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Nicholas County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

17,919 (68.68%) out of the total population of 26,090 reported first ancestry.

	Nicholas County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	16	0.06%, see rank	0.35%	0.56%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.47%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.42%
Dutch	594	2.28%, see rank	1.98%	1.40%
English	3,712	14.23%, see rank	11.39%	8.02%
French	628	2.41%, see rank	1.72%	3.34%
German	3,794	14.54%, see rank	17.89%	15.03%
Greek	8	0.03%, see rank	0.28%	0.41%
Hungarian	51	0.20%, see rank	0.49%	0.46%
Irish	5,005	19.18%, see rank	14.57%	10.80%
Italian	487	1.87%, see rank	4.58%	5.52%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.23%	1.42%
Polish	416	1.59%, see rank	1.96%	3.01%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.44%
Russian	32	0.12%, see rank	0.36%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	929	3.56%, see rank	2.06%	0.99%
Scottish	349	1.34%, see rank	2.12%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.25%	0.95%
Swedish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.39%	1.27%
Swiss	23	0.09%, see rank	0.21%	0.30%
Ukrainian	5	0.02%, see rank	0.11%	0.31%
American	2,628	10.07%, see rank	13.03%	7.12%
Welsh	116	0.44%, see rank	0.74%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

18,364 (70.09%) out of the total population of 26,201 reported first ancestry.

	Nicholas County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	7	0.03%, see rank	0.35%	0.53%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.19%	0.50%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.45%
Dutch	544	2.08%, see rank	2.23%	1.51%
English	3,540	13.51%, see rank	11.83%	8.53%
French	601	2.29%, see rank	1.85%	3.54%
German	4,097	15.64%, see rank	19.01%	15.79%
Greek	39	0.15%, see rank	0.29%	0.42%
Hungarian	85	0.32%, see rank	0.52%	0.48%
Irish	5,735	21.89%, see rank	15.07%	11.36%
Italian	537	2.05%, see rank	4.68%	5.66%
Norwegian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.22%	1.46%
Polish	290	1.11%, see rank	1.86%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.06%	0.46%
Russian	26	0.10%, see rank	0.37%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	628	2.40%, see rank	2.15%	1.07%
Scottish	304	1.16%, see rank	2.12%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.21%	0.93%
Swedish	26	0.10%, see rank	0.41%	1.34%
Swiss	11	0.04%, see rank	0.21%	0.31%
Ukrainian	4	0.02%, see rank	0.10%	0.31%
American	2,888	11.02%, see rank	12.87%	6.72%
Welsh	122	0.47%, see rank	0.77%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

18,787 (71.74%) out of the total population of 26,189 reported first ancestry.

	Nicholas County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	9	0.03%, see rank	0.32%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.21%	0.53%
Danish	6	0.02%, see rank	0.08%	0.48%
Dutch	693	2.65%, see rank	2.50%	1.63%
English	3,391	12.95%, see rank	12.27%	9.02%
French	418	1.60%, see rank	1.90%	3.77%
German	4,963	18.95%, see rank	19.84%	16.51%
Greek	55	0.21%, see rank	0.30%	0.44%
Hungarian	63	0.24%, see rank	0.53%	0.51%
Irish	5,689	21.72%, see rank	15.14%	11.76%
Italian	674	2.57%, see rank	4.66%	5.78%
Norwegian	10	0.04%, see rank	0.22%	1.51%
Polish	313	1.20%, see rank	1.90%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.06%	0.47%
Russian	12	0.05%, see rank	0.37%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	849	3.24%, see rank	2.85%	1.72%
Scottish	444	1.70%, see rank	2.14%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.22%	0.91%
Swedish	47	0.18%, see rank	0.41%	1.41%
Swiss	20	0.08%, see rank	0.21%	0.33%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.11%	0.31%
American	2,658	10.15%, see rank	13.40%	6.28%
Welsh	77	0.29%, see rank	0.78%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

19,253 (73.81%) out of the total population of 26,084 reported first ancestry.

	Nicholas County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	13	0.05%, see rank	0.30%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.21%	0.54%
Danish	6	0.02%, see rank	0.08%	0.49%
Dutch	1,072	4.11%, see rank	2.54%	1.68%
English	3,308	12.68%, see rank	12.50%	9.29%
French	437	1.68%, see rank	1.90%	3.90%
German	5,182	19.87%, see rank	20.13%	16.89%
Greek	77	0.30%, see rank	0.30%	0.45%
Hungarian	77	0.30%, see rank	0.52%	0.52%
Irish	5,858	22.46%, see rank	15.26%	12.01%
Italian	894	3.43%, see rank	4.57%	5.91%
Norwegian	38	0.15%, see rank	0.22%	1.55%
Polish	335	1.28%, see rank	1.93%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	8	0.03%, see rank	0.35%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	670	2.57%, see rank	2.84%	1.77%
Scottish	498	1.91%, see rank	2.13%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.18%	0.88%
Swedish	49	0.19%, see rank	0.40%	1.45%
Swiss	58	0.22%, see rank	0.21%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.11%	0.32%
American	2,629	10.08%, see rank	14.04%	6.43%
Welsh	248	0.95%, see rank	0.81%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

15,395 (57.96%) out of the total population of 26,562 reported first ancestry.

	Nicholas County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	7	0.03%, see rank	0.26%	0.36%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.27%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.05%	0.30%
Dutch	327	1.23%, see rank	1.06%	0.91%
English	1,700	6.40%, see rank	7.41%	5.91%
French	211	0.79%, see rank	0.96%	2.39%
German	1,721	6.48%, see rank	10.06%	10.81%
Greek	39	0.15%, see rank	0.20%	0.34%
Hungarian	22	0.08%, see rank	0.29%	0.32%
Irish	1,811	6.82%, see rank	7.04%	6.85%
Italian	481	1.81%, see rank	3.28%	4.59%
Norwegian	16	0.06%, see rank	0.16%	1.15%
Polish	88	0.33%, see rank	1.16%	2.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.02%	0.33%
Russian	4	0.02%, see rank	0.14%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	440	1.66%, see rank	1.70%	1.17%
Scottish	291	1.10%, see rank	1.08%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.61%
Swedish	13	0.05%, see rank	0.18%	0.87%
Swiss	14	0.05%, see rank	0.11%	0.19%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.24%
American	6,613	24.90%, see rank	18.83%	7.33%
Welsh	53	0.20%, 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.