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Orange County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

120,207 (87.57%) out of the total population of 137,275 reported first ancestry.

	Orange County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	615	0.45%, see rank	0.34%	0.56%
Czech	517	0.38%, see rank	0.18%	0.47%
Danish	409	0.30%, see rank	0.15%	0.42%
Dutch	1,625	1.18%, see rank	1.07%	1.40%
English	18,790	13.69%, see rank	9.75%	8.02%
French	4,200	3.06%, see rank	2.02%	3.34%
German	19,121	13.93%, see rank	10.69%	15.03%
Greek	743	0.54%, see rank	0.28%	0.41%
Hungarian	833	0.61%, see rank	0.26%	0.46%
Irish	15,613	11.37%, see rank	8.88%	10.80%
Italian	6,026	4.39%, see rank	3.06%	5.52%
Norwegian	1,400	1.02%, see rank	0.46%	1.42%
Polish	3,689	2.69%, see rank	1.39%	3.01%
Portuguese	381	0.28%, see rank	0.16%	0.44%
Russian	2,121	1.55%, see rank	0.43%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	5,286	3.85%, see rank	2.68%	0.99%
Scottish	4,921	3.58%, see rank	2.46%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	795	0.58%, see rank	1.00%	0.95%
Swedish	1,704	1.24%, see rank	0.55%	1.27%
Swiss	533	0.39%, see rank	0.17%	0.30%
Ukrainian	449	0.33%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	8,512	6.20%, see rank	12.51%	7.12%
Welsh	1,458	1.06%, see rank	0.52%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

119,529 (89.23%) out of the total population of 133,958 reported first ancestry.

	Orange County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	748	0.56%, see rank	0.32%	0.53%
Czech	776	0.58%, see rank	0.19%	0.50%
Danish	592	0.44%, see rank	0.16%	0.45%
Dutch	1,886	1.41%, see rank	1.16%	1.51%
English	20,295	15.15%, see rank	10.07%	8.53%
French	4,165	3.11%, see rank	2.10%	3.54%
German	18,828	14.06%, see rank	11.12%	15.79%
Greek	1,021	0.76%, see rank	0.28%	0.42%
Hungarian	719	0.54%, see rank	0.26%	0.48%
Irish	15,934	11.89%, see rank	9.11%	11.36%
Italian	5,246	3.92%, see rank	3.03%	5.66%
Norwegian	1,263	0.94%, see rank	0.45%	1.46%
Polish	3,909	2.92%, see rank	1.39%	3.13%
Portuguese	305	0.23%, see rank	0.15%	0.46%
Russian	2,383	1.78%, see rank	0.44%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	5,602	4.18%, see rank	2.90%	1.07%
Scottish	5,534	4.13%, see rank	2.56%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	925	0.69%, see rank	0.92%	0.93%
Swedish	1,856	1.39%, see rank	0.57%	1.34%
Swiss	673	0.50%, see rank	0.16%	0.31%
Ukrainian	571	0.43%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	7,139	5.33%, see rank	12.08%	6.72%
Welsh	1,592	1.19%, see rank	0.55%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

115,725 (89.32%) out of the total population of 129,562 reported first ancestry.

	Orange County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	638	0.49%, see rank	0.31%	0.50%
Czech	730	0.56%, see rank	0.20%	0.53%
Danish	545	0.42%, see rank	0.17%	0.48%
Dutch	2,171	1.68%, see rank	1.29%	1.63%
English	21,730	16.77%, see rank	10.59%	9.02%
French	4,228	3.26%, see rank	2.20%	3.77%
German	19,002	14.67%, see rank	11.67%	16.51%
Greek	766	0.59%, see rank	0.28%	0.44%
Hungarian	744	0.57%, see rank	0.27%	0.51%
Irish	15,447	11.92%, see rank	9.49%	11.76%
Italian	5,336	4.12%, see rank	3.07%	5.78%
Norwegian	884	0.68%, see rank	0.47%	1.51%
Polish	3,649	2.82%, see rank	1.42%	3.24%
Portuguese	273	0.21%, see rank	0.13%	0.47%
Russian	2,141	1.65%, see rank	0.45%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	6,998	5.40%, see rank	3.67%	1.72%
Scottish	5,309	4.10%, see rank	2.66%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	1,145	0.88%, see rank	0.86%	0.91%
Swedish	1,642	1.27%, see rank	0.57%	1.41%
Swiss	721	0.56%, see rank	0.17%	0.33%
Ukrainian	442	0.34%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	6,349	4.90%, see rank	11.50%	6.28%
Welsh	1,299	1.00%, see rank	0.58%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

111,315 (89.41%) out of the total population of 124,503 reported first ancestry.

	Orange County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	637	0.51%, see rank	0.31%	0.50%
Czech	933	0.75%, see rank	0.20%	0.54%
Danish	574	0.46%, see rank	0.17%	0.49%
Dutch	1,944	1.56%, see rank	1.35%	1.68%
English	20,838	16.74%, see rank	10.90%	9.29%
French	4,420	3.55%, see rank	2.23%	3.90%
German	18,382	14.76%, see rank	12.06%	16.89%
Greek	818	0.66%, see rank	0.28%	0.45%
Hungarian	576	0.46%, see rank	0.27%	0.52%
Irish	13,856	11.13%, see rank	9.64%	12.01%
Italian	5,260	4.22%, see rank	3.10%	5.91%
Norwegian	995	0.80%, see rank	0.47%	1.55%
Polish	3,834	3.08%, see rank	1.45%	3.32%
Portuguese	233	0.19%, see rank	0.14%	0.48%
Russian	2,043	1.64%, see rank	0.45%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	7,237	5.81%, see rank	3.79%	1.77%
Scottish	5,482	4.40%, see rank	2.72%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	1,136	0.91%, see rank	0.88%	0.88%
Swedish	1,576	1.27%, see rank	0.59%	1.45%
Swiss	654	0.53%, see rank	0.17%	0.34%
Ukrainian	428	0.34%, see rank	0.17%	0.32%
American	6,543	5.26%, see rank	11.85%	6.43%
Welsh	1,358	1.09%, see rank	0.59%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

94,389 (79.84%) out of the total population of 118,227 reported first ancestry.

	Orange County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	338	0.29%, see rank	0.21%	0.36%
Czech	184	0.16%, see rank	0.07%	0.27%
Danish	259	0.22%, see rank	0.09%	0.30%
Dutch	1,231	1.04%, see rank	0.68%	0.91%
English	11,736	9.93%, see rank	7.50%	5.91%
French	2,344	1.98%, see rank	1.25%	2.39%
German	9,903	8.38%, see rank	6.68%	10.81%
Greek	422	0.36%, see rank	0.20%	0.34%
Hungarian	268	0.23%, see rank	0.13%	0.32%
Irish	8,104	6.85%, see rank	4.93%	6.85%
Italian	3,657	3.09%, see rank	1.81%	4.59%
Norwegian	828	0.70%, see rank	0.30%	1.15%
Polish	1,918	1.62%, see rank	0.75%	2.24%
Portuguese	175	0.15%, see rank	0.06%	0.33%
Russian	1,195	1.01%, see rank	0.21%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	3,747	3.17%, see rank	2.66%	1.17%
Scottish	3,645	3.08%, see rank	1.60%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	1,511	1.28%, see rank	0.75%	0.61%
Swedish	823	0.70%, see rank	0.33%	0.87%
Swiss	242	0.20%, see rank	0.09%	0.19%
Ukrainian	219	0.19%, see rank	0.09%	0.24%
American	8,422	7.12%, see rank	13.86%	7.33%
Welsh	533	0.45%, see rank	0.27%	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.