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Washington County Historical First Ancestry Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

112,504 (88.86%) out of the total population of 126,609 reported first ancestry.

	Washington County	% of the Total Population	Rhode Island	U.S.
Arab	668	0.53%, see rank	0.82%	0.56%
Czech	385	0.30%, see rank	0.14%	0.47%
Danish	379	0.30%, see rank	0.17%	0.42%
Dutch	958	0.76%, see rank	0.53%	1.40%
English	21,983	17.36%, see rank	11.01%	8.02%
French	18,770	14.83%, see rank	15.51%	3.34%
German	11,326	8.95%, see rank	5.53%	15.03%
Greek	1,020	0.81%, see rank	0.70%	0.41%
Hungarian	462	0.36%, see rank	0.25%	0.46%
Irish	31,348	24.76%, see rank	18.53%	10.80%
Italian	27,189	21.47%, see rank	18.59%	5.52%
Norwegian	1,130	0.89%, see rank	0.42%	1.42%
Polish	6,427	5.08%, see rank	4.05%	3.01%
Portuguese	5,913	4.67%, see rank	9.44%	0.44%
Russian	1,387	1.10%, see rank	1.04%	0.92%
Scotch-Irish	1,059	0.84%, see rank	0.52%	0.99%
Scottish	3,832	3.03%, see rank	1.91%	1.72%
Subsaharan African	503	0.40%, see rank	3.04%	0.95%
Swedish	3,214	2.54%, see rank	1.68%	1.27%
Swiss	279	0.22%, see rank	0.11%	0.30%
Ukrainian	360	0.28%, see rank	0.32%	0.31%
American	4,509	3.56%, see rank	3.31%	7.12%
Welsh	802	0.63%, see rank	0.30%	0.57%

ACS 2008-2012 data

114,028 (90.00%) out of the total population of 126,692 reported first ancestry.

	Washington County	% of the Total Population	Rhode Island	U.S.
Arab	694	0.55%, see rank	0.77%	0.53%
Czech	349	0.28%, see rank	0.14%	0.50%
Danish	339	0.27%, see rank	0.21%	0.45%
Dutch	1,066	0.84%, see rank	0.52%	1.51%
English	24,739	19.53%, see rank	12.35%	8.53%
French	19,614	15.48%, see rank	16.53%	3.54%
German	12,289	9.70%, see rank	5.76%	15.79%
Greek	741	0.58%, see rank	0.73%	0.42%
Hungarian	370	0.29%, see rank	0.23%	0.48%
Irish	33,714	26.61%, see rank	19.32%	11.36%
Italian	26,337	20.79%, see rank	18.95%	5.66%
Norwegian	1,204	0.95%, see rank	0.43%	1.46%
Polish	5,762	4.55%, see rank	3.99%	3.13%
Portuguese	5,925	4.68%, see rank	9.61%	0.46%
Russian	1,559	1.23%, see rank	1.02%	0.97%
Scotch-Irish	889	0.70%, see rank	0.51%	1.07%
Scottish	4,301	3.39%, see rank	2.03%	1.81%
Subsaharan African	501	0.40%, see rank	2.92%	0.93%
Swedish	3,354	2.65%, see rank	1.71%	1.34%
Swiss	342	0.27%, see rank	0.11%	0.31%
Ukrainian	312	0.25%, see rank	0.33%	0.31%
American	4,315	3.41%, see rank	2.57%	6.72%
Welsh	530	0.42%, see rank	0.26%	0.60%

ACS 2006-2010 data

116,319 (91.60%) out of the total population of 126,987 reported first ancestry.

	Washington County	% of the Total Population	Rhode Island	U.S.
Arab	827	0.65%, see rank	0.79%	0.50%
Czech	281	0.22%, see rank	0.12%	0.53%
Danish	495	0.39%, see rank	0.20%	0.48%
Dutch	826	0.65%, see rank	0.53%	1.63%
English	25,302	19.92%, see rank	12.79%	9.02%
French	19,844	15.63%, see rank	17.40%	3.77%
German	13,840	10.90%, see rank	6.23%	16.51%
Greek	682	0.54%, see rank	0.72%	0.44%
Hungarian	526	0.41%, see rank	0.25%	0.51%
Irish	35,335	27.83%, see rank	20.06%	11.76%
Italian	27,129	21.36%, see rank	19.13%	5.78%
Norwegian	1,172	0.92%, see rank	0.43%	1.51%
Polish	6,073	4.78%, see rank	4.17%	3.24%
Portuguese	6,229	4.91%, see rank	9.57%	0.47%
Russian	1,723	1.36%, see rank	1.09%	1.01%
Scotch-Irish	3,159	2.49%, see rank	1.45%	1.72%
Scottish	4,496	3.54%, see rank	2.22%	1.92%
Subsaharan African	421	0.33%, see rank	2.95%	0.91%
Swedish	3,726	2.93%, see rank	1.80%	1.41%
Swiss	271	0.21%, see rank	0.10%	0.33%
Ukrainian	286	0.23%, see rank	0.25%	0.31%
American	3,437	2.71%, see rank	2.17%	6.28%
Welsh	686	0.54%, see rank	0.30%	0.63%

ACS 2005-2009 data

117,908 (92.79%) out of the total population of 127,064 reported first ancestry.

	Washington County	% of the Total Population	Rhode Island	U.S.
Arab	780	0.61%, see rank	0.79%	0.50%
Czech	289	0.23%, see rank	0.12%	0.54%
Danish	378	0.30%, see rank	0.18%	0.49%
Dutch	870	0.68%, see rank	0.54%	1.68%
English	26,013	20.47%, see rank	13.14%	9.29%
French	19,643	15.46%, see rank	17.81%	3.90%
German	13,164	10.36%, see rank	6.18%	16.89%
Greek	628	0.49%, see rank	0.72%	0.45%
Hungarian	518	0.41%, see rank	0.26%	0.52%
Irish	36,297	28.57%, see rank	20.44%	12.01%
Italian	27,221	21.42%, see rank	19.37%	5.91%
Norwegian	1,048	0.82%, see rank	0.44%	1.55%
Polish	6,044	4.76%, see rank	4.16%	3.32%
Portuguese	5,946	4.68%, see rank	9.69%	0.48%
Russian	1,714	1.35%, see rank	1.13%	1.04%
Scotch-Irish	3,158	2.49%, see rank	1.46%	1.77%
Scottish	4,621	3.64%, see rank	2.18%	1.97%
Subsaharan African	379	0.30%, see rank	2.76%	0.88%
Swedish	3,946	3.11%, see rank	1.84%	1.45%
Swiss	296	0.23%, see rank	0.13%	0.34%
Ukrainian	336	0.26%, see rank	0.25%	0.32%
American	3,584	2.82%, see rank	2.17%	6.43%
Welsh	1,052	0.83%, see rank	0.34%	0.65%

US Census 2000 data

106,621 (86.30%) out of the total population of 123,546 reported first ancestry.

	Washington County	% of the Total Population	Rhode Island	U.S.
Arab	279	0.23%, see rank	0.50%	0.36%
Czech	67	0.05%, see rank	0.04%	0.27%
Danish	230	0.19%, see rank	0.10%	0.30%
Dutch	542	0.44%, see rank	0.29%	0.91%
English	15,657	12.67%, see rank	7.34%	5.91%
French	11,698	9.47%, see rank	12.33%	2.39%
German	6,175	5.00%, see rank	2.94%	10.81%
Greek	639	0.52%, see rank	0.49%	0.34%
Hungarian	195	0.16%, see rank	0.11%	0.32%
Irish	19,695	15.94%, see rank	12.07%	6.85%
Italian	20,461	16.56%, see rank	16.03%	4.59%
Norwegian	613	0.50%, see rank	0.27%	1.15%
Polish	3,785	3.06%, see rank	2.69%	2.24%
Portuguese	2,867	2.32%, see rank	7.09%	0.33%
Russian	749	0.61%, see rank	0.65%	0.68%
Scotch-Irish	1,569	1.27%, see rank	0.78%	1.17%
Scottish	2,549	2.06%, see rank	1.09%	1.12%
Subsaharan African	295	0.24%, see rank	2.07%	0.61%
Swedish	2,171	1.76%, see rank	1.07%	0.87%
Swiss	107	0.09%, see rank	0.08%	0.19%
Ukrainian	267	0.22%, see rank	0.21%	0.24%
American	4,538	3.67%, see rank	2.99%	7.33%
Welsh	213	0.17%, see rank	0.11%	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.