Yancey County Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
14,064 (79.63%) out of the total population of 17,662 reported first ancestry.
Yancey County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.34% | 0.56% |
Czech | 28 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.47% |
Danish | 82 | 0.46%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 270 | 1.53%, see rank | 1.07% | 1.40% |
English | 2,547 | 14.42%, see rank | 9.75% | 8.02% |
French | 292 | 1.65%, see rank | 2.02% | 3.34% |
German | 2,884 | 16.33%, see rank | 10.69% | 15.03% |
Greek | 115 | 0.65%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 36 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.46% |
Irish | 1,977 | 11.19%, see rank | 8.88% | 10.80% |
Italian | 416 | 2.36%, see rank | 3.06% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 162 | 0.92%, see rank | 0.46% | 1.42% |
Polish | 154 | 0.87%, see rank | 1.39% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 20 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.44% |
Russian | 20 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.43% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 872 | 4.94%, see rank | 2.68% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 1,003 | 5.68%, see rank | 2.46% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 11 | 0.06%, see rank | 1.00% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 213 | 1.21%, see rank | 0.55% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 49 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 11 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 2,933 | 16.61%, see rank | 12.51% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 344 | 1.95%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
13,766 (77.28%) out of the total population of 17,814 reported first ancestry.
Yancey County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.53% |
Czech | 70 | 0.39%, see rank | 0.19% | 0.50% |
Danish | 146 | 0.82%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 351 | 1.97%, see rank | 1.16% | 1.51% |
English | 2,290 | 12.86%, see rank | 10.07% | 8.53% |
French | 441 | 2.48%, see rank | 2.10% | 3.54% |
German | 2,936 | 16.48%, see rank | 11.12% | 15.79% |
Greek | 33 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 19 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.48% |
Irish | 1,563 | 8.77%, see rank | 9.11% | 11.36% |
Italian | 415 | 2.33%, see rank | 3.03% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 96 | 0.54%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.46% |
Polish | 348 | 1.95%, see rank | 1.39% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 14 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.46% |
Russian | 21 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.44% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 972 | 5.46%, see rank | 2.90% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 1,133 | 6.36%, see rank | 2.56% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 5 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.92% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 182 | 1.02%, see rank | 0.57% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 29 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 3 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 2,714 | 15.24%, see rank | 12.08% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 196 | 1.10%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
12,366 (69.04%) out of the total population of 17,911 reported first ancestry.
Yancey County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.50% |
Czech | 41 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.53% |
Danish | 18 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 369 | 2.06%, see rank | 1.29% | 1.63% |
English | 2,012 | 11.23%, see rank | 10.59% | 9.02% |
French | 364 | 2.03%, see rank | 2.20% | 3.77% |
German | 2,005 | 11.19%, see rank | 11.67% | 16.51% |
Greek | 34 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 81 | 0.45%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.51% |
Irish | 1,800 | 10.05%, see rank | 9.49% | 11.76% |
Italian | 336 | 1.88%, see rank | 3.07% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 31 | 0.17%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.51% |
Polish | 207 | 1.16%, see rank | 1.42% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 18 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.47% |
Russian | 6 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,259 | 7.03%, see rank | 3.67% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 945 | 5.28%, see rank | 2.66% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 5 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.86% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 205 | 1.14%, see rank | 0.57% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 64 | 0.36%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 2 | 0.01%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.31% |
American | 2,019 | 11.27%, see rank | 11.50% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 223 | 1.25%, see rank | 0.58% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
13,035 (71.09%) out of the total population of 18,336 reported first ancestry.
Yancey County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.50% |
Czech | 35 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.54% |
Danish | 19 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 547 | 2.98%, see rank | 1.35% | 1.68% |
English | 2,352 | 12.83%, see rank | 10.90% | 9.29% |
French | 252 | 1.37%, see rank | 2.23% | 3.90% |
German | 1,940 | 10.58%, see rank | 12.06% | 16.89% |
Greek | 30 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 96 | 0.52%, see rank | 0.27% | 0.52% |
Irish | 2,159 | 11.77%, see rank | 9.64% | 12.01% |
Italian | 180 | 0.98%, see rank | 3.10% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 26 | 0.14%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.55% |
Polish | 298 | 1.63%, see rank | 1.45% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 16 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.48% |
Russian | 28 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,329 | 7.25%, see rank | 3.79% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 915 | 4.99%, see rank | 2.72% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 5 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.88% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 152 | 0.83%, see rank | 0.59% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 56 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 3 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.32% |
American | 2,020 | 11.02%, see rank | 11.85% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 225 | 1.23%, see rank | 0.59% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
10,797 (60.75%) out of the total population of 17,774 reported first ancestry.
Yancey County | % of the Total Population | North Carolina | U.S. | |
Arab | 1 | 0.01%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.36% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.27% |
Danish | 15 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.30% |
Dutch | 83 | 0.47%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.91% |
English | 1,332 | 7.49%, see rank | 7.50% | 5.91% |
French | 114 | 0.64%, see rank | 1.25% | 2.39% |
German | 727 | 4.09%, see rank | 6.68% | 10.81% |
Greek | 10 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.34% |
Hungarian | 2 | 0.01%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.32% |
Irish | 1,097 | 6.17%, see rank | 4.93% | 6.85% |
Italian | 156 | 0.88%, see rank | 1.81% | 4.59% |
Norwegian | 44 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.30% | 1.15% |
Polish | 78 | 0.44%, see rank | 0.75% | 2.24% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.33% |
Russian | 30 | 0.17%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.68% |
Scotch-Irish | 956 | 5.38%, see rank | 2.66% | 1.17% |
Scottish | 329 | 1.85%, see rank | 1.60% | 1.12% |
Subsaharan African | 4 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.75% | 0.61% |
Swedish | 47 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.33% | 0.87% |
Swiss | 18 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.19% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.24% |
American | 4,080 | 22.95%, see rank | 13.86% | 7.33% |
Welsh | 58 | 0.33%, see rank | 0.27% | 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.