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Shelby County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

10,253 (85.20%) out of the total population of 12,034 reported first ancestry.

	Shelby County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	20	0.17%, see rank	0.27%	0.56%
Czech	192	1.60%, see rank	1.89%	0.47%
Danish	1,849	15.36%, see rank	1.86%	0.42%
Dutch	220	1.83%, see rank	4.35%	1.40%
English	876	7.28%, see rank	8.78%	8.02%
French	291	2.42%, see rank	2.60%	3.34%
German	5,703	47.39%, see rank	36.73%	15.03%
Greek	9	0.07%, see rank	0.22%	0.41%
Hungarian	2	0.02%, see rank	0.12%	0.46%
Irish	1,294	10.75%, see rank	14.07%	10.80%
Italian	129	1.07%, see rank	2.10%	5.52%
Norwegian	348	2.89%, see rank	5.34%	1.42%
Polish	65	0.54%, see rank	1.28%	3.01%
Portuguese	2	0.02%, see rank	0.06%	0.44%
Russian	1	0.01%, see rank	0.36%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	83	0.69%, see rank	0.85%	0.99%
Scottish	98	0.81%, see rank	1.51%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	3	0.02%, see rank	0.56%	0.95%
Swedish	212	1.76%, see rank	2.92%	1.27%
Swiss	50	0.42%, see rank	0.47%	0.30%
Ukrainian	2	0.02%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	735	6.11%, see rank	6.36%	7.12%
Welsh	63	0.52%, see rank	0.67%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

10,562 (86.87%) out of the total population of 12,158 reported first ancestry.

	Shelby County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	5	0.04%, see rank	0.21%	0.53%
Czech	258	2.12%, see rank	1.99%	0.50%
Danish	1,914	15.74%, see rank	2.04%	0.45%
Dutch	388	3.19%, see rank	4.70%	1.51%
English	1,050	8.64%, see rank	9.27%	8.53%
French	262	2.15%, see rank	2.82%	3.54%
German	6,025	49.56%, see rank	38.44%	15.79%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.23%	0.42%
Hungarian	16	0.13%, see rank	0.12%	0.48%
Irish	1,417	11.65%, see rank	14.91%	11.36%
Italian	160	1.32%, see rank	2.14%	5.66%
Norwegian	332	2.73%, see rank	5.56%	1.46%
Polish	70	0.58%, see rank	1.31%	3.13%
Portuguese	2	0.02%, see rank	0.06%	0.46%
Russian	2	0.02%, see rank	0.38%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	120	0.99%, see rank	0.95%	1.07%
Scottish	126	1.04%, see rank	1.58%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	2	0.02%, see rank	0.54%	0.93%
Swedish	206	1.69%, see rank	3.15%	1.34%
Swiss	22	0.18%, see rank	0.50%	0.31%
Ukrainian	3	0.02%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	730	6.00%, see rank	5.98%	6.72%
Welsh	15	0.12%, see rank	0.71%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

10,741 (87.13%) out of the total population of 12,328 reported first ancestry.

	Shelby County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	16	0.13%, see rank	0.17%	0.50%
Czech	109	0.88%, see rank	2.07%	0.53%
Danish	2,236	18.14%, see rank	2.20%	0.48%
Dutch	354	2.87%, see rank	4.90%	1.63%
English	1,126	9.13%, see rank	9.85%	9.02%
French	301	2.44%, see rank	3.05%	3.77%
German	6,169	50.04%, see rank	39.79%	16.51%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.24%	0.44%
Hungarian	15	0.12%, see rank	0.14%	0.51%
Irish	1,534	12.44%, see rank	15.41%	11.76%
Italian	188	1.52%, see rank	2.22%	5.78%
Norwegian	558	4.53%, see rank	5.63%	1.51%
Polish	94	0.76%, see rank	1.35%	3.24%
Portuguese	5	0.04%, see rank	0.07%	0.47%
Russian	10	0.08%, see rank	0.36%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	167	1.35%, see rank	1.53%	1.72%
Scottish	114	0.92%, see rank	1.68%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.51%	0.91%
Swedish	153	1.24%, see rank	3.26%	1.41%
Swiss	31	0.25%, see rank	0.53%	0.33%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	635	5.15%, see rank	5.61%	6.28%
Welsh	33	0.27%, see rank	0.76%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

10,960 (89.70%) out of the total population of 12,218 reported first ancestry.

	Shelby County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	20	0.16%, see rank	0.15%	0.50%
Czech	92	0.75%, see rank	2.12%	0.54%
Danish	2,166	17.73%, see rank	2.25%	0.49%
Dutch	375	3.07%, see rank	5.01%	1.68%
English	981	8.03%, see rank	10.07%	9.29%
French	312	2.55%, see rank	3.19%	3.90%
German	6,500	53.20%, see rank	40.46%	16.89%
Greek	10	0.08%, see rank	0.24%	0.45%
Hungarian	13	0.11%, see rank	0.14%	0.52%
Irish	1,542	12.62%, see rank	15.67%	12.01%
Italian	225	1.84%, see rank	2.18%	5.91%
Norwegian	522	4.27%, see rank	5.67%	1.55%
Polish	83	0.68%, see rank	1.39%	3.32%
Portuguese	5	0.04%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	16	0.13%, see rank	0.37%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	206	1.69%, see rank	1.58%	1.77%
Scottish	132	1.08%, see rank	1.72%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.41%	0.88%
Swedish	147	1.20%, see rank	3.30%	1.45%
Swiss	32	0.26%, see rank	0.56%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.09%	0.32%
American	670	5.48%, see rank	5.67%	6.43%
Welsh	51	0.42%, see rank	0.78%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

10,464 (79.44%) out of the total population of 13,173 reported first ancestry.

	Shelby County	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	6	0.05%, see rank	0.13%	0.36%
Czech	35	0.27%, see rank	1.09%	0.27%
Danish	1,625	12.34%, see rank	1.45%	0.30%
Dutch	89	0.68%, see rank	3.03%	0.91%
English	501	3.80%, see rank	5.89%	5.91%
French	144	1.09%, see rank	1.56%	2.39%
German	5,393	40.94%, see rank	28.26%	10.81%
Greek	4	0.03%, see rank	0.15%	0.34%
Hungarian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.32%
Irish	681	5.17%, see rank	7.69%	6.85%
Italian	99	0.75%, see rank	1.28%	4.59%
Norwegian	322	2.44%, see rank	4.28%	1.15%
Polish	41	0.31%, see rank	0.70%	2.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.03%	0.33%
Russian	6	0.05%, see rank	0.17%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	109	0.83%, see rank	1.01%	1.17%
Scottish	55	0.42%, see rank	0.88%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.23%	0.61%
Swedish	111	0.84%, see rank	2.04%	0.87%
Swiss	15	0.11%, see rank	0.30%	0.19%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.05%	0.24%
American	767	5.82%, see rank	6.73%	7.33%
Welsh	25	0.19%, see rank	0.39%	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.