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Scotch Plains, NJ Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2005-2009 data
21,797 (95.51%) out of the total population of 22,821 reported first ancestry.
| Scotch Plains, NJ | % of the Total Population | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| Arab | 315 | 1.38%, see rank | 0.96% | 0.50% |
| Czech | 316 | 1.38%, see rank | 0.38% | 0.54% |
| Danish | 66 | 0.29%, see rank | 0.23% | 0.49% |
| Dutch | 229 | 1.00%, see rank | 1.31% | 1.68% |
| English | 1,570 | 6.88%, see rank | 6.09% | 9.29% |
| French | 541 | 2.37%, see rank | 1.71% | 3.90% |
| German | 2,482 | 10.88%, see rank | 12.78% | 16.89% |
| Greek | 390 | 1.71%, see rank | 0.77% | 0.45% |
| Hungarian | 445 | 1.95%, see rank | 1.29% | 0.52% |
| Irish | 3,784 | 16.58%, see rank | 16.05% | 12.01% |
| Italian | 6,059 | 26.55%, see rank | 17.87% | 5.91% |
| Norwegian | 183 | 0.80%, see rank | 0.50% | 1.55% |
| Polish | 1,783 | 7.81%, see rank | 6.63% | 3.32% |
| Portuguese | 117 | 0.51%, see rank | 0.93% | 0.48% |
| Russian | 754 | 3.30%, see rank | 2.35% | 1.04% |
| Scotch-Irish | 227 | 0.99%, see rank | 0.99% | 1.77% |
| Scottish | 264 | 1.16%, see rank | 1.26% | 1.97% |
| Subsaharan African | 257 | 1.13%, see rank | 1.00% | 0.88% |
| Swedish | 178 | 0.78%, see rank | 0.66% | 1.45% |
| Swiss | 21 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.34% |
| Ukrainian | 499 | 2.19%, see rank | 0.84% | 0.32% |
| American | 922 | 4.04%, see rank | 3.14% | 6.43% |
| Welsh | 92 | 0.40%, see rank | 0.46% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
21,063 (92.66%) out of the total population of 22,732 reported first ancestry.
| Scotch Plains, NJ | % of the Total Population | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| Arab | 303 | 1.33%, see rank | 0.75% | 0.36% |
| Czech | 27 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.27% |
| Danish | 53 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.30% |
| Dutch | 210 | 0.92%, see rank | 0.74% | 0.91% |
| English | 843 | 3.71%, see rank | 3.57% | 5.91% |
| French | 158 | 0.70%, see rank | 0.94% | 2.39% |
| German | 1,693 | 7.45%, see rank | 7.42% | 10.81% |
| Greek | 74 | 0.33%, see rank | 0.60% | 0.34% |
| Hungarian | 136 | 0.60%, see rank | 0.86% | 0.32% |
| Irish | 2,916 | 12.83%, see rank | 10.49% | 6.85% |
| Italian | 4,239 | 18.65%, see rank | 15.32% | 4.59% |
| Norwegian | 168 | 0.74%, see rank | 0.39% | 1.15% |
| Polish | 1,427 | 6.28%, see rank | 4.80% | 2.24% |
| Portuguese | 127 | 0.56%, see rank | 0.76% | 0.33% |
| Russian | 885 | 3.89%, see rank | 1.68% | 0.68% |
| Scotch-Irish | 191 | 0.84%, see rank | 0.66% | 1.17% |
| Scottish | 109 | 0.48%, see rank | 0.78% | 1.12% |
| Subsaharan African | 237 | 1.04%, see rank | 0.80% | 0.61% |
| Swedish | 127 | 0.56%, see rank | 0.39% | 0.87% |
| Swiss | 6 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.19% |
| Ukrainian | 127 | 0.56%, see rank | 0.61% | 0.24% |
| American | 671 | 2.95%, see rank | 3.14% | 7.33% |
| Welsh | 74 | 0.33%, 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.