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Jefferson County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

44,168 (80.82%) out of the total population of 54,650 reported first ancestry.

	Jefferson County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	55	0.10%, see rank	0.35%	0.56%
Czech	267	0.49%, see rank	0.20%	0.47%
Danish	210	0.38%, see rank	0.07%	0.42%
Dutch	923	1.69%, see rank	1.98%	1.40%
English	7,326	13.41%, see rank	11.39%	8.02%
French	1,214	2.22%, see rank	1.72%	3.34%
German	12,909	23.62%, see rank	17.89%	15.03%
Greek	291	0.53%, see rank	0.28%	0.41%
Hungarian	296	0.54%, see rank	0.49%	0.46%
Irish	8,546	15.64%, see rank	14.57%	10.80%
Italian	3,168	5.80%, see rank	4.58%	5.52%
Norwegian	334	0.61%, see rank	0.23%	1.42%
Polish	1,134	2.08%, see rank	1.96%	3.01%
Portuguese	44	0.08%, see rank	0.07%	0.44%
Russian	468	0.86%, see rank	0.36%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	933	1.71%, see rank	2.06%	0.99%
Scottish	1,889	3.46%, see rank	2.12%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	185	0.34%, see rank	0.25%	0.95%
Swedish	324	0.59%, see rank	0.39%	1.27%
Swiss	174	0.32%, see rank	0.21%	0.30%
Ukrainian	158	0.29%, see rank	0.11%	0.31%
American	4,018	7.35%, see rank	13.03%	7.12%
Welsh	378	0.69%, see rank	0.74%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

44,126 (82.41%) out of the total population of 53,545 reported first ancestry.

	Jefferson County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	57	0.11%, see rank	0.35%	0.53%
Czech	211	0.39%, see rank	0.19%	0.50%
Danish	107	0.20%, see rank	0.08%	0.45%
Dutch	864	1.61%, see rank	2.23%	1.51%
English	8,324	15.55%, see rank	11.83%	8.53%
French	1,439	2.69%, see rank	1.85%	3.54%
German	13,114	24.49%, see rank	19.01%	15.79%
Greek	208	0.39%, see rank	0.29%	0.42%
Hungarian	235	0.44%, see rank	0.52%	0.48%
Irish	7,554	14.11%, see rank	15.07%	11.36%
Italian	3,088	5.77%, see rank	4.68%	5.66%
Norwegian	231	0.43%, see rank	0.22%	1.46%
Polish	1,236	2.31%, see rank	1.86%	3.13%
Portuguese	86	0.16%, see rank	0.06%	0.46%
Russian	471	0.88%, see rank	0.37%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	719	1.34%, see rank	2.15%	1.07%
Scottish	1,510	2.82%, see rank	2.12%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	224	0.42%, see rank	0.21%	0.93%
Swedish	512	0.96%, see rank	0.41%	1.34%
Swiss	220	0.41%, see rank	0.21%	0.31%
Ukrainian	125	0.23%, see rank	0.10%	0.31%
American	3,380	6.31%, see rank	12.87%	6.72%
Welsh	430	0.80%, see rank	0.77%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

44,014 (84.59%) out of the total population of 52,033 reported first ancestry.

	Jefferson County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	36	0.07%, see rank	0.32%	0.50%
Czech	247	0.47%, see rank	0.21%	0.53%
Danish	62	0.12%, see rank	0.08%	0.48%
Dutch	701	1.35%, see rank	2.50%	1.63%
English	9,009	17.31%, see rank	12.27%	9.02%
French	1,271	2.44%, see rank	1.90%	3.77%
German	13,463	25.87%, see rank	19.84%	16.51%
Greek	93	0.18%, see rank	0.30%	0.44%
Hungarian	55	0.11%, see rank	0.53%	0.51%
Irish	6,316	12.14%, see rank	15.14%	11.76%
Italian	2,479	4.76%, see rank	4.66%	5.78%
Norwegian	248	0.48%, see rank	0.22%	1.51%
Polish	1,467	2.82%, see rank	1.90%	3.24%
Portuguese	93	0.18%, see rank	0.06%	0.47%
Russian	361	0.69%, see rank	0.37%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	795	1.53%, see rank	2.85%	1.72%
Scottish	1,199	2.30%, see rank	2.14%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	212	0.41%, see rank	0.22%	0.91%
Swedish	448	0.86%, see rank	0.41%	1.41%
Swiss	362	0.70%, see rank	0.21%	0.33%
Ukrainian	150	0.29%, see rank	0.11%	0.31%
American	3,442	6.62%, see rank	13.40%	6.28%
Welsh	491	0.94%, see rank	0.78%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

44,350 (87.32%) out of the total population of 50,791 reported first ancestry.

	Jefferson County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	44	0.09%, see rank	0.30%	0.50%
Czech	213	0.42%, see rank	0.21%	0.54%
Danish	38	0.07%, see rank	0.08%	0.49%
Dutch	705	1.39%, see rank	2.54%	1.68%
English	10,071	19.83%, see rank	12.50%	9.29%
French	1,445	2.84%, see rank	1.90%	3.90%
German	13,683	26.94%, see rank	20.13%	16.89%
Greek	107	0.21%, see rank	0.30%	0.45%
Hungarian	56	0.11%, see rank	0.52%	0.52%
Irish	6,211	12.23%, see rank	15.26%	12.01%
Italian	2,000	3.94%, see rank	4.57%	5.91%
Norwegian	282	0.56%, see rank	0.22%	1.55%
Polish	1,633	3.22%, see rank	1.93%	3.32%
Portuguese	148	0.29%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	245	0.48%, see rank	0.35%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	1,256	2.47%, see rank	2.84%	1.77%
Scottish	1,121	2.21%, see rank	2.13%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	179	0.35%, see rank	0.18%	0.88%
Swedish	401	0.79%, see rank	0.40%	1.45%
Swiss	319	0.63%, see rank	0.21%	0.34%
Ukrainian	104	0.20%, see rank	0.11%	0.32%
American	3,590	7.07%, see rank	14.04%	6.43%
Welsh	427	0.84%, see rank	0.81%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

29,739 (70.49%) out of the total population of 42,190 reported first ancestry.

	Jefferson County	% of the Total Population	West Virginia	U.S.
Arab	32	0.08%, see rank	0.26%	0.36%
Czech	58	0.14%, see rank	0.08%	0.27%
Danish	34	0.08%, see rank	0.05%	0.30%
Dutch	396	0.94%, see rank	1.06%	0.91%
English	4,079	9.67%, see rank	7.41%	5.91%
French	697	1.65%, see rank	0.96%	2.39%
German	5,609	13.29%, see rank	10.06%	10.81%
Greek	80	0.19%, see rank	0.20%	0.34%
Hungarian	101	0.24%, see rank	0.29%	0.32%
Irish	3,567	8.45%, see rank	7.04%	6.85%
Italian	1,618	3.84%, see rank	3.28%	4.59%
Norwegian	120	0.28%, see rank	0.16%	1.15%
Polish	567	1.34%, see rank	1.16%	2.24%
Portuguese	3	0.01%, see rank	0.02%	0.33%
Russian	90	0.21%, see rank	0.14%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	672	1.59%, see rank	1.70%	1.17%
Scottish	563	1.33%, see rank	1.08%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	84	0.20%, see rank	0.15%	0.61%
Swedish	138	0.33%, see rank	0.18%	0.87%
Swiss	46	0.11%, see rank	0.11%	0.19%
Ukrainian	8	0.02%, see rank	0.07%	0.24%
American	5,371	12.73%, see rank	18.83%	7.33%
Welsh	146	0.35%, see rank	0.38%	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.