	11.76%
Italian	1,048	3.25%, see rank	5.47%	5.78%
Norwegian	141	0.44%, see rank	0.51%	1.51%
Polish	587	1.82%, see rank	3.51%	3.24%
Portuguese	19	0.06%, see rank	0.20%	0.47%
Russian	122	0.38%, see rank	1.46%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	376	1.16%, see rank	1.44%	1.72%
Scottish	670	2.08%, see rank	1.76%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	81	0.25%, see rank	2.93%	0.91%
Swedish	216	0.67%, see rank	0.65%	1.41%
Swiss	87	0.27%, see rank	0.23%	0.33%
Ukrainian	34	0.11%, see rank	0.38%	0.31%
American	5,492	17.01%, see rank	4.87%	6.28%
Welsh	246	0.76%, see rank	0.74%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

28,175 (89.03%) out of the total population of 31,646 reported first ancestry.

	Dorchester County	% of the Total Population	Maryland	U.S.
Arab	172	0.54%, see rank	0.43%	0.50%
Czech	59	0.19%, see rank	0.43%	0.54%
Danish	26	0.08%, see rank	0.21%	0.49%
Dutch	207	0.65%, see rank	1.08%	1.68%
English	4,560	14.41%, see rank	9.32%	9.29%
French	800	2.53%, see rank	2.32%	3.90%
German	4,056	12.82%, see rank	16.84%	16.89%
Greek	164	0.52%, see rank	0.61%	0.45%
Hungarian	13	0.04%, see rank	0.49%	0.52%
Irish	3,644	11.51%, see rank	12.56%	12.01%
Italian	991	3.13%, see rank	5.63%	5.91%
Norwegian	123	0.39%, see rank	0.54%	1.55%
Polish	685	2.16%, see rank	3.63%	3.32%
Portuguese	17	0.05%, see rank	0.21%	0.48%
Russian	107	0.34%, see rank	1.50%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	425	1.34%, see rank	1.49%	1.77%
Scottish	676	2.14%, see rank	1.85%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	95	0.30%, see rank	2.87%	0.88%
Swedish	233	0.74%, see rank	0.67%	1.45%
Swiss	76	0.24%, see rank	0.25%	0.34%
Ukrainian	31	0.10%, see rank	0.40%	0.32%
American	5,386	17.02%, see rank	5.14%	6.43%
Welsh	265	0.84%, see rank	0.77%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

22,311 (72.74%) out of the total population of 30,674 reported first ancestry.

	Dorchester County	% of the Total Population	Maryland	U.S.
Arab	22	0.07%, see rank	0.32%	0.36%
Czech	35	0.11%, see rank	0.21%	0.27%
Danish	13	0.04%, see rank	0.13%	0.30%
Dutch	116	0.38%, see rank	0.52%	0.91%
English	2,844	9.27%, see rank	6.01%	5.91%
French	261	0.85%, see rank	1.31%	2.39%
German	2,232	7.28%, see rank	10.82%	10.81%
Greek	32	0.10%, see rank	0.51%	0.34%
Hungarian	44	0.14%, see rank	0.27%	0.32%
Irish	1,820	5.93%, see rank	7.46%	6.85%
Italian	420	1.37%, see rank	4.06%	4.59%
Norwegian	98	0.32%, see rank	0.35%	1.15%
Polish	247	0.81%, see rank	2.44%	2.24%
Portuguese	23	0.07%, see rank	0.12%	0.33%
Russian	3	0.01%, see rank	1.10%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	143	0.47%, see rank	0.95%	1.17%
Scottish	370	1.21%, see rank	1.10%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	221	0.72%, see rank	1.81%	0.61%
Swedish	89	0.29%, see rank	0.36%	0.87%
Swiss	9	0.03%, see rank	0.13%	0.19%
Ukrainian	25	0.08%, see rank	0.28%	0.24%
American	4,475	14.59%, see rank	5.77%	7.33%
Welsh	146	0.48%, 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.