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West Des Moines, IA Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

49,532 (82.81%) out of the total population of 59,815 reported first ancestry.

	West Des Moines, IA	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	540	0.90%, see rank	0.27%	0.56%
Czech	485	0.81%, see rank	1.89%	0.47%
Danish	678	1.13%, see rank	1.86%	0.42%
Dutch	1,984	3.32%, see rank	4.35%	1.40%
English	5,802	9.70%, see rank	8.78%	8.02%
French	1,672	2.80%, see rank	2.60%	3.34%
German	18,313	30.62%, see rank	36.73%	15.03%
Greek	138	0.23%, see rank	0.22%	0.41%
Hungarian	140	0.23%, see rank	0.12%	0.46%
Irish	8,090	13.53%, see rank	14.07%	10.80%
Italian	1,835	3.07%, see rank	2.10%	5.52%
Norwegian	3,088	5.16%, see rank	5.34%	1.42%
Polish	855	1.43%, see rank	1.28%	3.01%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.06%	0.44%
Russian	533	0.89%, see rank	0.36%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	501	0.84%, see rank	0.85%	0.99%
Scottish	974	1.63%, see rank	1.51%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	624	1.04%, see rank	0.56%	0.95%
Swedish	2,264	3.79%, see rank	2.92%	1.27%
Swiss	325	0.54%, see rank	0.47%	0.30%
Ukrainian	87	0.15%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	2,654	4.44%, see rank	6.36%	7.12%
Welsh	448	0.75%, see rank	0.67%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

49,197 (86.25%) out of the total population of 57,041 reported first ancestry.

	West Des Moines, IA	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	175	0.31%, see rank	0.21%	0.53%
Czech	673	1.18%, see rank	1.99%	0.50%
Danish	901	1.58%, see rank	2.04%	0.45%
Dutch	2,185	3.83%, see rank	4.70%	1.51%
English	5,958	10.45%, see rank	9.27%	8.53%
French	1,525	2.67%, see rank	2.82%	3.54%
German	18,301	32.08%, see rank	38.44%	15.79%
Greek	249	0.44%, see rank	0.23%	0.42%
Hungarian	68	0.12%, see rank	0.12%	0.48%
Irish	7,947	13.93%, see rank	14.91%	11.36%
Italian	1,860	3.26%, see rank	2.14%	5.66%
Norwegian	3,172	5.56%, see rank	5.56%	1.46%
Polish	1,049	1.84%, see rank	1.31%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.06%	0.46%
Russian	653	1.14%, see rank	0.38%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	687	1.20%, see rank	0.95%	1.07%
Scottish	689	1.21%, see rank	1.58%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	396	0.69%, see rank	0.54%	0.93%
Swedish	2,397	4.20%, see rank	3.15%	1.34%
Swiss	226	0.40%, see rank	0.50%	0.31%
Ukrainian	118	0.21%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	2,307	4.04%, see rank	5.98%	6.72%
Welsh	568	1.00%, see rank	0.71%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

49,574 (90.58%) out of the total population of 54,731 reported first ancestry.

	West Des Moines, IA	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	211	0.39%, see rank	0.17%	0.50%
Czech	625	1.14%, see rank	2.07%	0.53%
Danish	1,015	1.85%, see rank	2.20%	0.48%
Dutch	2,293	4.19%, see rank	4.90%	1.63%
English	6,460	11.80%, see rank	9.85%	9.02%
French	1,385	2.53%, see rank	3.05%	3.77%
German	18,907	34.55%, see rank	39.79%	16.51%
Greek	307	0.56%, see rank	0.24%	0.44%
Hungarian	99	0.18%, see rank	0.14%	0.51%
Irish	8,954	16.36%, see rank	15.41%	11.76%
Italian	2,160	3.95%, see rank	2.22%	5.78%
Norwegian	2,878	5.26%, see rank	5.63%	1.51%
Polish	966	1.76%, see rank	1.35%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.47%
Russian	561	1.03%, see rank	0.36%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	976	1.78%, see rank	1.53%	1.72%
Scottish	909	1.66%, see rank	1.68%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	306	0.56%, see rank	0.51%	0.91%
Swedish	1,924	3.52%, see rank	3.26%	1.41%
Swiss	228	0.42%, see rank	0.53%	0.33%
Ukrainian	95	0.17%, see rank	0.09%	0.31%
American	2,323	4.24%, see rank	5.61%	6.28%
Welsh	601	1.10%, see rank	0.76%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

49,580 (90.51%) out of the total population of 54,776 reported first ancestry.

	West Des Moines, IA	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	136	0.25%, see rank	0.15%	0.50%
Czech	762	1.39%, see rank	2.12%	0.54%
Danish	825	1.51%, see rank	2.25%	0.49%
Dutch	2,450	4.47%, see rank	5.01%	1.68%
English	6,884	12.57%, see rank	10.07%	9.29%
French	1,595	2.91%, see rank	3.19%	3.90%
German	19,027	34.74%, see rank	40.46%	16.89%
Greek	281	0.51%, see rank	0.24%	0.45%
Hungarian	75	0.14%, see rank	0.14%	0.52%
Irish	10,036	18.32%, see rank	15.67%	12.01%
Italian	2,297	4.19%, see rank	2.18%	5.91%
Norwegian	2,881	5.26%, see rank	5.67%	1.55%
Polish	1,221	2.23%, see rank	1.39%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	653	1.19%, see rank	0.37%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	984	1.80%, see rank	1.58%	1.77%
Scottish	903	1.65%, see rank	1.72%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	291	0.53%, see rank	0.41%	0.88%
Swedish	1,868	3.41%, see rank	3.30%	1.45%
Swiss	236	0.43%, see rank	0.56%	0.34%
Ukrainian	207	0.38%, see rank	0.09%	0.32%
American	2,053	3.75%, see rank	5.67%	6.43%
Welsh	654	1.19%, see rank	0.78%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

37,974 (81.84%) out of the total population of 46,403 reported first ancestry.

	West Des Moines, IA	% of the Total Population	Iowa	U.S.
Arab	138	0.30%, see rank	0.13%	0.36%
Czech	389	0.84%, see rank	1.09%	0.27%
Danish	756	1.63%, see rank	1.45%	0.30%
Dutch	1,437	3.10%, see rank	3.03%	0.91%
English	3,487	7.51%, see rank	5.89%	5.91%
French	696	1.50%, see rank	1.56%	2.39%
German	11,225	24.19%, see rank	28.26%	10.81%
Greek	114	0.25%, see rank	0.15%	0.34%
Hungarian	54	0.12%, see rank	0.07%	0.32%
Irish	4,263	9.19%, see rank	7.69%	6.85%
Italian	1,122	2.42%, see rank	1.28%	4.59%
Norwegian	1,944	4.19%, see rank	4.28%	1.15%
Polish	656	1.41%, see rank	0.70%	2.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.03%	0.33%
Russian	432	0.93%, see rank	0.17%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	581	1.25%, see rank	1.01%	1.17%
Scottish	538	1.16%, see rank	0.88%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	78	0.17%, see rank	0.23%	0.61%
Swedish	1,109	2.39%, see rank	2.04%	0.87%
Swiss	68	0.15%, see rank	0.30%	0.19%
Ukrainian	123	0.27%, see rank	0.05%	0.24%
American	2,559	5.51%, see rank	6.73%	7.33%
Welsh	326	0.70%, 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.