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Person County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

32,452 (82.57%) out of the total population of 39,303 reported first ancestry.

	Person County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	18	0.05%, see rank	0.34%	0.56%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.18%	0.47%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.42%
Dutch	394	1.00%, see rank	1.07%	1.40%
English	4,637	11.80%, see rank	9.75%	8.02%
French	485	1.23%, see rank	2.02%	3.34%
German	2,214	5.63%, see rank	10.69%	15.03%
Greek	108	0.27%, see rank	0.28%	0.41%
Hungarian	40	0.10%, see rank	0.26%	0.46%
Irish	3,589	9.13%, see rank	8.88%	10.80%
Italian	480	1.22%, see rank	3.06%	5.52%
Norwegian	12	0.03%, see rank	0.46%	1.42%
Polish	123	0.31%, see rank	1.39%	3.01%
Portuguese	15	0.04%, see rank	0.16%	0.44%
Russian	68	0.17%, see rank	0.43%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	727	1.85%, see rank	2.68%	0.99%
Scottish	662	1.68%, see rank	2.46%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	103	0.26%, see rank	1.00%	0.95%
Swedish	120	0.31%, see rank	0.55%	1.27%
Swiss	256	0.65%, see rank	0.17%	0.30%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	5,481	13.95%, see rank	12.51%	7.12%
Welsh	36	0.09%, see rank	0.52%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

33,312 (84.72%) out of the total population of 39,322 reported first ancestry.

	Person County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.32%	0.53%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.19%	0.50%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.45%
Dutch	464	1.18%, see rank	1.16%	1.51%
English	4,725	12.02%, see rank	10.07%	8.53%
French	724	1.84%, see rank	2.10%	3.54%
German	2,745	6.98%, see rank	11.12%	15.79%
Greek	3	0.01%, see rank	0.28%	0.42%
Hungarian	24	0.06%, see rank	0.26%	0.48%
Irish	3,049	7.75%, see rank	9.11%	11.36%
Italian	638	1.62%, see rank	3.03%	5.66%
Norwegian	35	0.09%, see rank	0.45%	1.46%
Polish	175	0.45%, see rank	1.39%	3.13%
Portuguese	87	0.22%, see rank	0.15%	0.46%
Russian	41	0.10%, see rank	0.44%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	1,505	3.83%, see rank	2.90%	1.07%
Scottish	624	1.59%, see rank	2.56%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	113	0.29%, see rank	0.92%	0.93%
Swedish	159	0.40%, see rank	0.57%	1.34%
Swiss	40	0.10%, see rank	0.16%	0.31%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	6,252	15.90%, see rank	12.08%	6.72%
Welsh	32	0.08%, see rank	0.55%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

32,401 (83.20%) out of the total population of 38,942 reported first ancestry.

	Person County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.31%	0.50%
Czech	16	0.04%, see rank	0.20%	0.53%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.48%
Dutch	510	1.31%, see rank	1.29%	1.63%
English	5,216	13.39%, see rank	10.59%	9.02%
French	480	1.23%, see rank	2.20%	3.77%
German	3,158	8.11%, see rank	11.67%	16.51%
Greek	2	0.01%, see rank	0.28%	0.44%
Hungarian	15	0.04%, see rank	0.27%	0.51%
Irish	3,420	8.78%, see rank	9.49%	11.76%
Italian	344	0.88%, see rank	3.07%	5.78%
Norwegian	103	0.26%, see rank	0.47%	1.51%
Polish	333	0.86%, see rank	1.42%	3.24%
Portuguese	35	0.09%, see rank	0.13%	0.47%
Russian	62	0.16%, see rank	0.45%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	1,201	3.08%, see rank	3.67%	1.72%
Scottish	574	1.47%, see rank	2.66%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	127	0.33%, see rank	0.86%	0.91%
Swedish	132	0.34%, see rank	0.57%	1.41%
Swiss	47	0.12%, see rank	0.17%	0.33%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	6,014	15.44%, see rank	11.50%	6.28%
Welsh	91	0.23%, see rank	0.58%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

30,564 (81.94%) out of the total population of 37,301 reported first ancestry.

	Person County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	57	0.15%, see rank	0.31%	0.50%
Czech	15	0.04%, see rank	0.20%	0.54%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.49%
Dutch	363	0.97%, see rank	1.35%	1.68%
English	4,783	12.82%, see rank	10.90%	9.29%
French	450	1.21%, see rank	2.23%	3.90%
German	2,795	7.49%, see rank	12.06%	16.89%
Greek	2	0.01%, see rank	0.28%	0.45%
Hungarian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.27%	0.52%
Irish	3,128	8.39%, see rank	9.64%	12.01%
Italian	339	0.91%, see rank	3.10%	5.91%
Norwegian	94	0.25%, see rank	0.47%	1.55%
Polish	268	0.72%, see rank	1.45%	3.32%
Portuguese	54	0.14%, see rank	0.14%	0.48%
Russian	56	0.15%, see rank	0.45%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	984	2.64%, see rank	3.79%	1.77%
Scottish	621	1.66%, see rank	2.72%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	145	0.39%, see rank	0.88%	0.88%
Swedish	54	0.14%, see rank	0.59%	1.45%
Swiss	77	0.21%, see rank	0.17%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.17%	0.32%
American	5,310	14.24%, see rank	11.85%	6.43%
Welsh	74	0.20%, see rank	0.59%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

25,346 (71.15%) out of the total population of 35,623 reported first ancestry.

	Person County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	106	0.30%, see rank	0.21%	0.36%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.27%
Danish	8	0.02%, see rank	0.09%	0.30%
Dutch	109	0.31%, see rank	0.68%	0.91%
English	3,075	8.63%, see rank	7.50%	5.91%
French	226	0.63%, see rank	1.25%	2.39%
German	1,170	3.28%, see rank	6.68%	10.81%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.34%
Hungarian	15	0.04%, see rank	0.13%	0.32%
Irish	1,308	3.67%, see rank	4.93%	6.85%
Italian	304	0.85%, see rank	1.81%	4.59%
Norwegian	16	0.04%, see rank	0.30%	1.15%
Polish	142	0.40%, see rank	0.75%	2.24%
Portuguese	8	0.02%, see rank	0.06%	0.33%
Russian	14	0.04%, see rank	0.21%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	508	1.43%, see rank	2.66%	1.17%
Scottish	287	0.81%, see rank	1.60%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	296	0.83%, see rank	0.75%	0.61%
Swedish	44	0.12%, see rank	0.33%	0.87%
Swiss	19	0.05%, see rank	0.09%	0.19%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.09%	0.24%
American	6,866	19.27%, see rank	13.86%	7.33%
Welsh	25	0.07%, 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.