REPORTED ANCESTRIES 1990
PENNSYLVANIA
Ancestry Specified:
Single Ancestry ....................................... 6,681,710
Multiple Ancestry ..................................... 4,288,828
Ancestry unclassified ................................... 66,143
Ancestry not Reported ................................... 844,962
Ancestry Number Percent
Acadian/Cajun 1,649 0.0
Albanian 2,538 0.0
Alsatian 607 0.0
Arab
Egyptian 2,071 0.0
Iraqi 299 0.0
Jordanian 431 0.0
Lebanese 19,234 0.2
Moroccan 1,097 0.0
Palestinian 821 0.0
Syrian 12,591 0.1
Arab/Arabic 2,893 0.0
Other Arab 810 0.0
Armenian 6,763 0.1
Assyrian 322 0.0
Australian 1,483 0.0
Austrian 66,556 0.6
Basque 250 0.0
Belgian 11,877 0.1
Brazilian 1,512 0.0
British 36,845 0.3
Bulgarian 1,010 0.0
Canadian 11,610 0.1
Carpatho Russian 3,701 0.0
Celtic 895 0.0
Cypriot 129 0.0
Croatian 78,750 0.7
Czech 29,610 0.3
Czechoslovakian 16,453 0.2
Danish 20,875 0.2
Dutch 354,656 3.2
Eastern Europe 8,772 0.1
English 1,274,823 11.6
Estonian 727 0.0
European 10,705 0.1
Finnish 8,612 0.1
French (except Basque) 263,960 2.4
French Canadian 31,007 0.3
German 4,316,386 39.1
German Russian 313 0.0
Greek 55,158 0.5
Guyanese 619 0.0
Hungarian 152,863 1.4
Icelander 523 0.0
Iranian 3,214 0.0
Irish 2,256,143 20.4
Israeli 2,722 0.0
Italian 1,374,840 12.5
Latvian 4,847 0.0
Lithuanian 103,272 0.9
Luxemburger 401 0.0
Macedonian 808 0.0
Maltese 388 0.0
New Zealand 153 0.0
Northern European 1,153 0.0
Norwegian 31,146 0.3
Pennsylvania German 143,008 1.3
Polish 882,348 8.0
Portuguese 12,770 0.1
Romanian 17,755 0.2
Russian 215,513 2.0
Scandinavian 7,499 0.1
Scotch-Irish 270,299 2.4
Scottish 223,544 2.0
Serbian 19,913 0.2
Slavic 8,654 0.1
Slovak 447,384 4.0
Slovene 14,584 0.1
Soviet Union 484 0.0
Subsaharan African
Cape Verde 346 0.0
Ethiopian 588 0.0
Ghanian 400 0.0
Kenyan 96 0.0
Liberian 364 0.0
Nigerian 1,984 0.0
Senegalese 45 0.0
Sierra Leonean 211 0.0
Somalian 9 0.0
South African 649 0.0
Sudanese 241 0.0
Ugandan 48 0.0
Zairian 75 0.0
Zimbabwean 42 0.0
African 8,367 0.1
Other Subsaharan African 727 0.0
Swedish 126,255 1.1
Swiss 68,919 0.6
Turkish 2,430 0.0
Ukrainian 129,753 1.2
United States or American 309,814 2.8
Welsh 221,964 2.0
West Indian
(excluding hispanic origin groups)
Bahamian 218 0.0
Barbadian 761 0.0
Belizean 161 0.0
Bermudan 246 0.0
British West Indian 633 0.0
Dutch West Indian 152 0.0
Haitian 2,253 0.0
Jamaican 10,191 0.1
Trinidadian Tobagonian 1,509 0.0
U.S. Virgin Islander 106 0.0
West Indian 3,427 0.0
Other West Indian 59 0.0
Yugoslavian 10,446 0.1
Race or Hispanic origin groups 1,285,967 11.6
Black 1,087,570 9.2
American Indian 15,557 0.1
Hispanic
Mexican 22,615 0.2
Puerto Rican 143,872 1.2
Cuban 7,390 0.1
Other Hispanic 46,602 0.4
Other Groups 214,262 1.9
Asian
Chinese 29,469 0.2
Filipino 12,901 0.1
Asian Indian 27,494 0.2
Korean 25,494 0.2
Vietnamese 14,961 0.1
Other Asian 22,927 0.2
Pacific Islander
Hawaiian 1,017 0.0
Other Pacific Islander 833 0.0
Unclassified or not reported 911,105 8.3
Source: Ethnic Ancestry in Pennsylvania, by Dr. Simon J. Bronner , data from U.S. Census Bureau Prepared by: The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg