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Salem County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

57,900 (88.40%) out of the total population of 65,501 reported first ancestry.

	Salem County	% of the Total Population	New Jersey	U.S.
Arab	70	0.11%, see rank	1.09%	0.56%
Czech	109	0.17%, see rank	0.32%	0.47%
Danish	80	0.12%, see rank	0.20%	0.42%
Dutch	1,220	1.86%, see rank	1.08%	1.40%
English	7,602	11.61%, see rank	4.98%	8.02%
French	1,583	2.42%, see rank	1.49%	3.34%
German	14,809	22.61%, see rank	11.12%	15.03%
Greek	273	0.42%, see rank	0.72%	0.41%
Hungarian	457	0.70%, see rank	1.12%	0.46%
Irish	14,470	22.09%, see rank	14.59%	10.80%
Italian	8,986	13.72%, see rank	16.58%	5.52%
Norwegian	303	0.46%, see rank	0.45%	1.42%
Polish	2,997	4.58%, see rank	5.98%	3.01%
Portuguese	151	0.23%, see rank	0.88%	0.44%
Russian	439	0.67%, see rank	2.00%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	534	0.82%, see rank	0.39%	0.99%
Scottish	1,103	1.68%, see rank	1.04%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	187	0.29%, see rank	0.97%	0.95%
Swedish	757	1.16%, see rank	0.58%	1.27%
Swiss	111	0.17%, see rank	0.19%	0.30%
Ukrainian	565	0.86%, see rank	0.78%	0.31%
American	3,377	5.16%, see rank	4.19%	7.12%
Welsh	759	1.16%, see rank	0.38%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

58,873 (89.19%) out of the total population of 66,007 reported first ancestry.

	Salem County	% of the Total Population	New Jersey	U.S.
Arab	106	0.16%, see rank	1.02%	0.53%
Czech	59	0.09%, see rank	0.36%	0.50%
Danish	65	0.10%, see rank	0.20%	0.45%
Dutch	1,111	1.68%, see rank	1.15%	1.51%
English	8,682	13.15%, see rank	5.42%	8.53%
French	1,806	2.74%, see rank	1.57%	3.54%
German	14,575	22.08%, see rank	11.81%	15.79%
Greek	301	0.46%, see rank	0.73%	0.42%
Hungarian	375	0.57%, see rank	1.19%	0.48%
Irish	13,908	21.07%, see rank	15.34%	11.36%
Italian	10,457	15.84%, see rank	17.07%	5.66%
Norwegian	341	0.52%, see rank	0.47%	1.46%
Polish	3,104	4.70%, see rank	6.30%	3.13%
Portuguese	188	0.28%, see rank	0.91%	0.46%
Russian	615	0.93%, see rank	2.14%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	589	0.89%, see rank	0.44%	1.07%
Scottish	1,213	1.84%, see rank	1.10%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	203	0.31%, see rank	1.02%	0.93%
Swedish	643	0.97%, see rank	0.60%	1.34%
Swiss	197	0.30%, see rank	0.20%	0.31%
Ukrainian	508	0.77%, see rank	0.79%	0.31%
American	3,638	5.51%, see rank	3.77%	6.72%
Welsh	731	1.11%, see rank	0.41%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

59,571 (90.28%) out of the total population of 65,982 reported first ancestry.

	Salem County	% of the Total Population	New Jersey	U.S.
Arab	126	0.19%, see rank	0.95%	0.50%
Czech	44	0.07%, see rank	0.37%	0.53%
Danish	128	0.19%, see rank	0.23%	0.48%
Dutch	1,177	1.78%, see rank	1.27%	1.63%
English	9,034	13.69%, see rank	5.80%	9.02%
French	2,025	3.07%, see rank	1.65%	3.77%
German	15,287	23.17%, see rank	12.34%	16.51%
Greek	239	0.36%, see rank	0.75%	0.44%
Hungarian	407	0.62%, see rank	1.25%	0.51%
Irish	13,535	20.51%, see rank	15.72%	11.76%
Italian	10,387	15.74%, see rank	17.44%	5.78%
Norwegian	231	0.35%, see rank	0.49%	1.51%
Polish	2,964	4.49%, see rank	6.48%	3.24%
Portuguese	264	0.40%, see rank	0.91%	0.47%
Russian	500	0.76%, see rank	2.26%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	1,229	1.86%, see rank	0.95%	1.72%
Scottish	1,252	1.90%, see rank	1.20%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	301	0.46%, see rank	1.02%	0.91%
Swedish	736	1.12%, see rank	0.62%	1.41%
Swiss	207	0.31%, see rank	0.21%	0.33%
Ukrainian	410	0.62%, see rank	0.82%	0.31%
American	3,023	4.58%, see rank	3.22%	6.28%
Welsh	690	1.05%, see rank	0.44%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

59,731 (90.53%) out of the total population of 65,982 reported first ancestry.

	Salem County	% of the Total Population	New Jersey	U.S.
Arab	134	0.20%, see rank	0.96%	0.50%
Czech	86	0.13%, see rank	0.38%	0.54%
Danish	138	0.21%, see rank	0.23%	0.49%
Dutch	1,114	1.69%, see rank	1.31%	1.68%
English	9,178	13.91%, see rank	6.09%	9.29%
French	2,041	3.09%, see rank	1.71%	3.90%
German	14,332	21.72%, see rank	12.78%	16.89%
Greek	250	0.38%, see rank	0.77%	0.45%
Hungarian	370	0.56%, see rank	1.29%	0.52%
Irish	12,995	19.69%, see rank	16.05%	12.01%
Italian	10,035	15.21%, see rank	17.87%	5.91%
Norwegian	209	0.32%, see rank	0.50%	1.55%
Polish	3,360	5.09%, see rank	6.63%	3.32%
Portuguese	233	0.35%, see rank	0.93%	0.48%
Russian	530	0.80%, see rank	2.35%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	1,285	1.95%, see rank	0.99%	1.77%
Scottish	1,298	1.97%, see rank	1.26%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	409	0.62%, see rank	1.00%	0.88%
Swedish	791	1.20%, see rank	0.66%	1.45%
Swiss	146	0.22%, see rank	0.21%	0.34%
Ukrainian	435	0.66%, see rank	0.84%	0.32%
American	3,257	4.94%, see rank	3.14%	6.43%
Welsh	634	0.96%, see rank	0.46%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

51,454 (80.04%) out of the total population of 64,285 reported first ancestry.

	Salem County	% of the Total Population	New Jersey	U.S.
Arab	36	0.06%, see rank	0.75%	0.36%
Czech	49	0.08%, see rank	0.15%	0.27%
Danish	109	0.17%, see rank	0.15%	0.30%
Dutch	620	0.96%, see rank	0.74%	0.91%
English	5,722	8.90%, see rank	3.57%	5.91%
French	1,025	1.59%, see rank	0.94%	2.39%
German	8,398	13.06%, see rank	7.42%	10.81%
Greek	273	0.42%, see rank	0.60%	0.34%
Hungarian	219	0.34%, see rank	0.86%	0.32%
Irish	6,776	10.54%, see rank	10.49%	6.85%
Italian	6,587	10.25%, see rank	15.32%	4.59%
Norwegian	177	0.28%, see rank	0.39%	1.15%
Polish	1,907	2.97%, see rank	4.80%	2.24%
Portuguese	98	0.15%, see rank	0.76%	0.33%
Russian	193	0.30%, see rank	1.68%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	552	0.86%, see rank	0.66%	1.17%
Scottish	767	1.19%, see rank	0.78%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	373	0.58%, see rank	0.80%	0.61%
Swedish	574	0.89%, see rank	0.39%	0.87%
Swiss	43	0.07%, see rank	0.13%	0.19%
Ukrainian	321	0.50%, see rank	0.61%	0.24%
American	3,944	6.14%, see rank	3.14%	7.33%
Welsh	505	0.79%, see rank	0.21%	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.