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Mercer County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

11,530 (71.16%) out of the total population of 16,204 reported first ancestry.

	Mercer County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	8	0.05%, see rank	0.71%	0.56%
Czech	92	0.57%, see rank	0.92%	0.47%
Danish	63	0.39%, see rank	0.38%	0.42%
Dutch	244	1.51%, see rank	1.37%	1.40%
English	1,677	10.35%, see rank	5.90%	8.02%
French	348	2.15%, see rank	2.13%	3.34%
German	3,888	23.99%, see rank	19.07%	15.03%
Greek	66	0.41%, see rank	0.76%	0.41%
Hungarian	17	0.10%, see rank	0.40%	0.46%
Irish	2,388	14.74%, see rank	12.00%	10.80%
Italian	199	1.23%, see rank	6.14%	5.52%
Norwegian	183	1.13%, see rank	1.25%	1.42%
Polish	260	1.60%, see rank	7.22%	3.01%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.44%
Russian	23	0.14%, see rank	0.97%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	236	1.46%, see rank	0.59%	0.99%
Scottish	280	1.73%, see rank	1.16%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	3	0.02%, see rank	0.64%	0.95%
Swedish	1,777	10.97%, see rank	2.13%	1.27%
Swiss	37	0.23%, see rank	0.27%	0.30%
Ukrainian	8	0.05%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	1,386	8.55%, see rank	5.00%	7.12%
Welsh	157	0.97%, see rank	0.37%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

12,143 (73.95%) out of the total population of 16,421 reported first ancestry.

	Mercer County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.64%	0.53%
Czech	181	1.10%, see rank	0.96%	0.50%
Danish	57	0.35%, see rank	0.40%	0.45%
Dutch	456	2.78%, see rank	1.46%	1.51%
English	1,863	11.35%, see rank	6.23%	8.53%
French	297	1.81%, see rank	2.26%	3.54%
German	4,315	26.28%, see rank	19.89%	15.79%
Greek	76	0.46%, see rank	0.78%	0.42%
Hungarian	22	0.13%, see rank	0.41%	0.48%
Irish	2,901	17.67%, see rank	12.52%	11.36%
Italian	411	2.50%, see rank	6.29%	5.66%
Norwegian	158	0.96%, see rank	1.30%	1.46%
Polish	386	2.35%, see rank	7.47%	3.13%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.46%
Russian	10	0.06%, see rank	1.03%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	174	1.06%, see rank	0.65%	1.07%
Scottish	179	1.09%, see rank	1.20%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	3	0.02%, see rank	0.62%	0.93%
Swedish	1,738	10.58%, see rank	2.24%	1.34%
Swiss	32	0.19%, see rank	0.29%	0.31%
Ukrainian	8	0.05%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	1,144	6.97%, see rank	4.85%	6.72%
Welsh	170	1.04%, see rank	0.40%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

12,513 (75.60%) out of the total population of 16,551 reported first ancestry.

	Mercer County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.55%	0.50%
Czech	185	1.12%, see rank	1.01%	0.53%
Danish	70	0.42%, see rank	0.42%	0.48%
Dutch	623	3.76%, see rank	1.58%	1.63%
English	1,875	11.33%, see rank	6.56%	9.02%
French	368	2.22%, see rank	2.43%	3.77%
German	4,341	26.23%, see rank	20.72%	16.51%
Greek	60	0.36%, see rank	0.83%	0.44%
Hungarian	15	0.09%, see rank	0.43%	0.51%
Irish	3,016	18.22%, see rank	12.94%	11.76%
Italian	429	2.59%, see rank	6.35%	5.78%
Norwegian	196	1.18%, see rank	1.36%	1.51%
Polish	431	2.60%, see rank	7.69%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.08%	0.47%
Russian	32	0.19%, see rank	1.07%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	216	1.31%, see rank	1.12%	1.72%
Scottish	197	1.19%, see rank	1.26%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	2	0.01%, see rank	0.63%	0.91%
Swedish	1,551	9.37%, see rank	2.37%	1.41%
Swiss	41	0.25%, see rank	0.33%	0.33%
Ukrainian	2	0.01%, see rank	0.40%	0.31%
American	1,219	7.37%, see rank	4.61%	6.28%
Welsh	123	0.74%, see rank	0.41%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

12,531 (76.22%) out of the total population of 16,440 reported first ancestry.

	Mercer County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.52%	0.50%
Czech	154	0.94%, see rank	1.02%	0.54%
Danish	55	0.33%, see rank	0.44%	0.49%
Dutch	683	4.15%, see rank	1.61%	1.68%
English	1,839	11.19%, see rank	6.71%	9.29%
French	469	2.85%, see rank	2.51%	3.90%
German	4,317	26.26%, see rank	21.16%	16.89%
Greek	37	0.23%, see rank	0.85%	0.45%
Hungarian	15	0.09%, see rank	0.45%	0.52%
Irish	3,249	19.76%, see rank	13.14%	12.01%
Italian	401	2.44%, see rank	6.45%	5.91%
Norwegian	207	1.26%, see rank	1.38%	1.55%
Polish	358	2.18%, see rank	7.85%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.07%	0.48%
Russian	36	0.22%, see rank	1.11%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	254	1.55%, see rank	1.15%	1.77%
Scottish	220	1.34%, see rank	1.31%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	0	0.00%, see rank	0.62%	0.88%
Swedish	1,659	10.09%, see rank	2.46%	1.45%
Swiss	44	0.27%, see rank	0.33%	0.34%
Ukrainian	3	0.02%, see rank	0.40%	0.32%
American	981	5.97%, see rank	4.55%	6.43%
Welsh	158	0.96%, see rank	0.42%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

11,531 (68.00%) out of the total population of 16,957 reported first ancestry.

	Mercer County	% of the Total Population	Illinois	U.S.
Arab	6	0.04%, see rank	0.38%	0.36%
Czech	24	0.14%, see rank	0.57%	0.27%
Danish	58	0.34%, see rank	0.26%	0.30%
Dutch	263	1.55%, see rank	0.90%	0.91%
English	1,423	8.39%, see rank	4.12%	5.91%
French	209	1.23%, see rank	1.34%	2.39%
German	2,936	17.31%, see rank	13.82%	10.81%
Greek	44	0.26%, see rank	0.65%	0.34%
Hungarian	5	0.03%, see rank	0.27%	0.32%
Irish	1,301	7.67%, see rank	7.62%	6.85%
Italian	158	0.93%, see rank	4.81%	4.59%
Norwegian	233	1.37%, see rank	0.96%	1.15%
Polish	96	0.57%, see rank	5.68%	2.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.04%	0.33%
Russian	5	0.03%, see rank	0.72%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	275	1.62%, see rank	0.73%	1.17%
Scottish	177	1.04%, see rank	0.73%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	12	0.07%, see rank	0.57%	0.61%
Swedish	1,500	8.85%, see rank	1.52%	0.87%
Swiss	27	0.16%, see rank	0.17%	0.19%
Ukrainian	8	0.05%, see rank	0.30%	0.24%
American	1,625	9.58%, see rank	4.58%	7.33%
Welsh	60	0.35%, 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.