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Rowan County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

18,835 (80.20%) out of the total population of 23,485 reported first ancestry.

	Rowan County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	19	0.08%, see rank	0.29%	0.56%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.11%	0.47%
Danish	2	0.01%, see rank	0.10%	0.42%
Dutch	192	0.82%, see rank	1.13%	1.40%
English	2,281	9.71%, see rank	10.29%	8.02%
French	352	1.50%, see rank	1.82%	3.34%
German	2,356	10.03%, see rank	14.75%	15.03%
Greek	16	0.07%, see rank	0.15%	0.41%
Hungarian	23	0.10%, see rank	0.17%	0.46%
Irish	2,925	12.45%, see rank	12.51%	10.80%
Italian	278	1.18%, see rank	1.99%	5.52%
Norwegian	4	0.02%, see rank	0.32%	1.42%
Polish	112	0.48%, see rank	0.83%	3.01%
Portuguese	35	0.15%, see rank	0.08%	0.44%
Russian	17	0.07%, see rank	0.21%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	424	1.81%, see rank	1.37%	0.99%
Scottish	359	1.53%, see rank	1.88%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	78	0.33%, see rank	0.85%	0.95%
Swedish	64	0.27%, see rank	0.37%	1.27%
Swiss	2	0.01%, see rank	0.24%	0.30%
Ukrainian	23	0.10%, see rank	0.08%	0.31%
American	7,810	33.26%, see rank	20.66%	7.12%
Welsh	296	1.26%, see rank	0.52%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

19,065 (81.65%) out of the total population of 23,351 reported first ancestry.

	Rowan County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	29	0.12%, see rank	0.25%	0.53%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.12%	0.50%
Danish	0	0.00%, see rank	0.10%	0.45%
Dutch	165	0.71%, see rank	1.21%	1.51%
English	2,189	9.37%, see rank	10.97%	8.53%
French	383	1.64%, see rank	1.95%	3.54%
German	2,624	11.24%, see rank	15.19%	15.79%
Greek	12	0.05%, see rank	0.15%	0.42%
Hungarian	96	0.41%, see rank	0.16%	0.48%
Irish	2,733	11.70%, see rank	13.16%	11.36%
Italian	342	1.46%, see rank	2.05%	5.66%
Norwegian	18	0.08%, see rank	0.30%	1.46%
Polish	65	0.28%, see rank	0.87%	3.13%
Portuguese	33	0.14%, see rank	0.07%	0.46%
Russian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	482	2.06%, see rank	1.46%	1.07%
Scottish	585	2.51%, see rank	1.89%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	106	0.45%, see rank	0.83%	0.93%
Swedish	58	0.25%, see rank	0.38%	1.34%
Swiss	1	0.00%, see rank	0.23%	0.31%
Ukrainian	21	0.09%, see rank	0.08%	0.31%
American	7,975	34.15%, see rank	20.61%	6.72%
Welsh	226	0.97%, see rank	0.52%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

19,164 (83.05%) out of the total population of 23,075 reported first ancestry.

	Rowan County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	10	0.04%, see rank	0.22%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.12%	0.53%
Danish	22	0.10%, see rank	0.11%	0.48%
Dutch	243	1.05%, see rank	1.37%	1.63%
English	2,256	9.78%, see rank	11.53%	9.02%
French	381	1.65%, see rank	2.06%	3.77%
German	3,415	14.80%, see rank	15.98%	16.51%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.44%
Hungarian	61	0.26%, see rank	0.16%	0.51%
Irish	2,992	12.97%, see rank	13.68%	11.76%
Italian	350	1.52%, see rank	2.07%	5.78%
Norwegian	41	0.18%, see rank	0.32%	1.51%
Polish	36	0.16%, see rank	0.95%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.47%
Russian	13	0.06%, see rank	0.24%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	789	3.42%, see rank	2.10%	1.72%
Scottish	798	3.46%, see rank	2.00%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	51	0.22%, see rank	0.54%	0.91%
Swedish	32	0.14%, see rank	0.42%	1.41%
Swiss	16	0.07%, see rank	0.25%	0.33%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	7,217	31.28%, see rank	19.75%	6.28%
Welsh	325	1.41%, see rank	0.53%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

18,905 (83.84%) out of the total population of 22,549 reported first ancestry.

	Rowan County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.21%	0.50%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.11%	0.54%
Danish	25	0.11%, see rank	0.11%	0.49%
Dutch	237	1.05%, see rank	1.44%	1.68%
English	2,003	8.88%, see rank	11.69%	9.29%
French	482	2.14%, see rank	2.15%	3.90%
German	3,153	13.98%, see rank	16.15%	16.89%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.45%
Hungarian	63	0.28%, see rank	0.17%	0.52%
Irish	3,224	14.30%, see rank	13.83%	12.01%
Italian	345	1.53%, see rank	2.09%	5.91%
Norwegian	33	0.15%, see rank	0.32%	1.55%
Polish	34	0.15%, see rank	0.96%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.06%	0.48%
Russian	15	0.07%, see rank	0.25%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	569	2.52%, see rank	2.10%	1.77%
Scottish	659	2.92%, see rank	2.04%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	66	0.29%, see rank	0.48%	0.88%
Swedish	18	0.08%, see rank	0.45%	1.45%
Swiss	18	0.08%, see rank	0.26%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.09%	0.32%
American	7,140	31.66%, see rank	19.92%	6.43%
Welsh	115	0.51%, see rank	0.54%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

14,005 (63.39%) out of the total population of 22,094 reported first ancestry.

	Rowan County	% of the Total Population	Kentucky	U.S.
Arab	21	0.10%, see rank	0.15%	0.36%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.04%	0.27%
Danish	36	0.16%, see rank	0.06%	0.30%
Dutch	110	0.50%, see rank	0.68%	0.91%
English	1,697	7.68%, see rank	7.62%	5.91%
French	241	1.09%, see rank	1.16%	2.39%
German	1,558	7.05%, see rank	9.56%	10.81%
Greek	15	0.07%, see rank	0.09%	0.34%
Hungarian	78	0.35%, see rank	0.11%	0.32%
Irish	1,414	6.40%, see rank	7.08%	6.85%
Italian	240	1.09%, see rank	1.19%	4.59%
Norwegian	59	0.27%, see rank	0.20%	1.15%
Polish	52	0.24%, see rank	0.49%	2.24%
Portuguese	7	0.03%, see rank	0.03%	0.33%
Russian	34	0.15%, see rank	0.13%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	356	1.61%, see rank	1.34%	1.17%
Scottish	473	2.14%, see rank	1.05%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	26	0.12%, see rank	0.30%	0.61%
Swedish	60	0.27%, see rank	0.22%	0.87%
Swiss	12	0.05%, see rank	0.15%	0.19%
Ukrainian	8	0.04%, see rank	0.05%	0.24%
American	4,684	21.20%, see rank	20.93%	7.33%
Welsh	48	0.22%, see rank	0.26%	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.