Salem, WV Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
1,590 (85.44%) out of the total population of 1,861 reported first ancestry.
Salem, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 8 | 0.43%, see rank | 0.35% | 0.56% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.47% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 58 | 3.12%, see rank | 1.98% | 1.40% |
English | 146 | 7.85%, see rank | 11.39% | 8.02% |
French | 9 | 0.48%, see rank | 1.72% | 3.34% |
German | 291 | 15.64%, see rank | 17.89% | 15.03% |
Greek | 4 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 3 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.49% | 0.46% |
Irish | 286 | 15.37%, see rank | 14.57% | 10.80% |
Italian | 160 | 8.60%, see rank | 4.58% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.23% | 1.42% |
Polish | 30 | 1.61%, see rank | 1.96% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 4 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.44% |
Russian | 3 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 21 | 1.13%, see rank | 2.06% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 24 | 1.29%, see rank | 2.12% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 14 | 0.75%, see rank | 0.39% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 7 | 0.38%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.31% |
American | 598 | 32.13%, see rank | 13.03% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 18 | 0.97%, see rank | 0.74% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
1,628 (81.85%) out of the total population of 1,989 reported first ancestry.
Salem, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.35% | 0.53% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.19% | 0.50% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 84 | 4.22%, see rank | 2.23% | 1.51% |
English | 127 | 6.39%, see rank | 11.83% | 8.53% |
French | 5 | 0.25%, see rank | 1.85% | 3.54% |
German | 282 | 14.18%, see rank | 19.01% | 15.79% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 3 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.48% |
Irish | 344 | 17.30%, see rank | 15.07% | 11.36% |
Italian | 168 | 8.45%, see rank | 4.68% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.46% |
Polish | 17 | 0.85%, see rank | 1.86% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.46% |
Russian | 3 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.37% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 20 | 1.01%, see rank | 2.15% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 50 | 2.51%, see rank | 2.12% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 12 | 0.60%, see rank | 0.41% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 11 | 0.55%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.10% | 0.31% |
American | 463 | 23.28%, see rank | 12.87% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 12 | 0.60%, see rank | 0.77% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
1,486 (78.46%) out of the total population of 1,894 reported first ancestry.
Salem, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 7 | 0.37%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.50% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.53% |
Danish | 3 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 58 | 3.06%, see rank | 2.50% | 1.63% |
English | 121 | 6.39%, see rank | 12.27% | 9.02% |
French | 14 | 0.74%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.77% |
German | 267 | 14.10%, see rank | 19.84% | 16.51% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.53% | 0.51% |
Irish | 309 | 16.31%, see rank | 15.14% | 11.76% |
Italian | 177 | 9.35%, see rank | 4.66% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 3 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.51% |
Polish | 31 | 1.64%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.47% |
Russian | 4 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.37% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 45 | 2.38%, see rank | 2.85% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 47 | 2.48%, see rank | 2.14% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 16 | 0.84%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 13 | 0.69%, see rank | 0.41% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 3 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 5 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.31% |
American | 345 | 18.22%, see rank | 13.40% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 11 | 0.58%, see rank | 0.78% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
1,464 (76.57%) out of the total population of 1,912 reported first ancestry.
Salem, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 6 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.50% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.54% |
Danish | 2 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 83 | 4.34%, see rank | 2.54% | 1.68% |
English | 156 | 8.16%, see rank | 12.50% | 9.29% |
French | 17 | 0.89%, see rank | 1.90% | 3.90% |
German | 302 | 15.79%, see rank | 20.13% | 16.89% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.52% |
Irish | 309 | 16.16%, see rank | 15.26% | 12.01% |
Italian | 124 | 6.49%, see rank | 4.57% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 2 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.55% |
Polish | 31 | 1.62%, see rank | 1.93% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.48% |
Russian | 4 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.35% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 45 | 2.35%, see rank | 2.84% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 33 | 1.73%, see rank | 2.13% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 18 | 0.94%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 10 | 0.52%, see rank | 0.40% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 3 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 4 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.32% |
American | 304 | 15.90%, see rank | 14.04% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 6 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.81% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
1,245 (62.06%) out of the total population of 2,006 reported first ancestry.
Salem, WV | % of the Total Population | West Virginia | U.S. | |
Arab | 4 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.36% |
Czech | 2 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.27% |
Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.30% |
Dutch | 13 | 0.65%, see rank | 1.06% | 0.91% |
English | 101 | 5.03%, see rank | 7.41% | 5.91% |
French | 19 | 0.95%, see rank | 0.96% | 2.39% |
German | 207 | 10.32%, see rank | 10.06% | 10.81% |
Greek | 5 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.34% |
Hungarian | 5 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.32% |
Irish | 112 | 5.58%, see rank | 7.04% | 6.85% |
Italian | 57 | 2.84%, see rank | 3.28% | 4.59% |
Norwegian | 1 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.16% | 1.15% |
Polish | 14 | 0.70%, see rank | 1.16% | 2.24% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.33% |
Russian | 5 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.68% |
Scotch-Irish | 70 | 3.49%, see rank | 1.70% | 1.17% |
Scottish | 30 | 1.50%, see rank | 1.08% | 1.12% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.61% |
Swedish | 2 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.87% |
Swiss | 2 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.19% |
Ukrainian | 10 | 0.50%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.24% |
American | 300 | 14.96%, see rank | 18.83% | 7.33% |
Welsh | 20 | 1.00%, see rank | 0.38% | 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.