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Lackawanna County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

196,889 (91.99%) out of the total population of 214,023 reported first ancestry.

	Lackawanna County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,228	0.57%, see rank	0.49%	0.56%
Czech	506	0.24%, see rank	0.40%	0.47%
Danish	346	0.16%, see rank	0.13%	0.42%
Dutch	2,851	1.33%, see rank	1.76%	1.40%
English	15,001	7.01%, see rank	7.42%	8.02%
French	3,292	1.54%, see rank	1.87%	3.34%
German	37,909	17.71%, see rank	27.27%	15.03%
Greek	538	0.25%, see rank	0.50%	0.41%
Hungarian	1,226	0.57%, see rank	1.03%	0.46%
Irish	54,897	25.65%, see rank	16.97%	10.80%
Italian	49,753	23.25%, see rank	12.13%	5.52%
Norwegian	641	0.30%, see rank	0.33%	1.42%
Polish	36,890	17.24%, see rank	6.62%	3.01%
Portuguese	480	0.22%, see rank	0.15%	0.44%
Russian	8,178	3.82%, see rank	1.47%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	679	0.32%, see rank	1.18%	0.99%
Scottish	2,102	0.98%, see rank	1.50%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	243	0.11%, see rank	0.74%	0.95%
Swedish	897	0.42%, see rank	0.82%	1.27%
Swiss	927	0.43%, see rank	0.51%	0.30%
Ukrainian	3,608	1.69%, see rank	0.88%	0.31%
American	9,223	4.31%, see rank	5.22%	7.12%
Welsh	11,342	5.30%, see rank	1.30%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

200,413 (93.50%) out of the total population of 214,353 reported first ancestry.

	Lackawanna County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,337	0.62%, see rank	0.49%	0.53%
Czech	554	0.26%, see rank	0.44%	0.50%
Danish	285	0.13%, see rank	0.14%	0.45%
Dutch	2,708	1.26%, see rank	1.94%	1.51%
English	15,841	7.39%, see rank	7.94%	8.53%
French	3,212	1.50%, see rank	1.99%	3.54%
German	39,251	18.31%, see rank	28.44%	15.79%
Greek	636	0.30%, see rank	0.51%	0.42%
Hungarian	1,320	0.62%, see rank	1.08%	0.48%
Irish	57,546	26.85%, see rank	17.65%	11.36%
Italian	51,762	24.15%, see rank	12.26%	5.66%
Norwegian	454	0.21%, see rank	0.34%	1.46%
Polish	38,346	17.89%, see rank	6.78%	3.13%
Portuguese	519	0.24%, see rank	0.15%	0.46%
Russian	8,509	3.97%, see rank	1.53%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	759	0.35%, see rank	1.30%	1.07%
Scottish	2,324	1.08%, see rank	1.58%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	176	0.08%, see rank	0.68%	0.93%
Swedish	1,191	0.56%, see rank	0.85%	1.34%
Swiss	764	0.36%, see rank	0.55%	0.31%
Ukrainian	3,905	1.82%, see rank	0.91%	0.31%
American	7,073	3.30%, see rank	4.84%	6.72%
Welsh	12,794	5.97%, see rank	1.41%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

200,741 (93.92%) out of the total population of 213,731 reported first ancestry.

	Lackawanna County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,522	0.71%, see rank	0.47%	0.50%
Czech	770	0.36%, see rank	0.46%	0.53%
Danish	354	0.17%, see rank	0.15%	0.48%
Dutch	2,513	1.18%, see rank	2.13%	1.63%
English	16,426	7.69%, see rank	8.35%	9.02%
French	2,915	1.36%, see rank	2.11%	3.77%
German	40,679	19.03%, see rank	29.39%	16.51%
Greek	685	0.32%, see rank	0.53%	0.44%
Hungarian	1,633	0.76%, see rank	1.15%	0.51%
Irish	58,615	27.42%, see rank	17.85%	11.76%
Italian	51,861	24.26%, see rank	12.51%	5.78%
Norwegian	397	0.19%, see rank	0.34%	1.51%
Polish	38,958	18.23%, see rank	6.98%	3.24%
Portuguese	436	0.20%, see rank	0.15%	0.47%
Russian	9,536	4.46%, see rank	1.60%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	1,944	0.91%, see rank	1.99%	1.72%
Scottish	2,748	1.29%, see rank	1.67%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	210	0.10%, see rank	0.65%	0.91%
Swedish	1,046	0.49%, see rank	0.91%	1.41%
Swiss	496	0.23%, see rank	0.57%	0.33%
Ukrainian	3,802	1.78%, see rank	0.94%	0.31%
American	5,212	2.44%, see rank	4.36%	6.28%
Welsh	13,476	6.31%, see rank	1.49%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

196,549 (94.00%) out of the total population of 209,100 reported first ancestry.

	Lackawanna County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	1,348	0.64%, see rank	0.47%	0.50%
Czech	875	0.42%, see rank	0.47%	0.54%
Danish	411	0.20%, see rank	0.16%	0.49%
Dutch	2,271	1.09%, see rank	2.21%	1.68%
English	17,230	8.24%, see rank	8.53%	9.29%
French	3,222	1.54%, see rank	2.15%	3.90%
German	40,772	19.50%, see rank	29.85%	16.89%
Greek	770	0.37%, see rank	0.53%	0.45%
Hungarian	2,108	1.01%, see rank	1.17%	0.52%
Irish	58,922	28.18%, see rank	18.11%	12.01%
Italian	52,162	24.95%, see rank	12.73%	5.91%
Norwegian	444	0.21%, see rank	0.35%	1.55%
Polish	40,209	19.23%, see rank	7.14%	3.32%
Portuguese	243	0.12%, see rank	0.15%	0.48%
Russian	9,743	4.66%, see rank	1.65%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	1,882	0.90%, see rank	2.06%	1.77%
Scottish	2,666	1.27%, see rank	1.70%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	199	0.10%, see rank	0.64%	0.88%
Swedish	1,013	0.48%, see rank	0.93%	1.45%
Swiss	463	0.22%, see rank	0.58%	0.34%
Ukrainian	4,113	1.97%, see rank	0.98%	0.32%
American	4,703	2.25%, see rank	4.49%	6.43%
Welsh	13,494	6.45%, see rank	1.52%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

185,300 (86.87%) out of the total population of 213,295 reported first ancestry.

	Lackawanna County	% of the Total Population	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Arab	926	0.43%, see rank	0.32%	0.36%
Czech	204	0.10%, see rank	0.17%	0.27%
Danish	92	0.04%, see rank	0.08%	0.30%
Dutch	956	0.45%, see rank	0.99%	0.91%
English	9,007	4.22%, see rank	4.75%	5.91%
French	1,406	0.66%, see rank	1.05%	2.39%
German	19,145	8.98%, see rank	19.14%	10.81%
Greek	365	0.17%, see rank	0.37%	0.34%
Hungarian	848	0.40%, see rank	0.66%	0.32%
Irish	39,309	18.43%, see rank	10.11%	6.85%
Italian	41,671	19.54%, see rank	9.55%	4.59%
Norwegian	281	0.13%, see rank	0.22%	1.15%
Polish	28,501	13.36%, see rank	4.74%	2.24%
Portuguese	75	0.04%, see rank	0.08%	0.33%
Russian	5,666	2.66%, see rank	1.04%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	1,141	0.53%, see rank	1.29%	1.17%
Scottish	1,226	0.57%, see rank	0.93%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	228	0.11%, see rank	0.46%	0.61%
Swedish	473	0.22%, see rank	0.51%	0.87%
Swiss	378	0.18%, see rank	0.31%	0.19%
Ukrainian	3,129	1.47%, see rank	0.72%	0.24%
American	5,632	2.64%, see rank	5.16%	7.33%
Welsh	6,676	3.13%, 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.