Mercer County Historical First Ancestry Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
17,719 (83.14%) out of the total population of 21,311 reported first ancestry.
Mercer County | % of the Total Population | Kentucky | U.S. | |
Arab | 36 | 0.17%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.56% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.47% |
Danish | 19 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.10% | 0.42% |
Dutch | 687 | 3.22%, see rank | 1.13% | 1.40% |
English | 2,731 | 12.81%, see rank | 10.29% | 8.02% |
French | 301 | 1.41%, see rank | 1.82% | 3.34% |
German | 3,456 | 16.22%, see rank | 14.75% | 15.03% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.41% |
Hungarian | 27 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.46% |
Irish | 3,083 | 14.47%, see rank | 12.51% | 10.80% |
Italian | 365 | 1.71%, see rank | 1.99% | 5.52% |
Norwegian | 59 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.32% | 1.42% |
Polish | 144 | 0.68%, see rank | 0.83% | 3.01% |
Portuguese | 20 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.44% |
Russian | 22 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.92% |
Scotch-Irish | 403 | 1.89%, see rank | 1.37% | 0.99% |
Scottish | 276 | 1.30%, see rank | 1.88% | 1.72% |
Subsaharan African | 24 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.85% | 0.95% |
Swedish | 22 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.37% | 1.27% |
Swiss | 24 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.24% | 0.30% |
Ukrainian | 9 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.31% |
American | 5,403 | 25.35%, see rank | 20.66% | 7.12% |
Welsh | 118 | 0.55%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.57% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
17,959 (84.38%) out of the total population of 21,283 reported first ancestry.
Mercer County | % of the Total Population | Kentucky | U.S. | |
Arab | 60 | 0.28%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.53% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.12% | 0.50% |
Danish | 20 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.10% | 0.45% |
Dutch | 524 | 2.46%, see rank | 1.21% | 1.51% |
English | 2,540 | 11.93%, see rank | 10.97% | 8.53% |
French | 351 | 1.65%, see rank | 1.95% | 3.54% |
German | 2,969 | 13.95%, see rank | 15.19% | 15.79% |
Greek | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.42% |
Hungarian | 20 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.48% |
Irish | 2,912 | 13.68%, see rank | 13.16% | 11.36% |
Italian | 278 | 1.31%, see rank | 2.05% | 5.66% |
Norwegian | 32 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.30% | 1.46% |
Polish | 120 | 0.56%, see rank | 0.87% | 3.13% |
Portuguese | 10 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.46% |
Russian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.97% |
Scotch-Irish | 471 | 2.21%, see rank | 1.46% | 1.07% |
Scottish | 273 | 1.28%, see rank | 1.89% | 1.81% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.83% | 0.93% |
Swedish | 23 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.38% | 1.34% |
Swiss | 31 | 0.15%, see rank | 0.23% | 0.31% |
Ukrainian | 8 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.31% |
American | 6,010 | 28.24%, see rank | 20.61% | 6.72% |
Welsh | 143 | 0.67%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.60% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
17,785 (83.61%) out of the total population of 21,272 reported first ancestry.
Mercer County | % of the Total Population | Kentucky | U.S. | |
Arab | 85 | 0.40%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.50% |
Czech | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.12% | 0.53% |
Danish | 11 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.48% |
Dutch | 460 | 2.16%, see rank | 1.37% | 1.63% |
English | 2,378 | 11.18%, see rank | 11.53% | 9.02% |
French | 382 | 1.80%, see rank | 2.06% | 3.77% |
German | 2,526 | 11.87%, see rank | 15.98% | 16.51% |
Greek | 17 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.44% |
Hungarian | 7 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.51% |
Irish | 2,965 | 13.94%, see rank | 13.68% | 11.76% |
Italian | 295 | 1.39%, see rank | 2.07% | 5.78% |
Norwegian | 27 | 0.13%, see rank | 0.32% | 1.51% |
Polish | 110 | 0.52%, see rank | 0.95% | 3.24% |
Portuguese | 15 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.47% |
Russian | 9 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.24% | 1.01% |
Scotch-Irish | 629 | 2.96%, see rank | 2.10% | 1.72% |
Scottish | 409 | 1.92%, see rank | 2.00% | 1.92% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.54% | 0.91% |
Swedish | 107 | 0.50%, see rank | 0.42% | 1.41% |
Swiss | 20 | 0.09%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.33% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.31% |
American | 6,534 | 30.72%, see rank | 19.75% | 6.28% |
Welsh | 200 | 0.94%, see rank | 0.53% | 0.63% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
17,977 (82.71%) out of the total population of 21,734 reported first ancestry.
Mercer County | % of the Total Population | Kentucky | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.50% |
Czech | 14 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.54% |
Danish | 10 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.49% |
Dutch | 227 | 1.04%, see rank | 1.44% | 1.68% |
English | 2,346 | 10.79%, see rank | 11.69% | 9.29% |
French | 386 | 1.78%, see rank | 2.15% | 3.90% |
German | 2,590 | 11.92%, see rank | 16.15% | 16.89% |
Greek | 18 | 0.08%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.45% |
Hungarian | 6 | 0.03%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.52% |
Irish | 3,178 | 14.62%, see rank | 13.83% | 12.01% |
Italian | 307 | 1.41%, see rank | 2.09% | 5.91% |
Norwegian | 55 | 0.25%, see rank | 0.32% | 1.55% |
Polish | 134 | 0.62%, see rank | 0.96% | 3.32% |
Portuguese | 12 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.48% |
Russian | 15 | 0.07%, see rank | 0.25% | 1.04% |
Scotch-Irish | 607 | 2.79%, see rank | 2.10% | 1.77% |
Scottish | 428 | 1.97%, see rank | 2.04% | 1.97% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.48% | 0.88% |
Swedish | 98 | 0.45%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.45% |
Swiss | 46 | 0.21%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.32% |
American | 6,794 | 31.26%, see rank | 19.92% | 6.43% |
Welsh | 229 | 1.05%, see rank | 0.54% | 0.65% |
US Census 2000 data
13,831 (66.44%) out of the total population of 20,817 reported first ancestry.
Mercer County | % of the Total Population | Kentucky | U.S. | |
Arab | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.36% |
Czech | 5 | 0.02%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.27% |
Danish | 21 | 0.10%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.30% |
Dutch | 256 | 1.23%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.91% |
English | 1,527 | 7.34%, see rank | 7.62% | 5.91% |
French | 179 | 0.86%, see rank | 1.16% | 2.39% |
German | 1,217 | 5.85%, see rank | 9.56% | 10.81% |
Greek | 22 | 0.11%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.34% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.00%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.32% |
Irish | 1,337 | 6.42%, see rank | 7.08% | 6.85% |
Italian | 170 | 0.82%, see rank | 1.19% | 4.59% |
Norwegian | 45 | 0.22%, see rank | 0.20% | 1.15% |
Polish | 25 | 0.12%, see rank | 0.49% | 2.24% |
Portuguese | 13 | 0.06%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.33% |
Russian | 8 | 0.04%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.68% |
Scotch-Irish | 344 | 1.65%, see rank | 1.34% | 1.17% |
Scottish | 188 | 0.90%, see rank | 1.05% | 1.12% |
Subsaharan African | 34 | 0.16%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.61% |
Swedish | 102 | 0.49%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.87% |
Swiss | 10 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.19% |
Ukrainian | 11 | 0.05%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.24% |
American | 6,046 | 29.04%, see rank | 20.93% | 7.33% |
Welsh | 47 | 0.23%, see rank | 0.26% | 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.