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18706 Zip Code Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
14,267 (89.32%) out of the total population of 15,973 reported first ancestry.
| 18706 Zip Code | % of the Total Population | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| Arab | 149 | 0.93%, see rank | 0.49% | 0.56% |
| Czech | 61 | 0.38%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.47% |
| Danish | 11 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.42% |
| Dutch | 369 | 2.31%, see rank | 1.76% | 1.40% |
| English | 860 | 5.38%, see rank | 7.42% | 8.02% |
| French | 178 | 1.11%, see rank | 1.87% | 3.34% |
| German | 3,000 | 18.78%, see rank | 27.27% | 15.03% |
| Greek | 28 | 0.18%, see rank | 0.50% | 0.41% |
| Hungarian | 55 | 0.34%, see rank | 1.03% | 0.46% |
| Irish | 3,982 | 24.93%, see rank | 16.97% | 10.80% |
| Italian | 2,130 | 13.34%, see rank | 12.13% | 5.52% |
| Norwegian | 1 | 0.01%, see rank | 0.33% | 1.42% |
| Polish | 4,923 | 30.82%, see rank | 6.62% | 3.01% |
| Portuguese | 17 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.44% |
| Russian | 566 | 3.54%, see rank | 1.47% | 0.92% |
| Scotch-Irish | 43 | 0.27%, see rank | 1.18% | 0.99% |
| Scottish | 66 | 0.41%, see rank | 1.50% | 1.72% |
| Subsaharan African | 46 | 0.29%, see rank | 0.74% | 0.95% |
| Swedish | 30 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.82% | 1.27% |
| Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.51% | 0.30% |
| Ukrainian | 256 | 1.60%, see rank | 0.88% | 0.31% |
| American | 578 | 3.62%, see rank | 5.22% | 7.12% |
| Welsh | 971 | 6.08%, see rank | 1.30% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
14,944 (91.86%) out of the total population of 16,268 reported first ancestry.
| 18706 Zip Code | % of the Total Population | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| Arab | 132 | 0.81%, see rank | 0.49% | 0.53% |
| Czech | 19 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.44% | 0.50% |
| Danish | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.45% |
| Dutch | 359 | 2.21%, see rank | 1.94% | 1.51% |
| English | 772 | 4.75%, see rank | 7.94% | 8.53% |
| French | 204 | 1.25%, see rank | 1.99% | 3.54% |
| German | 2,856 | 17.56%, see rank | 28.44% | 15.79% |
| Greek | 31 | 0.19%, see rank | 0.51% | 0.42% |
| Hungarian | 29 | 0.18%, see rank | 1.08% | 0.48% |
| Irish | 3,792 | 23.31%, see rank | 17.65% | 11.36% |
| Italian | 2,193 | 13.48%, see rank | 12.26% | 5.66% |
| Norwegian | 4 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.34% | 1.46% |
| Polish | 5,040 | 30.98%, see rank | 6.78% | 3.13% |
| Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.46% |
| Russian | 773 | 4.75%, see rank | 1.53% | 0.97% |
| Scotch-Irish | 91 | 0.56%, see rank | 1.30% | 1.07% |
| Scottish | 153 | 0.94%, see rank | 1.58% | 1.81% |
| Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.93% |
| Swedish | 50 | 0.31%, see rank | 0.85% | 1.34% |
| Swiss | 42 | 0.26%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.31% |
| Ukrainian | 388 | 2.39%, see rank | 0.91% | 0.31% |
| American | 705 | 4.33%, see rank | 4.84% | 6.72% |
| Welsh | 1,183 | 7.27%, see rank | 1.41% | 0.60% |
US Census 2000 data
6,612 (87.29%) out of the total population of 7,575 reported first ancestry.
| 18706 Zip Code | % of the Total Population | Pennsylvania | U.S. | |
| Arab | 81 | 1.07%, see rank | 0.32% | 0.36% |
| Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.27% |
| Danish | 18 | 0.24%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.30% |
| Dutch | 190 | 2.51%, see rank | 0.99% | 0.91% |
| English | 213 | 2.81%, see rank | 4.75% | 5.91% |
| French | 34 | 0.45%, see rank | 1.05% | 2.39% |
| German | 489 | 6.46%, see rank | 19.14% | 10.81% |
| Greek | 27 | 0.36%, see rank | 0.37% | 0.34% |
| Hungarian | 3 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.66% | 0.32% |
| Irish | 1,195 | 15.78%, see rank | 10.11% | 6.85% |
| Italian | 646 | 8.53%, see rank | 9.55% | 4.59% |
| Norwegian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.22% | 1.15% |
| Polish | 2,192 | 28.94%, see rank | 4.74% | 2.24% |
| Portuguese | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.33% |
| Russian | 164 | 2.17%, see rank | 1.04% | 0.68% |
| Scotch-Irish | 31 | 0.41%, see rank | 1.29% | 1.17% |
| Scottish | 15 | 0.20%, see rank | 0.93% | 1.12% |
| Subsaharan African | 10 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.46% | 0.61% |
| Swedish | 25 | 0.33%, see rank | 0.51% | 0.87% |
| Swiss | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.19% |
| Ukrainian | 106 | 1.40%, see rank | 0.72% | 0.24% |
| American | 193 | 2.55%, see rank | 5.16% | 7.33% |
| Welsh | 183 | 2.42%, see rank | 0.72% | 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.