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Letcher County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

16,269 (67.89%) out of the total population of 23,965 reported first ancestry.

	Letcher County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.29%	0.56%
Czech	10	0.04%, see rank	0.11%	0.47%
Danish	20	0.08%, see rank	0.10%	0.42%
Dutch	129	0.54%, see rank	1.13%	1.40%
English	1,613	6.73%, see rank	10.29%	8.02%
French	98	0.41%, see rank	1.82%	3.34%
German	1,156	4.82%, see rank	14.75%	15.03%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.41%
Hungarian	34	0.14%, see rank	0.17%	0.46%
Irish	1,572	6.56%, see rank	12.51%	10.80%
Italian	84	0.35%, see rank	1.99%	5.52%
Norwegian	10	0.04%, see rank	0.32%	1.42%
Polish	87	0.36%, see rank	0.83%	3.01%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.44%
Russian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.21%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	426	1.78%, see rank	1.37%	0.99%
Scottish	110	0.46%, see rank	1.88%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.85%	0.95%
Swedish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.37%	1.27%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.30%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.31%
American	7,131	29.76%, see rank	20.66%	7.12%
Welsh	40	0.17%, see rank	0.52%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

16,417 (67.46%) out of the total population of 24,336 reported first ancestry.

	Letcher County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	16	0.07%, see rank	0.25%	0.53%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.12%	0.50%
Danish	10	0.04%, see rank	0.10%	0.45%
Dutch	213	0.88%, see rank	1.21%	1.51%
English	2,333	9.59%, see rank	10.97%	8.53%
French	72	0.30%, see rank	1.95%	3.54%
German	1,406	5.78%, see rank	15.19%	15.79%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.42%
Hungarian	26	0.11%, see rank	0.16%	0.48%
Irish	1,727	7.10%, see rank	13.16%	11.36%
Italian	137	0.56%, see rank	2.05%	5.66%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.30%	1.46%
Polish	57	0.23%, see rank	0.87%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.46%
Russian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	500	2.05%, see rank	1.46%	1.07%
Scottish	289	1.19%, see rank	1.89%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.83%	0.93%
Swedish	86	0.35%, see rank	0.38%	1.34%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.23%	0.31%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.31%
American	8,014	32.93%, see rank	20.61%	6.72%
Welsh	37	0.15%, see rank	0.52%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

17,002 (69.50%) out of the total population of 24,462 reported first ancestry.

	Letcher County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	16	0.07%, see rank	0.22%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.12%	0.53%
Danish	53	0.22%, see rank	0.11%	0.48%
Dutch	269	1.10%, see rank	1.37%	1.63%
English	2,354	9.62%, see rank	11.53%	9.02%
French	69	0.28%, see rank	2.06%	3.77%
German	1,473	6.02%, see rank	15.98%	16.51%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.44%
Hungarian	9	0.04%, see rank	0.16%	0.51%
Irish	1,852	7.57%, see rank	13.68%	11.76%
Italian	212	0.87%, see rank	2.07%	5.78%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.32%	1.51%
Polish	84	0.34%, see rank	0.95%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.47%
Russian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	559	2.29%, see rank	2.10%	1.72%
Scottish	267	1.09%, see rank	2.00%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.54%	0.91%
Swedish	204	0.83%, see rank	0.42%	1.41%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.25%	0.33%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	8,178	33.43%, see rank	19.75%	6.28%
Welsh	18	0.07%, see rank	0.53%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

17,458 (73.00%) out of the total population of 23,915 reported first ancestry.

	Letcher County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	18	0.08%, see rank	0.21%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.11%	0.54%
Danish	62	0.26%, see rank	0.11%	0.49%
Dutch	594	2.48%, see rank	1.44%	1.68%
English	2,317	9.69%, see rank	11.69%	9.29%
French	108	0.45%, see rank	2.15%	3.90%
German	1,689	7.06%, see rank	16.15%	16.89%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.45%
Hungarian	10	0.04%, see rank	0.17%	0.52%
Irish	1,735	7.25%, see rank	13.83%	12.01%
Italian	151	0.63%, see rank	2.09%	5.91%
Norwegian	73	0.31%, see rank	0.32%	1.55%
Polish	79	0.33%, see rank	0.96%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.06%	0.48%
Russian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.25%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	491	2.05%, see rank	2.10%	1.77%
Scottish	260	1.09%, see rank	2.04%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.48%	0.88%
Swedish	196	0.82%, see rank	0.45%	1.45%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.26%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.09%	0.32%
American	8,343	34.89%, see rank	19.92%	6.43%
Welsh	125	0.52%, see rank	0.54%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

14,559 (57.60%) out of the total population of 25,277 reported first ancestry.

	Letcher County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	7	0.03%, see rank	0.15%	0.36%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.04%	0.27%
Danish	13	0.05%, see rank	0.06%	0.30%
Dutch	92	0.36%, see rank	0.68%	0.91%
English	1,478	5.85%, see rank	7.62%	5.91%
French	71	0.28%, see rank	1.16%	2.39%
German	597	2.36%, see rank	9.56%	10.81%
Greek	6	0.02%, see rank	0.09%	0.34%
Hungarian	6	0.02%, see rank	0.11%	0.32%
Irish	957	3.79%, see rank	7.08%	6.85%
Italian	107	0.42%, see rank	1.19%	4.59%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	1.15%
Polish	13	0.05%, see rank	0.49%	2.24%
Portuguese	8	0.03%, see rank	0.03%	0.33%
Russian	5	0.02%, see rank	0.13%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	185	0.73%, see rank	1.34%	1.17%
Scottish	157	0.62%, see rank	1.05%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	25	0.10%, see rank	0.30%	0.61%
Swedish	9	0.04%, see rank	0.22%	0.87%
Swiss	0	0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.19%
Ukrainian	2	0.01%, see rank	0.05%	0.24%
American	9,037	35.75%, see rank	20.93%	7.33%
Welsh	37	0.15%, see rank	0.26%	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.