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Polk County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

17,291 (84.96%) out of the total population of 20,352 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	24	0.12%, see rank	0.34%	0.56%
Czech	47	0.23%, see rank	0.18%	0.47%
Danish	26	0.13%, see rank	0.15%	0.42%
Dutch	581	2.85%, see rank	1.07%	1.40%
English	2,902	14.26%, see rank	9.75%	8.02%
French	727	3.57%, see rank	2.02%	3.34%
German	3,001	14.75%, see rank	10.69%	15.03%
Greek	25	0.12%, see rank	0.28%	0.41%
Hungarian	23	0.11%, see rank	0.26%	0.46%
Irish	2,399	11.79%, see rank	8.88%	10.80%
Italian	523	2.57%, see rank	3.06%	5.52%
Norwegian	168	0.83%, see rank	0.46%	1.42%
Polish	214	1.05%, see rank	1.39%	3.01%
Portuguese	43	0.21%, see rank	0.16%	0.44%
Russian	37	0.18%, see rank	0.43%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	1,114	5.47%, see rank	2.68%	0.99%
Scottish	799	3.93%, see rank	2.46%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	99	0.49%, see rank	1.00%	0.95%
Swedish	56	0.28%, see rank	0.55%	1.27%
Swiss	38	0.19%, see rank	0.17%	0.30%
Ukrainian	8	0.04%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	3,602	17.70%, see rank	12.51%	7.12%
Welsh	152	0.75%, see rank	0.52%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

16,359 (80.25%) out of the total population of 20,386 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	7	0.03%, see rank	0.32%	0.53%
Czech	42	0.21%, see rank	0.19%	0.50%
Danish	41	0.20%, see rank	0.16%	0.45%
Dutch	682	3.35%, see rank	1.16%	1.51%
English	2,504	12.28%, see rank	10.07%	8.53%
French	513	2.52%, see rank	2.10%	3.54%
German	3,181	15.60%, see rank	11.12%	15.79%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.28%	0.42%
Hungarian	124	0.61%, see rank	0.26%	0.48%
Irish	2,629	12.90%, see rank	9.11%	11.36%
Italian	319	1.56%, see rank	3.03%	5.66%
Norwegian	96	0.47%, see rank	0.45%	1.46%
Polish	127	0.62%, see rank	1.39%	3.13%
Portuguese	36	0.18%, see rank	0.15%	0.46%
Russian	6	0.03%, see rank	0.44%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	1,153	5.66%, see rank	2.90%	1.07%
Scottish	753	3.69%, see rank	2.56%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	143	0.70%, see rank	0.92%	0.93%
Swedish	174	0.85%, see rank	0.57%	1.34%
Swiss	41	0.20%, see rank	0.16%	0.31%
Ukrainian	46	0.23%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	3,502	17.18%, see rank	12.08%	6.72%
Welsh	97	0.48%, see rank	0.55%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

16,608 (81.86%) out of the total population of 20,289 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.31%	0.50%
Czech	21	0.10%, see rank	0.20%	0.53%
Danish	69	0.34%, see rank	0.17%	0.48%
Dutch	295	1.45%, see rank	1.29%	1.63%
English	2,813	13.86%, see rank	10.59%	9.02%
French	762	3.76%, see rank	2.20%	3.77%
German	3,184	15.69%, see rank	11.67%	16.51%
Greek	23	0.11%, see rank	0.28%	0.44%
Hungarian	126	0.62%, see rank	0.27%	0.51%
Irish	2,974	14.66%, see rank	9.49%	11.76%
Italian	562	2.77%, see rank	3.07%	5.78%
Norwegian	81	0.40%, see rank	0.47%	1.51%
Polish	182	0.90%, see rank	1.42%	3.24%
Portuguese	62	0.31%, see rank	0.13%	0.47%
Russian	83	0.41%, see rank	0.45%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	1,071	5.28%, see rank	3.67%	1.72%
Scottish	683	3.37%, see rank	2.66%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	103	0.51%, see rank	0.86%	0.91%
Swedish	180	0.89%, see rank	0.57%	1.41%
Swiss	31	0.15%, see rank	0.17%	0.33%
Ukrainian	102	0.50%, see rank	0.17%	0.31%
American	3,613	17.81%, see rank	11.50%	6.28%
Welsh	90	0.44%, see rank	0.58%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

15,532 (81.29%) out of the total population of 19,107 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.31%	0.50%
Czech	13	0.07%, see rank	0.20%	0.54%
Danish	56	0.29%, see rank	0.17%	0.49%
Dutch	376	1.97%, see rank	1.35%	1.68%
English	2,688	14.07%, see rank	10.90%	9.29%
French	606	3.17%, see rank	2.23%	3.90%
German	2,789	14.60%, see rank	12.06%	16.89%
Greek	18	0.09%, see rank	0.28%	0.45%
Hungarian	141	0.74%, see rank	0.27%	0.52%
Irish	2,972	15.55%, see rank	9.64%	12.01%
Italian	369	1.93%, see rank	3.10%	5.91%
Norwegian	62	0.32%, see rank	0.47%	1.55%
Polish	174	0.91%, see rank	1.45%	3.32%
Portuguese	23	0.12%, see rank	0.14%	0.48%
Russian	98	0.51%, see rank	0.45%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	1,105	5.78%, see rank	3.79%	1.77%
Scottish	444	2.32%, see rank	2.72%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	103	0.54%, see rank	0.88%	0.88%
Swedish	209	1.09%, see rank	0.59%	1.45%
Swiss	27	0.14%, see rank	0.17%	0.34%
Ukrainian	139	0.73%, see rank	0.17%	0.32%
American	4,014	21.01%, see rank	11.85%	6.43%
Welsh	68	0.36%, see rank	0.59%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

12,086 (65.96%) out of the total population of 18,324 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	North Carolina	U.S.
Arab	3	0.02%, see rank	0.21%	0.36%
Czech	32	0.17%, see rank	0.07%	0.27%
Danish	31	0.17%, see rank	0.09%	0.30%
Dutch	199	1.09%, see rank	0.68%	0.91%
English	2,024	11.05%, see rank	7.50%	5.91%
French	254	1.39%, see rank	1.25%	2.39%
German	1,212	6.61%, see rank	6.68%	10.81%
Greek	25	0.14%, see rank	0.20%	0.34%
Hungarian	28	0.15%, see rank	0.13%	0.32%
Irish	1,447	7.90%, see rank	4.93%	6.85%
Italian	352	1.92%, see rank	1.81%	4.59%
Norwegian	85	0.46%, see rank	0.30%	1.15%
Polish	200	1.09%, see rank	0.75%	2.24%
Portuguese	15	0.08%, see rank	0.06%	0.33%
Russian	73	0.40%, see rank	0.21%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	863	4.71%, see rank	2.66%	1.17%
Scottish	393	2.14%, see rank	1.60%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.75%	0.61%
Swedish	131	0.71%, see rank	0.33%	0.87%
Swiss	53	0.29%, see rank	0.09%	0.19%
Ukrainian	9	0.05%, see rank	0.09%	0.24%
American	2,286	12.48%, see rank	13.86%	7.33%
Welsh	105	0.57%, 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.