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Wayne County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

9,440 (56.78%) out of the total population of 16,627 reported first ancestry.

	Wayne County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.71%	0.56%
Czech	15	0.09%, see rank	0.92%	0.47%
Danish	24	0.14%, see rank	0.38%	0.42%
Dutch	275	1.65%, see rank	1.37%	1.40%
English	1,686	10.14%, see rank	5.90%	8.02%
French	289	1.74%, see rank	2.13%	3.34%
German	2,510	15.10%, see rank	19.07%	15.03%
Greek	18	0.11%, see rank	0.76%	0.41%
Hungarian	13	0.08%, see rank	0.40%	0.46%
Irish	1,278	7.69%, see rank	12.00%	10.80%
Italian	106	0.64%, see rank	6.14%	5.52%
Norwegian	70	0.42%, see rank	1.25%	1.42%
Polish	216	1.30%, see rank	7.22%	3.01%
Portuguese	4	0.02%, see rank	0.08%	0.44%
Russian	12	0.07%, see rank	0.97%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	204	1.23%, see rank	0.59%	0.99%
Scottish	210	1.26%, see rank	1.16%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	16	0.10%, see rank	0.64%	0.95%
Swedish	97	0.58%, see rank	2.13%	1.27%
Swiss	125	0.75%, see rank	0.27%	0.30%
Ukrainian	6	0.04%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	2,534	15.24%, see rank	5.00%	7.12%
Welsh	83	0.50%, see rank	0.37%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

8,507 (50.86%) out of the total population of 16,727 reported first ancestry.

	Wayne County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.64%	0.53%
Czech	24	0.14%, see rank	0.96%	0.50%
Danish	9	0.05%, see rank	0.40%	0.45%
Dutch	184	1.10%, see rank	1.46%	1.51%
English	1,574	9.41%, see rank	6.23%	8.53%
French	232	1.39%, see rank	2.26%	3.54%
German	2,154	12.88%, see rank	19.89%	15.79%
Greek	127	0.76%, see rank	0.78%	0.42%
Hungarian	54	0.32%, see rank	0.41%	0.48%
Irish	1,233	7.37%, see rank	12.52%	11.36%
Italian	121	0.72%, see rank	6.29%	5.66%
Norwegian	67	0.40%, see rank	1.30%	1.46%
Polish	110	0.66%, see rank	7.47%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.46%
Russian	19	0.11%, see rank	1.03%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	194	1.16%, see rank	0.65%	1.07%
Scottish	202	1.21%, see rank	1.20%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.62%	0.93%
Swedish	66	0.39%, see rank	2.24%	1.34%
Swiss	125	0.75%, see rank	0.29%	0.31%
Ukrainian	4	0.02%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	2,255	13.48%, see rank	4.85%	6.72%
Welsh	21	0.13%, see rank	0.40%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

10,140 (60.19%) out of the total population of 16,846 reported first ancestry.

	Wayne County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.55%	0.50%
Czech	19	0.11%, see rank	1.01%	0.53%
Danish	4	0.02%, see rank	0.42%	0.48%
Dutch	239	1.42%, see rank	1.58%	1.63%
English	2,375	14.10%, see rank	6.56%	9.02%
French	306	1.82%, see rank	2.43%	3.77%
German	2,866	17.01%, see rank	20.72%	16.51%
Greek	97	0.58%, see rank	0.83%	0.44%
Hungarian	45	0.27%, see rank	0.43%	0.51%
Irish	1,654	9.82%, see rank	12.94%	11.76%
Italian	116	0.69%, see rank	6.35%	5.78%
Norwegian	43	0.26%, see rank	1.36%	1.51%
Polish	151	0.90%, see rank	7.69%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.47%
Russian	26	0.15%, see rank	1.07%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	239	1.42%, see rank	1.12%	1.72%
Scottish	242	1.44%, see rank	1.26%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.63%	0.91%
Swedish	104	0.62%, see rank	2.37%	1.41%
Swiss	69	0.41%, see rank	0.33%	0.33%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	2,132	12.66%, see rank	4.61%	6.28%
Welsh	25	0.15%, see rank	0.41%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

10,281 (62.29%) out of the total population of 16,505 reported first ancestry.

	Wayne County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.52%	0.50%
Czech	33	0.20%, see rank	1.02%	0.54%
Danish	3	0.02%, see rank	0.44%	0.49%
Dutch	326	1.98%, see rank	1.61%	1.68%
English	2,470	14.97%, see rank	6.71%	9.29%
French	270	1.64%, see rank	2.51%	3.90%
German	3,052	18.49%, see rank	21.16%	16.89%
Greek	102	0.62%, see rank	0.85%	0.45%
Hungarian	27	0.16%, see rank	0.45%	0.52%
Irish	1,742	10.55%, see rank	13.14%	12.01%
Italian	178	1.08%, see rank	6.45%	5.91%
Norwegian	24	0.15%, see rank	1.38%	1.55%
Polish	102	0.62%, see rank	7.85%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	18	0.11%, see rank	1.11%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	249	1.51%, see rank	1.15%	1.77%
Scottish	285	1.73%, see rank	1.31%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.62%	0.88%
Swedish	80	0.48%, see rank	2.46%	1.45%
Swiss	39	0.24%, see rank	0.33%	0.34%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.40%	0.32%
American	1,943	11.77%, see rank	4.55%	6.43%
Welsh	34	0.21%, see rank	0.42%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

10,178 (59.34%) out of the total population of 17,151 reported first ancestry.

	Wayne County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.38%	0.36%
Czech	40	0.23%, see rank	0.57%	0.27%
Danish	3	0.02%, see rank	0.26%	0.30%
Dutch	182	1.06%, see rank	0.90%	0.91%
English	1,621	9.45%, see rank	4.12%	5.91%
French	187	1.09%, see rank	1.34%	2.39%
German	1,686	9.83%, see rank	13.82%	10.81%
Greek	23	0.13%, see rank	0.65%	0.34%
Hungarian	53	0.31%, see rank	0.27%	0.32%
Irish	828	4.83%, see rank	7.62%	6.85%
Italian	139	0.81%, see rank	4.81%	4.59%
Norwegian	53	0.31%, see rank	0.96%	1.15%
Polish	89	0.52%, see rank	5.68%	2.24%
Portuguese	2	0.01%, see rank	0.04%	0.33%
Russian	23	0.13%, see rank	0.72%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	191	1.11%, see rank	0.73%	1.17%
Scottish	128	0.75%, see rank	0.73%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.57%	0.61%
Swedish	53	0.31%, see rank	1.52%	0.87%
Swiss	52	0.30%, see rank	0.17%	0.19%
Ukrainian	0	0.00%, see rank	0.30%	0.24%
American	3,439	20.05%, see rank	4.58%	7.33%
Welsh	50	0.29%, see rank	0.20%	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.