Sterling Micro Area Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
47,307 (82.02%) out of the total population of 57,680 reported first ancestry.
Sterling Area | % of the Total Population | Illinois | U.S. | |
Arab | 107 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.71% | 0.56% |
Czech | 272 | 0.47%, see rank | 0.92% | 0.47% |
Danish | 428 | 0.74%, see rank | 0.38% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 4,784 | 8.29%, see rank | 1.37% | 1.40% |
English | 5,002 | 8.67%, see rank | 5.90% | 8.02% |
French | 1,280 | 2.22%, see rank | 2.13% | 3.34% |
German | 17,411 | 30.19%, see rank | 19.07% | 15.03% |
Greek | 69 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.76% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 40 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.46% |
Irish | 7,570 | 13.12%, see rank | 12.00% | 10.80% |
Italian | 1,752 | 3.04%, see rank | 6.14% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 950 | 1.65%, see rank | 1.25% | 1.42% |
Polish | 1,188 | 2.06%, see rank | 7.22% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 39 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.44% |
Russian | 122 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.97% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 289 | 0.50%, see rank | 0.59% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 702 | 1.22%, see rank | 1.16% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 60 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.64% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 2,310 | 4.00%, see rank | 2.13% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 211 | 0.37%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 42 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.31% |
American | 4,647 | 8.06%, see rank | 5.00% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 192 | 0.33%, see rank | 0.37% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
47,811 (81.87%) out of the total population of 58,400 reported first ancestry.
Sterling Area | % of the Total Population | Illinois | U.S. | |
Arab | 65 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.64% | 0.53% |
Czech | 335 | 0.57%, see rank | 0.96% | 0.50% |
Danish | 524 | 0.90%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 4,996 | 8.55%, see rank | 1.46% | 1.51% |
English | 4,762 | 8.15%, see rank | 6.23% | 8.53% |
French | 1,512 | 2.59%, see rank | 2.26% | 3.54% |
German | 17,515 | 29.99%, see rank | 19.89% | 15.79% |
Greek | 83 | 0.14%, see rank | 0.78% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 17 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.41% | 0.48% |
Irish | 8,506 | 14.57%, see rank | 12.52% | 11.36% |
Italian | 1,603 | 2.74%, see rank | 6.29% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 1,021 | 1.75%, see rank | 1.30% | 1.46% |
Polish | 1,140 | 1.95%, see rank | 7.47% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 43 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.46% |
Russian | 133 | 0.23%, see rank | 1.03% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 272 | 0.47%, see rank | 0.65% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 737 | 1.26%, see rank | 1.20% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 141 | 0.24%, see rank | 0.62% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 2,173 | 3.72%, see rank | 2.24% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 187 | 0.32%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 73 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.31% |
American | 4,711 | 8.07%, see rank | 4.85% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 177 | 0.30%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
49,611 (84.44%) out of the total population of 58,750 reported first ancestry.
Sterling Area | % of the Total Population | Illinois | U.S. | |
Arab | 78 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.50% |
Czech | 445 | 0.76%, see rank | 1.01% | 0.53% |
Danish | 554 | 0.94%, see rank | 0.42% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 5,122 | 8.72%, see rank | 1.58% | 1.63% |
English | 5,029 | 8.56%, see rank | 6.56% | 9.02% |
French | 1,727 | 2.94%, see rank | 2.43% | 3.77% |
German | 19,151 | 32.60%, see rank | 20.72% | 16.51% |
Greek | 138 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.83% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 133 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.43% | 0.51% |
Irish | 9,102 | 15.49%, see rank | 12.94% | 11.76% |
Italian | 1,810 | 3.08%, see rank | 6.35% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 869 | 1.48%, see rank | 1.36% | 1.51% |
Polish | 1,554 | 2.65%, see rank | 7.69% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 95 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.47% |
Russian | 154 | 0.26%, see rank | 1.07% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 677 | 1.15%, see rank | 1.12% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 759 | 1.29%, see rank | 1.26% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 172 | 0.29%, see rank | 0.63% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 2,176 | 3.70%, see rank | 2.37% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 163 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 26 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.31% |
American | 3,518 | 5.99%, see rank | 4.61% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 114 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.41% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
50,918 (86.22%) out of the total population of 59,059 reported first ancestry.
Sterling Area | % of the Total Population | Illinois | U.S. | |
Arab | 61 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.50% |
Czech | 298 | 0.50%, see rank | 1.02% | 0.54% |
Danish | 598 | 1.01%, see rank | 0.44% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 5,549 | 9.40%, see rank | 1.61% | 1.68% |
English | 5,334 | 9.03%, see rank | 6.71% | 9.29% |
French | 1,711 | 2.90%, see rank | 2.51% | 3.90% |
German | 20,348 | 34.45%, see rank | 21.16% | 16.89% |
Greek | 119 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.85% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 170 | 0.29%, see rank | 0.45% | 0.52% |
Irish | 9,773 | 16.55%, see rank | 13.14% | 12.01% |
Italian | 1,905 | 3.23%, see rank | 6.45% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 985 | 1.67%, see rank | 1.38% | 1.55% |
Polish | 1,549 | 2.62%, see rank | 7.85% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 43 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.48% |
Russian | 82 | 0.14%, see rank | 1.11% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 827 | 1.40%, see rank | 1.15% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 825 | 1.40%, see rank | 1.31% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 170 | 0.29%, see rank | 0.62% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 2,199 | 3.72%, see rank | 2.46% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 186 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.33% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 38 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.32% |
American | 3,711 | 6.28%, see rank | 4.55% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 124 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.42% | 0.65% |
* 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.