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Polk County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

64,815 (84.77%) out of the total population of 76,464 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	Oregon	U.S.
Arab	219	0.29%, see rank	0.39%	0.56%
Czech	600	0.78%, see rank	0.54%	0.47%
Danish	988	1.29%, see rank	1.07%	0.42%
Dutch	1,663	2.17%, see rank	2.27%	1.40%
English	10,027	13.11%, see rank	11.73%	8.02%
French	3,139	4.11%, see rank	4.00%	3.34%
German	15,807	20.67%, see rank	19.70%	15.03%
Greek	362	0.47%, see rank	0.35%	0.41%
Hungarian	97	0.13%, see rank	0.36%	0.46%
Irish	9,292	12.15%, see rank	12.15%	10.80%
Italian	2,024	2.65%, see rank	3.78%	5.52%
Norwegian	2,941	3.85%, see rank	3.85%	1.42%
Polish	1,260	1.65%, see rank	1.74%	3.01%
Portuguese	472	0.62%, see rank	0.54%	0.44%
Russian	789	1.03%, see rank	1.28%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	1,362	1.78%, see rank	1.43%	0.99%
Scottish	2,402	3.14%, see rank	3.10%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	230	0.30%, see rank	0.53%	0.95%
Swedish	2,166	2.83%, see rank	2.87%	1.27%
Swiss	495	0.65%, see rank	0.75%	0.30%
Ukrainian	540	0.71%, see rank	0.54%	0.31%
American	5,199	6.80%, see rank	5.47%	7.12%
Welsh	640	0.84%, see rank	1.07%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

64,019 (84.85%) out of the total population of 75,448 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	Oregon	U.S.
Arab	127	0.17%, see rank	0.42%	0.53%
Czech	534	0.71%, see rank	0.56%	0.50%
Danish	936	1.24%, see rank	1.12%	0.45%
Dutch	2,007	2.66%, see rank	2.44%	1.51%
English	10,531	13.96%, see rank	12.61%	8.53%
French	3,104	4.11%, see rank	4.23%	3.54%
German	15,664	20.76%, see rank	20.88%	15.79%
Greek	516	0.68%, see rank	0.35%	0.42%
Hungarian	60	0.08%, see rank	0.37%	0.48%
Irish	8,490	11.25%, see rank	12.62%	11.36%
Italian	1,802	2.39%, see rank	3.80%	5.66%
Norwegian	3,343	4.43%, see rank	4.02%	1.46%
Polish	809	1.07%, see rank	1.78%	3.13%
Portuguese	334	0.44%, see rank	0.53%	0.46%
Russian	701	0.93%, see rank	1.29%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	1,642	2.18%, see rank	1.52%	1.07%
Scottish	2,778	3.68%, see rank	3.26%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	113	0.15%, see rank	0.46%	0.93%
Swedish	2,047	2.71%, see rank	3.07%	1.34%
Swiss	543	0.72%, see rank	0.77%	0.31%
Ukrainian	418	0.55%, see rank	0.52%	0.31%
American	4,569	6.06%, see rank	5.24%	6.72%
Welsh	699	0.93%, see rank	1.09%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

64,251 (87.13%) out of the total population of 73,745 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	Oregon	U.S.
Arab	121	0.16%, see rank	0.37%	0.50%
Czech	533	0.72%, see rank	0.58%	0.53%
Danish	1,039	1.41%, see rank	1.15%	0.48%
Dutch	1,847	2.50%, see rank	2.55%	1.63%
English	12,116	16.43%, see rank	13.51%	9.02%
French	3,173	4.30%, see rank	4.42%	3.77%
German	16,655	22.58%, see rank	21.99%	16.51%
Greek	331	0.45%, see rank	0.35%	0.44%
Hungarian	294	0.40%, see rank	0.38%	0.51%
Irish	7,652	10.38%, see rank	12.96%	11.76%
Italian	2,139	2.90%, see rank	3.79%	5.78%
Norwegian	3,507	4.76%, see rank	4.03%	1.51%
Polish	957	1.30%, see rank	1.78%	3.24%
Portuguese	338	0.46%, see rank	0.55%	0.47%
Russian	416	0.56%, see rank	1.37%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	2,141	2.90%, see rank	2.57%	1.72%
Scottish	2,859	3.88%, see rank	3.45%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	117	0.16%, see rank	0.40%	0.91%
Swedish	2,549	3.46%, see rank	3.12%	1.41%
Swiss	832	1.13%, see rank	0.82%	0.33%
Ukrainian	236	0.32%, see rank	0.56%	0.31%
American	4,751	6.44%, see rank	4.88%	6.28%
Welsh	888	1.20%, see rank	1.13%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

65,310 (87.61%) out of the total population of 74,550 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	Oregon	U.S.
Arab	122	0.16%, see rank	0.36%	0.50%
Czech	349	0.47%, see rank	0.61%	0.54%
Danish	1,081	1.45%, see rank	1.21%	0.49%
Dutch	2,224	2.98%, see rank	2.68%	1.68%
English	11,921	15.99%, see rank	14.10%	9.29%
French	3,675	4.93%, see rank	4.61%	3.90%
German	17,727	23.78%, see rank	22.57%	16.89%
Greek	343	0.46%, see rank	0.35%	0.45%
Hungarian	347	0.47%, see rank	0.37%	0.52%
Irish	7,895	10.59%, see rank	13.17%	12.01%
Italian	2,389	3.20%, see rank	3.80%	5.91%
Norwegian	3,281	4.40%, see rank	4.15%	1.55%
Polish	1,093	1.47%, see rank	1.84%	3.32%
Portuguese	255	0.34%, see rank	0.52%	0.48%
Russian	687	0.92%, see rank	1.39%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	2,090	2.80%, see rank	2.61%	1.77%
Scottish	2,800	3.76%, see rank	3.61%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	55	0.07%, see rank	0.35%	0.88%
Swedish	2,510	3.37%, see rank	3.20%	1.45%
Swiss	859	1.15%, see rank	0.85%	0.34%
Ukrainian	235	0.32%, see rank	0.55%	0.32%
American	5,156	6.92%, see rank	4.94%	6.43%
Welsh	736	0.99%, see rank	1.15%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

47,893 (76.78%) out of the total population of 62,380 reported first ancestry.

	Polk County	% of the Total Population	Oregon	U.S.
Arab	82	0.13%, see rank	0.21%	0.36%
Czech	145	0.23%, see rank	0.29%	0.27%
Danish	665	1.07%, see rank	0.85%	0.30%
Dutch	1,145	1.84%, see rank	1.41%	0.91%
English	5,890	9.44%, see rank	8.58%	5.91%
French	1,596	2.56%, see rank	2.63%	2.39%
German	9,842	15.78%, see rank	14.22%	10.81%
Greek	97	0.16%, see rank	0.24%	0.34%
Hungarian	136	0.22%, see rank	0.21%	0.32%
Irish	3,540	5.67%, see rank	7.07%	6.85%
Italian	1,309	2.10%, see rank	2.51%	4.59%
Norwegian	2,318	3.72%, see rank	3.22%	1.15%
Polish	549	0.88%, see rank	1.02%	2.24%
Portuguese	183	0.29%, see rank	0.31%	0.33%
Russian	171	0.27%, see rank	0.79%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	1,258	2.02%, see rank	1.69%	1.17%
Scottish	1,471	2.36%, see rank	1.98%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	103	0.17%, see rank	0.22%	0.61%
Swedish	1,139	1.83%, see rank	1.98%	0.87%
Swiss	486	0.78%, see rank	0.51%	0.19%
Ukrainian	76	0.12%, see rank	0.37%	0.24%
American	3,632	5.82%, see rank	6.39%	7.33%
Welsh	382	0.61%, see rank	0.56%	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.