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Jersey County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

17,548 (77.13%) out of the total population of 22,751 reported first ancestry.

	Jersey County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	29	0.13%, see rank	0.71%	0.56%
Czech	94	0.41%, see rank	0.92%	0.47%
Danish	70	0.31%, see rank	0.38%	0.42%
Dutch	565	2.48%, see rank	1.37%	1.40%
English	2,511	11.04%, see rank	5.90%	8.02%
French	726	3.19%, see rank	2.13%	3.34%
German	8,400	36.92%, see rank	19.07%	15.03%
Greek	14	0.06%, see rank	0.76%	0.41%
Hungarian	24	0.11%, see rank	0.40%	0.46%
Irish	3,460	15.21%, see rank	12.00%	10.80%
Italian	466	2.05%, see rank	6.14%	5.52%
Norwegian	106	0.47%, see rank	1.25%	1.42%
Polish	365	1.60%, see rank	7.22%	3.01%
Portuguese	24	0.11%, see rank	0.08%	0.44%
Russian	37	0.16%, see rank	0.97%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	362	1.59%, see rank	0.59%	0.99%
Scottish	272	1.20%, see rank	1.16%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	37	0.16%, see rank	0.64%	0.95%
Swedish	119	0.52%, see rank	2.13%	1.27%
Swiss	36	0.16%, see rank	0.27%	0.30%
Ukrainian	59	0.26%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	2,185	9.60%, see rank	5.00%	7.12%
Welsh	192	0.84%, see rank	0.37%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

18,191 (79.30%) out of the total population of 22,939 reported first ancestry.

	Jersey County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	12	0.05%, see rank	0.64%	0.53%
Czech	17	0.07%, see rank	0.96%	0.50%
Danish	46	0.20%, see rank	0.40%	0.45%
Dutch	670	2.92%, see rank	1.46%	1.51%
English	2,416	10.53%, see rank	6.23%	8.53%
French	904	3.94%, see rank	2.26%	3.54%
German	9,015	39.30%, see rank	19.89%	15.79%
Greek	15	0.07%, see rank	0.78%	0.42%
Hungarian	16	0.07%, see rank	0.41%	0.48%
Irish	3,777	16.47%, see rank	12.52%	11.36%
Italian	540	2.35%, see rank	6.29%	5.66%
Norwegian	42	0.18%, see rank	1.30%	1.46%
Polish	331	1.44%, see rank	7.47%	3.13%
Portuguese	19	0.08%, see rank	0.08%	0.46%
Russian	37	0.16%, see rank	1.03%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	175	0.76%, see rank	0.65%	1.07%
Scottish	447	1.95%, see rank	1.20%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	27	0.12%, see rank	0.62%	0.93%
Swedish	271	1.18%, see rank	2.24%	1.34%
Swiss	41	0.18%, see rank	0.29%	0.31%
Ukrainian	42	0.18%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	2,047	8.92%, see rank	4.85%	6.72%
Welsh	162	0.71%, see rank	0.40%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

18,695 (81.52%) out of the total population of 22,932 reported first ancestry.

	Jersey County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	11	0.05%, see rank	0.55%	0.50%
Czech	40	0.17%, see rank	1.01%	0.53%
Danish	63	0.27%, see rank	0.42%	0.48%
Dutch	750	3.27%, see rank	1.58%	1.63%
English	2,439	10.64%, see rank	6.56%	9.02%
French	1,085	4.73%, see rank	2.43%	3.77%
German	9,811	42.78%, see rank	20.72%	16.51%
Greek	22	0.10%, see rank	0.83%	0.44%
Hungarian	2	0.01%, see rank	0.43%	0.51%
Irish	3,363	14.67%, see rank	12.94%	11.76%
Italian	608	2.65%, see rank	6.35%	5.78%
Norwegian	55	0.24%, see rank	1.36%	1.51%
Polish	441	1.92%, see rank	7.69%	3.24%
Portuguese	55	0.24%, see rank	0.08%	0.47%
Russian	35	0.15%, see rank	1.07%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	120	0.52%, see rank	1.12%	1.72%
Scottish	471	2.05%, see rank	1.26%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	21	0.09%, see rank	0.63%	0.91%
Swedish	314	1.37%, see rank	2.37%	1.41%
Swiss	51	0.22%, see rank	0.33%	0.33%
Ukrainian	11	0.05%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	1,979	8.63%, see rank	4.61%	6.28%
Welsh	70	0.31%, see rank	0.41%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

17,953 (80.10%) out of the total population of 22,412 reported first ancestry.

	Jersey County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.52%	0.50%
Czech	34	0.15%, see rank	1.02%	0.54%
Danish	85	0.38%, see rank	0.44%	0.49%
Dutch	697	3.11%, see rank	1.61%	1.68%
English	2,431	10.85%, see rank	6.71%	9.29%
French	979	4.37%, see rank	2.51%	3.90%
German	9,152	40.84%, see rank	21.16%	16.89%
Greek	11	0.05%, see rank	0.85%	0.45%
Hungarian	3	0.01%, see rank	0.45%	0.52%
Irish	3,214	14.34%, see rank	13.14%	12.01%
Italian	557	2.49%, see rank	6.45%	5.91%
Norwegian	39	0.17%, see rank	1.38%	1.55%
Polish	415	1.85%, see rank	7.85%	3.32%
Portuguese	46	0.21%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	34	0.15%, see rank	1.11%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	147	0.66%, see rank	1.15%	1.77%
Scottish	497	2.22%, see rank	1.31%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	32	0.14%, see rank	0.62%	0.88%
Swedish	285	1.27%, see rank	2.46%	1.45%
Swiss	19	0.08%, see rank	0.33%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.40%	0.32%
American	1,956	8.73%, see rank	4.55%	6.43%
Welsh	73	0.33%, see rank	0.42%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

14,452 (66.70%) out of the total population of 21,668 reported first ancestry.

	Jersey County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	7	0.03%, see rank	0.38%	0.36%
Czech	72	0.33%, see rank	0.57%	0.27%
Danish	30	0.14%, see rank	0.26%	0.30%
Dutch	228	1.05%, see rank	0.90%	0.91%
English	1,600	7.38%, see rank	4.12%	5.91%
French	547	2.52%, see rank	1.34%	2.39%
German	5,676	26.20%, see rank	13.82%	10.81%
Greek	30	0.14%, see rank	0.65%	0.34%
Hungarian	16	0.07%, see rank	0.27%	0.32%
Irish	1,618	7.47%, see rank	7.62%	6.85%
Italian	252	1.16%, see rank	4.81%	4.59%
Norwegian	83	0.38%, see rank	0.96%	1.15%
Polish	52	0.24%, see rank	5.68%	2.24%
Portuguese	5	0.02%, see rank	0.04%	0.33%
Russian	6	0.03%, see rank	0.72%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	266	1.23%, see rank	0.73%	1.17%
Scottish	301	1.39%, see rank	0.73%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	48	0.22%, see rank	0.57%	0.61%
Swedish	63	0.29%, see rank	1.52%	0.87%
Swiss	16	0.07%, see rank	0.17%	0.19%
Ukrainian	16	0.07%, see rank	0.30%	0.24%
American	2,090	9.65%, see rank	4.58%	7.33%
Welsh	59	0.27%, 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.