Mcdowell County Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
9,948 (46.75%) out of the total population of 21,281 reported first ancestry.
Mcdowell County | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 12 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.35% | 0.56% |
Czech | 7 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.47% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 497 | 2.34%, see rank | 1.98% | 1.40% |
English | 1,725 | 8.11%, see rank | 11.39% | 8.02% |
French | 219 | 1.03%, see rank | 1.72% | 3.34% |
German | 2,108 | 9.91%, see rank | 17.89% | 15.03% |
Greek | 25 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 72 | 0.34%, see rank | 0.49% | 0.46% |
Irish | 2,574 | 12.10%, see rank | 14.57% | 10.80% |
Italian | 418 | 1.96%, see rank | 4.58% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 24 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.23% | 1.42% |
Polish | 132 | 0.62%, see rank | 1.96% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 11 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.44% |
Russian | 47 | 0.22%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 99 | 0.47%, see rank | 2.06% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 195 | 0.92%, see rank | 2.12% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 260 | 1.22%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 15 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.39% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 16 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 11 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.31% |
American | 735 | 3.45%, see rank | 13.03% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 74 | 0.35%, see rank | 0.74% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
11,556 (52.61%) out of the total population of 21,966 reported first ancestry.
Mcdowell County | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.35% | 0.53% |
Czech | 6 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.19% | 0.50% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 477 | 2.17%, see rank | 2.23% | 1.51% |
English | 1,753 | 7.98%, see rank | 11.83% | 8.53% |
French | 79 | 0.36%, see rank | 1.85% | 3.54% |
German | 2,216 | 10.09%, see rank | 19.01% | 15.79% |
Greek | 63 | 0.29%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 84 | 0.38%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.48% |
Irish | 2,920 | 13.29%, see rank | 15.07% | 11.36% |
Italian | 597 | 2.72%, see rank | 4.68% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 28 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.46% |
Polish | 68 | 0.31%, see rank | 1.86% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 10 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.46% |
Russian | 50 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.37% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 183 | 0.83%, see rank | 2.15% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 69 | 0.31%, see rank | 2.12% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 552 | 2.51%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 24 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.41% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 13 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 10 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.10% | 0.31% |
American | 1,418 | 6.46%, see rank | 12.87% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 42 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.77% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
14,287 (63.34%) out of the total population of 22,555 reported first ancestry.
Mcdowell County | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.50% |
Czech | 7 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.53% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 441 | 1.96%, see rank | 2.50% | 1.63% |
English | 2,583 | 11.45%, see rank | 12.27% | 9.02% |
French | 64 | 0.28%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.77% |
German | 2,715 | 12.04%, see rank | 19.84% | 16.51% |
Greek | 71 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 78 | 0.35%, see rank | 0.53% | 0.51% |
Irish | 3,093 | 13.71%, see rank | 15.14% | 11.76% |
Italian | 619 | 2.74%, see rank | 4.66% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 26 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.51% |
Polish | 161 | 0.71%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.47% |
Russian | 4 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.37% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 256 | 1.14%, see rank | 2.85% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 111 | 0.49%, see rank | 2.14% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 630 | 2.79%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 22 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.41% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.31% |
American | 1,796 | 7.96%, see rank | 13.40% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 39 | 0.17%, see rank | 0.78% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
15,112 (65.79%) out of the total population of 22,971 reported first ancestry.
Mcdowell County | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.50% |
Czech | 9 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.54% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 541 | 2.36%, see rank | 2.54% | 1.68% |
English | 2,982 | 12.98%, see rank | 12.50% | 9.29% |
French | 129 | 0.56%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.90% |
German | 2,497 | 10.87%, see rank | 20.13% | 16.89% |
Greek | 47 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 121 | 0.53%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Irish | 3,188 | 13.88%, see rank | 15.26% | 12.01% |
Italian | 543 | 2.36%, see rank | 4.57% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.55% |
Polish | 234 | 1.02%, see rank | 1.93% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.48% |
Russian | 10 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.35% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 300 | 1.31%, see rank | 2.84% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 118 | 0.51%, see rank | 2.13% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 552 | 2.40%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 21 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.40% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 13 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.32% |
American | 1,693 | 7.37%, see rank | 14.04% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 38 | 0.17%, see rank | 0.81% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
17,363 (63.53%) out of the total population of 27,329 reported first ancestry.
Mcdowell County | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 29 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.36% |
Czech | 1 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.27% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.30% |
Dutch | 249 | 0.91%, see rank | 1.06% | 0.91% |
English | 791 | 2.89%, see rank | 7.41% | 5.91% |
French | 54 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.96% | 2.39% |
German | 848 | 3.10%, see rank | 10.06% | 10.81% |
Greek | 22 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.34% |
Hungarian | 169 | 0.62%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.32% |
Irish | 1,577 | 5.77%, see rank | 7.04% | 6.85% |
Italian | 615 | 2.25%, see rank | 3.28% | 4.59% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.16% | 1.15% |
Polish | 99 | 0.36%, see rank | 1.16% | 2.24% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.33% |
Russian | 34 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.68% |
Scotch-Irish | 210 | 0.77%, see rank | 1.70% | 1.17% |
Scottish | 119 | 0.44%, see rank | 1.08% | 1.12% |
Subsaharan African | 48 | 0.18%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.61% |
Swedish | 10 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.87% |
Swiss | 3 | 0.01%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.19% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.24% |
American | 7,718 | 28.24%, see rank | 18.83% | 7.33% |
Welsh | 4 | 0.01%, 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.