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Nelson County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

12,245 (82.23%) out of the total population of 14,892 reported first ancestry.

	Nelson County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	9	0.06%, see rank	0.83%	0.56%
Czech	20	0.13%, see rank	0.28%	0.47%
Danish	45	0.30%, see rank	0.23%	0.42%
Dutch	217	1.46%, see rank	1.00%	1.40%
English	2,239	15.03%, see rank	10.69%	8.02%
French	612	4.11%, see rank	2.33%	3.34%
German	1,775	11.92%, see rank	11.87%	15.03%
Greek	95	0.64%, see rank	0.41%	0.41%
Hungarian	36	0.24%, see rank	0.35%	0.46%
Irish	1,177	7.90%, see rank	9.99%	10.80%
Italian	472	3.17%, see rank	4.00%	5.52%
Norwegian	39	0.26%, see rank	0.61%	1.42%
Polish	175	1.18%, see rank	1.89%	3.01%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.44%
Russian	97	0.65%, see rank	0.70%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	508	3.41%, see rank	1.68%	0.99%
Scottish	444	2.98%, see rank	2.13%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	2.02%	0.95%
Swedish	101	0.68%, see rank	0.71%	1.27%
Swiss	82	0.55%, see rank	0.24%	0.30%
Ukrainian	9	0.06%, see rank	0.23%	0.31%
American	3,096	20.79%, see rank	11.04%	7.12%
Welsh	73	0.49%, see rank	0.65%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

12,846 (85.64%) out of the total population of 15,000 reported first ancestry.

	Nelson County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.75%	0.53%
Czech	14	0.09%, see rank	0.29%	0.50%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.45%
Dutch	215	1.43%, see rank	1.05%	1.51%
English	2,599	17.33%, see rank	11.31%	8.53%
French	338	2.25%, see rank	2.44%	3.54%
German	1,218	8.12%, see rank	12.33%	15.79%
Greek	50	0.33%, see rank	0.44%	0.42%
Hungarian	79	0.53%, see rank	0.36%	0.48%
Irish	1,269	8.46%, see rank	10.45%	11.36%
Italian	384	2.56%, see rank	4.05%	5.66%
Norwegian	51	0.34%, see rank	0.62%	1.46%
Polish	142	0.95%, see rank	1.95%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.46%
Russian	66	0.44%, see rank	0.70%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	457	3.05%, see rank	1.78%	1.07%
Scottish	489	3.26%, see rank	2.30%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	21	0.14%, see rank	2.05%	0.93%
Swedish	100	0.67%, see rank	0.74%	1.34%
Swiss	61	0.41%, see rank	0.26%	0.31%
Ukrainian	22	0.15%, see rank	0.24%	0.31%
American	3,834	25.56%, see rank	11.02%	6.72%
Welsh	60	0.40%, see rank	0.70%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

12,850 (85.73%) out of the total population of 14,989 reported first ancestry.

	Nelson County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.65%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.32%	0.53%
Danish	26	0.17%, see rank	0.25%	0.48%
Dutch	193	1.29%, see rank	1.16%	1.63%
English	3,109	20.74%, see rank	11.75%	9.02%
French	270	1.80%, see rank	2.54%	3.77%
German	1,119	7.47%, see rank	12.95%	16.51%
Greek	15	0.10%, see rank	0.44%	0.44%
Hungarian	54	0.36%, see rank	0.38%	0.51%
Irish	1,809	12.07%, see rank	10.78%	11.76%
Italian	334	2.23%, see rank	4.05%	5.78%
Norwegian	93	0.62%, see rank	0.65%	1.51%
Polish	170	1.13%, see rank	1.98%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.19%	0.47%
Russian	47	0.31%, see rank	0.70%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	304	2.03%, see rank	2.57%	1.72%
Scottish	534	3.56%, see rank	2.41%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	9	0.06%, see rank	2.00%	0.91%
Swedish	92	0.61%, see rank	0.77%	1.41%
Swiss	61	0.41%, see rank	0.27%	0.33%
Ukrainian	22	0.15%, see rank	0.24%	0.31%
American	3,100	20.68%, see rank	10.65%	6.28%
Welsh	173	1.15%, see rank	0.74%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

12,865 (84.62%) out of the total population of 15,204 reported first ancestry.

	Nelson County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.66%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.31%	0.54%
Danish	22	0.14%, see rank	0.27%	0.49%
Dutch	139	0.91%, see rank	1.24%	1.68%
English	3,528	23.20%, see rank	12.05%	9.29%
French	271	1.78%, see rank	2.64%	3.90%
German	1,183	7.78%, see rank	13.25%	16.89%
Greek	15	0.10%, see rank	0.44%	0.45%
Hungarian	41	0.27%, see rank	0.38%	0.52%
Irish	1,950	12.83%, see rank	11.09%	12.01%
Italian	316	2.08%, see rank	4.17%	5.91%
Norwegian	67	0.44%, see rank	0.66%	1.55%
Polish	191	1.26%, see rank	2.01%	3.32%
Portuguese	25	0.16%, see rank	0.20%	0.48%
Russian	33	0.22%, see rank	0.71%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	348	2.29%, see rank	2.67%	1.77%
Scottish	575	3.78%, see rank	2.52%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	11	0.07%, see rank	1.88%	0.88%
Swedish	98	0.64%, see rank	0.78%	1.45%
Swiss	50	0.33%, see rank	0.27%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.25%	0.32%
American	2,818	18.53%, see rank	10.83%	6.43%
Welsh	144	0.95%, see rank	0.74%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

10,285 (71.20%) out of the total population of 14,445 reported first ancestry.

	Nelson County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	7	0.05%, see rank	0.53%	0.36%
Czech	25	0.17%, see rank	0.14%	0.27%
Danish	37	0.26%, see rank	0.15%	0.30%
Dutch	58	0.40%, see rank	0.64%	0.91%
English	1,340	9.28%, see rank	8.34%	5.91%
French	119	0.82%, see rank	1.56%	2.39%
German	780	5.40%, see rank	7.93%	10.81%
Greek	54	0.37%, see rank	0.30%	0.34%
Hungarian	27	0.19%, see rank	0.23%	0.32%
Irish	952	6.59%, see rank	6.46%	6.85%
Italian	184	1.27%, see rank	2.87%	4.59%
Norwegian	32	0.22%, see rank	0.48%	1.15%
Polish	116	0.80%, see rank	1.17%	2.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.13%	0.33%
Russian	54	0.37%, see rank	0.45%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	462	3.20%, see rank	1.75%	1.17%
Scottish	299	2.07%, see rank	1.43%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	5	0.03%, see rank	0.96%	0.61%
Swedish	86	0.60%, see rank	0.44%	0.87%
Swiss	16	0.11%, see rank	0.16%	0.19%
Ukrainian	18	0.12%, see rank	0.15%	0.24%
American	3,124	21.63%, see rank	11.42%	7.33%
Welsh	109	0.75%, 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.