U.S. Census Bureau

Ancestry

Frequently Asked Questions about Ancestry
If you are interested in doing research on genealogy or family history, please check out our Genealogy Page.

The Census Bureau’s main sources of information for ancestry.

  1. Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS)

    Profile of Selected Social Characteristics for the nation and for states. See also the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Summary Tables data set which contains summary tables.

  2. 1990 Census

    1. Profiles of Our Ancestry Selected Characteristics by Ancestry Group (CPH-L-149) Look Up.

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      • Table 1. Educational Attainment for Selected Ancestry Groups (6k)
      • Table 2. Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English (6k)
      • Table 3. Labor Force Characteristics for Selected Ancestry Groups (6k)
      • Table 4. Income and Poverty for Selected Ancestry Groups (5k)
      • Table 5. Population for Selected Ancestry Groups (6k)

    2. We asked... You told us: Ancestry PDF

    3. American FactFinder - Ancestry is available in STF3.
      Total population is available at the U.S., state, county, minor civil division, place, census tract, and block group levels for:
      • Arab
      • Austrian
      • Belgian
      • Canadian
      • Czech
      • Danish
      • Dutch
      • English
      • Finnish
      • French (except Basque)
      • French Canadian
      • German
      • Greek
      • Hungarian
      • Irish
      • Italian
      • Lithuanian
      • Norwegian
      • Polish
      • Portuguese
      • Romanian
      • Russian
      • Scotch-Irish
      • Scottish
      • Slovak
      • Subsaharan African
      • Swedish
      • Swiss
      • Ukrainian
      • United States or American
      • Welsh
      • West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
      • Yugoslavian

    4. Statistical Abstracts
      See Section 1. Population, Table name. "Population, by Selected Ancestry Group and Region". Data taken from the 1990 Decennial Census.

The Census Bureau has products for sale that contain information on the population by ancestry:

  1. Publications/Disks:
    1. SELECTED POPULATION AND HOUSING DATA PAPER LISTINGS, CPH-L (CPH-L 85 - 127) (see CPH-L-89 and CPH-L-97)

    2. SELECTED POPULATION AND HOUSING DATA PAPER LISTINGS, CPH-L (CPH-L 149 - 193) (see CPH-L-149 and CPH-L-149a)

  2. CD-ROM:Skip past Skip listing of CD-ROMs
    1. ANCESTRY OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES (SSTF02)

    2. USA COUNTIES, 1998

    3. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, (STF 1D/3D)

    4. SUMMARY TAPE FILE 3A (STF 3A)

    5. SUMMARY TAPE FILE 3B (STF 3B)

    6. SUMMARY TAPE FILE 3C (STF 3C)

  3. Tape:
    1. SSTF-2 ANCESTRY OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES

    2. 1990 SUMMARY TAPE FILE 3 - STF 3 or FILE 4 - STF 4 Choose which STF3 or STF4 product you wish to purchase.

  4. Other:
    1. Census estimates for additional ancestry groups are published in various printed reports, available for purchase through the U.S. Government Printing Office, or in local libraries. Photocopies of selected pages can be purchased by sending a mail message to: pop@census.gov 
           CP-S-1-2, "Detailed Ancestry Groups for States" [PDF]
     CP-2, "Social and Economic Characteristics," separate reports 
        for the United States, each state, metropolitan areas, and
        urbanized areas.
     CP-3-2, "Ancestry of the Population of the United States" [PDF]

    2. Related information on country of birth is listed under Foreign-Born.

    3. 1980 Census 
           PC80-S1-10 "Ancestry of the Population by State: 1980"

The Census Bureau does not collect information on religious affiliation.

For assistance, please call the Statistical Information Staff at 301-763-2422.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division,
Ethnic & Hispanic Statistics Branch
Maintained By: IRSB Internet Staff (Population Division)
Last Revised: October 15, 2004 at 08:27:06 AM

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