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Lea County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

58,797 (87.92%) out of the total population of 66,876 reported first ancestry.

	Lea County	% of the Total Population	New Mexico	U.S.
Arab	89	0.13%, see rank	0.29%	0.56%
Czech	130	0.19%, see rank	0.22%	0.47%
Danish	40	0.06%, see rank	0.31%	0.42%
Dutch	877	1.31%, see rank	0.93%	1.40%
English	3,396	5.08%, see rank	6.47%	8.02%
French	532	0.80%, see rank	2.01%	3.34%
German	4,235	6.33%, see rank	9.18%	15.03%
Greek	40	0.06%, see rank	0.21%	0.41%
Hungarian	38	0.06%, see rank	0.22%	0.46%
Irish	3,700	5.53%, see rank	6.67%	10.80%
Italian	348	0.52%, see rank	2.40%	5.52%
Norwegian	95	0.14%, see rank	0.83%	1.42%
Polish	384	0.57%, see rank	1.14%	3.01%
Portuguese	33	0.05%, see rank	0.16%	0.44%
Russian	121	0.18%, see rank	0.43%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	283	0.42%, see rank	0.87%	0.99%
Scottish	649	0.97%, see rank	1.53%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	184	0.28%, see rank	0.20%	0.95%
Swedish	181	0.27%, see rank	0.78%	1.27%
Swiss	5	0.01%, see rank	0.20%	0.30%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.11%	0.31%
American	3,568	5.34%, see rank	4.46%	7.12%
Welsh	216	0.32%, see rank	0.48%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

57,706 (89.23%) out of the total population of 64,670 reported first ancestry.

	Lea County	% of the Total Population	New Mexico	U.S.
Arab	7	0.01%, see rank	0.26%	0.53%
Czech	82	0.13%, see rank	0.26%	0.50%
Danish	40	0.06%, see rank	0.31%	0.45%
Dutch	1,009	1.56%, see rank	1.01%	1.51%
English	3,824	5.91%, see rank	7.24%	8.53%
French	696	1.08%, see rank	2.18%	3.54%
German	5,208	8.05%, see rank	9.88%	15.79%
Greek	29	0.04%, see rank	0.22%	0.42%
Hungarian	57	0.09%, see rank	0.24%	0.48%
Irish	4,583	7.09%, see rank	7.15%	11.36%
Italian	502	0.78%, see rank	2.41%	5.66%
Norwegian	59	0.09%, see rank	0.83%	1.46%
Polish	475	0.73%, see rank	1.16%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.21%	0.46%
Russian	15	0.02%, see rank	0.46%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	512	0.79%, see rank	0.97%	1.07%
Scottish	469	0.73%, see rank	1.60%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	179	0.28%, see rank	0.17%	0.93%
Swedish	136	0.21%, see rank	0.87%	1.34%
Swiss	9	0.01%, see rank	0.22%	0.31%
Ukrainian	17	0.03%, see rank	0.12%	0.31%
American	4,063	6.28%, see rank	3.97%	6.72%
Welsh	352	0.54%, see rank	0.50%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

54,331 (86.93%) out of the total population of 62,503 reported first ancestry.

	Lea County	% of the Total Population	New Mexico	U.S.
Arab	24	0.04%, see rank	0.25%	0.50%
Czech	99	0.16%, see rank	0.29%	0.53%
Danish	46	0.07%, see rank	0.36%	0.48%
Dutch	1,231	1.97%, see rank	1.16%	1.63%
English	4,529	7.25%, see rank	7.96%	9.02%
French	858	1.37%, see rank	2.46%	3.77%
German	5,782	9.25%, see rank	10.44%	16.51%
Greek	61	0.10%, see rank	0.25%	0.44%
Hungarian	61	0.10%, see rank	0.25%	0.51%
Irish	4,765	7.62%, see rank	7.55%	11.76%
Italian	351	0.56%, see rank	2.52%	5.78%
Norwegian	217	0.35%, see rank	0.95%	1.51%
Polish	302	0.48%, see rank	1.17%	3.24%
Portuguese	16	0.03%, see rank	0.20%	0.47%
Russian	42	0.07%, see rank	0.48%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	822	1.32%, see rank	1.59%	1.72%
Scottish	543	0.87%, see rank	1.72%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	128	0.20%, see rank	0.20%	0.91%
Swedish	109	0.17%, see rank	0.93%	1.41%
Swiss	11	0.02%, see rank	0.22%	0.33%
Ukrainian	12	0.02%, see rank	0.11%	0.31%
American	3,956	6.33%, see rank	3.37%	6.28%
Welsh	252	0.40%, see rank	0.55%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

49,748 (85.69%) out of the total population of 58,058 reported first ancestry.

	Lea County	% of the Total Population	New Mexico	U.S.
Arab	15	0.03%, see rank	0.22%	0.50%
Czech	70	0.12%, see rank	0.31%	0.54%
Danish	41	0.07%, see rank	0.36%	0.49%
Dutch	1,148	1.98%, see rank	1.16%	1.68%
English	3,340	5.75%, see rank	8.09%	9.29%
French	960	1.65%, see rank	2.47%	3.90%
German	5,519	9.51%, see rank	10.79%	16.89%
Greek	35	0.06%, see rank	0.26%	0.45%
Hungarian	65	0.11%, see rank	0.28%	0.52%
Irish	5,032	8.67%, see rank	7.66%	12.01%
Italian	458	0.79%, see rank	2.48%	5.91%
Norwegian	232	0.40%, see rank	1.00%	1.55%
Polish	223	0.38%, see rank	1.26%	3.32%
Portuguese	7	0.01%, see rank	0.20%	0.48%
Russian	56	0.10%, see rank	0.50%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	784	1.35%, see rank	1.69%	1.77%
Scottish	579	1.00%, see rank	1.80%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	99	0.17%, see rank	0.22%	0.88%
Swedish	127	0.22%, see rank	0.96%	1.45%
Swiss	23	0.04%, see rank	0.24%	0.34%
Ukrainian	14	0.02%, see rank	0.10%	0.32%
American	3,521	6.06%, see rank	3.30%	6.43%
Welsh	185	0.32%, see rank	0.59%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

40,512 (72.98%) out of the total population of 55,511 reported first ancestry.

	Lea County	% of the Total Population	New Mexico	U.S.
Arab	26	0.05%, see rank	0.18%	0.36%
Czech	37	0.07%, see rank	0.14%	0.27%
Danish	67	0.12%, see rank	0.24%	0.30%
Dutch	485	0.87%, see rank	0.65%	0.91%
English	2,116	3.81%, see rank	5.17%	5.91%
French	453	0.82%, see rank	1.37%	2.39%
German	2,698	4.86%, see rank	6.68%	10.81%
Greek	40	0.07%, see rank	0.16%	0.34%
Hungarian	36	0.06%, see rank	0.16%	0.32%
Irish	2,375	4.28%, see rank	4.46%	6.85%
Italian	370	0.67%, see rank	1.83%	4.59%
Norwegian	271	0.49%, see rank	0.72%	1.15%
Polish	132	0.24%, see rank	0.76%	2.24%
Portuguese	53	0.10%, see rank	0.08%	0.33%
Russian	36	0.06%, see rank	0.31%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	590	1.06%, see rank	1.13%	1.17%
Scottish	415	0.75%, see rank	1.03%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	67	0.12%, see rank	0.13%	0.61%
Swedish	74	0.13%, see rank	0.58%	0.87%
Swiss	36	0.06%, see rank	0.16%	0.19%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.24%
American	5,166	9.31%, see rank	5.11%	7.33%
Welsh	24	0.04%, see rank	0.29%	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.