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Lancaster County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

9,892 (88.13%) out of the total population of 11,224 reported first ancestry.

	Lancaster County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	9	0.08%, see rank	0.83%	0.56%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.28%	0.47%
Danish	18	0.16%, see rank	0.23%	0.42%
Dutch	126	1.12%, see rank	1.00%	1.40%
English	2,794	24.89%, see rank	10.69%	8.02%
French	243	2.17%, see rank	2.33%	3.34%
German	952	8.48%, see rank	11.87%	15.03%
Greek	16	0.14%, see rank	0.41%	0.41%
Hungarian	3	0.03%, see rank	0.35%	0.46%
Irish	957	8.53%, see rank	9.99%	10.80%
Italian	287	2.56%, see rank	4.00%	5.52%
Norwegian	104	0.93%, see rank	0.61%	1.42%
Polish	183	1.63%, see rank	1.89%	3.01%
Portuguese	20	0.18%, see rank	0.20%	0.44%
Russian	22	0.20%, see rank	0.70%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	232	2.07%, see rank	1.68%	0.99%
Scottish	368	3.28%, see rank	2.13%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	130	1.16%, see rank	2.02%	0.95%
Swedish	35	0.31%, see rank	0.71%	1.27%
Swiss	30	0.27%, see rank	0.24%	0.30%
Ukrainian	9	0.08%, see rank	0.23%	0.31%
American	989	8.81%, see rank	11.04%	7.12%
Welsh	182	1.62%, see rank	0.65%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

9,923 (87.27%) out of the total population of 11,371 reported first ancestry.

	Lancaster County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	0	0.00%, see rank	0.75%	0.53%
Czech	25	0.22%, see rank	0.29%	0.50%
Danish	38	0.33%, see rank	0.24%	0.45%
Dutch	107	0.94%, see rank	1.05%	1.51%
English	2,771	24.37%, see rank	11.31%	8.53%
French	318	2.80%, see rank	2.44%	3.54%
German	1,196	10.52%, see rank	12.33%	15.79%
Greek	8	0.07%, see rank	0.44%	0.42%
Hungarian	10	0.09%, see rank	0.36%	0.48%
Irish	1,029	9.05%, see rank	10.45%	11.36%
Italian	294	2.59%, see rank	4.05%	5.66%
Norwegian	109	0.96%, see rank	0.62%	1.46%
Polish	175	1.54%, see rank	1.95%	3.13%
Portuguese	10	0.09%, see rank	0.20%	0.46%
Russian	18	0.16%, see rank	0.70%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	204	1.79%, see rank	1.78%	1.07%
Scottish	400	3.52%, see rank	2.30%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	3	0.03%, see rank	2.05%	0.93%
Swedish	32	0.28%, see rank	0.74%	1.34%
Swiss	44	0.39%, see rank	0.26%	0.31%
Ukrainian	20	0.18%, see rank	0.24%	0.31%
American	1,095	9.63%, see rank	11.02%	6.72%
Welsh	141	1.24%, see rank	0.70%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

10,287 (89.62%) out of the total population of 11,478 reported first ancestry.

	Lancaster County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	3	0.03%, see rank	0.65%	0.50%
Czech	73	0.64%, see rank	0.32%	0.53%
Danish	70	0.61%, see rank	0.25%	0.48%
Dutch	137	1.19%, see rank	1.16%	1.63%
English	2,985	26.01%, see rank	11.75%	9.02%
French	488	4.25%, see rank	2.54%	3.77%
German	1,308	11.40%, see rank	12.95%	16.51%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.44%	0.44%
Hungarian	41	0.36%, see rank	0.38%	0.51%
Irish	1,212	10.56%, see rank	10.78%	11.76%
Italian	201	1.75%, see rank	4.05%	5.78%
Norwegian	92	0.80%, see rank	0.65%	1.51%
Polish	77	0.67%, see rank	1.98%	3.24%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.19%	0.47%
Russian	17	0.15%, see rank	0.70%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	310	2.70%, see rank	2.57%	1.72%
Scottish	372	3.24%, see rank	2.41%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	91	0.79%, see rank	2.00%	0.91%
Swedish	47	0.41%, see rank	0.77%	1.41%
Swiss	27	0.24%, see rank	0.27%	0.33%
Ukrainian	10	0.09%, see rank	0.24%	0.31%
American	797	6.94%, see rank	10.65%	6.28%
Welsh	163	1.42%, see rank	0.74%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

10,174 (89.18%) out of the total population of 11,408 reported first ancestry.

	Lancaster County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	3	0.03%, see rank	0.66%	0.50%
Czech	82	0.72%, see rank	0.31%	0.54%
Danish	65	0.57%, see rank	0.27%	0.49%
Dutch	132	1.16%, see rank	1.24%	1.68%
English	3,014	26.42%, see rank	12.05%	9.29%
French	484	4.24%, see rank	2.64%	3.90%
German	1,486	13.03%, see rank	13.25%	16.89%
Greek	0	0.00%, see rank	0.44%	0.45%
Hungarian	39	0.34%, see rank	0.38%	0.52%
Irish	1,177	10.32%, see rank	11.09%	12.01%
Italian	209	1.83%, see rank	4.17%	5.91%
Norwegian	82	0.72%, see rank	0.66%	1.55%
Polish	123	1.08%, see rank	2.01%	3.32%
Portuguese	0	0.00%, see rank	0.20%	0.48%
Russian	28	0.25%, see rank	0.71%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	392	3.44%, see rank	2.67%	1.77%
Scottish	477	4.18%, see rank	2.52%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	88	0.77%, see rank	1.88%	0.88%
Swedish	58	0.51%, see rank	0.78%	1.45%
Swiss	31	0.27%, see rank	0.27%	0.34%
Ukrainian	8	0.07%, see rank	0.25%	0.32%
American	667	5.85%, see rank	10.83%	6.43%
Welsh	99	0.87%, see rank	0.74%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

8,516 (73.62%) out of the total population of 11,567 reported first ancestry.

	Lancaster County	% of the Total Population	Virginia	U.S.
Arab	15	0.13%, see rank	0.53%	0.36%
Czech	0	0.00%, see rank	0.14%	0.27%
Danish	8	0.07%, see rank	0.15%	0.30%
Dutch	58	0.50%, see rank	0.64%	0.91%
English	1,616	13.97%, see rank	8.34%	5.91%
French	172	1.49%, see rank	1.56%	2.39%
German	784	6.78%, see rank	7.93%	10.81%
Greek	2	0.02%, see rank	0.30%	0.34%
Hungarian	8	0.07%, see rank	0.23%	0.32%
Irish	601	5.20%, see rank	6.46%	6.85%
Italian	156	1.35%, see rank	2.87%	4.59%
Norwegian	58	0.50%, see rank	0.48%	1.15%
Polish	49	0.42%, see rank	1.17%	2.24%
Portuguese	10	0.09%, see rank	0.13%	0.33%
Russian	18	0.16%, see rank	0.45%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	177	1.53%, see rank	1.75%	1.17%
Scottish	230	1.99%, see rank	1.43%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	39	0.34%, see rank	0.96%	0.61%
Swedish	44	0.38%, see rank	0.44%	0.87%
Swiss	7	0.06%, see rank	0.16%	0.19%
Ukrainian	2	0.02%, see rank	0.15%	0.24%
American	1,489	12.87%, see rank	11.42%	7.33%
Welsh	55	0.48%, 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.