Return to the PIE Home PageIn 1989, there were 1,196,457 ancestries reported in Franklin County. Individuals can designate more than one ancestry (e.g., German-Irish). German was the largest ancestry reported in Franklin County by nearly 2 to 1 over the next highest ancestry. The top five ancestries reported were German (324,121), other (220,870), Irish (174,281), English (138,894), and Italian (53,180).
Ancestry describes a person's self-identified ethnic origin, descent, or heritage, or the place of birth of the person or the person's ancestors before their arrival in the United States. Ancestry is designated regardless of how many generations one's ancestors have been in this country.
Ancestry Number Arab 4,233 Austrian 2,597 Belgian 855 Canadian 1,097 Czech 3,798 Danish 2,286 Dutch 27,908 English 138,894 Finnish 1,448 French (except Basque) 30,653 French Canadian 3,926 German 324,121 Greek 4,801 Hungarian 11,319 Irish 174,281 Italian 53,180 Lithuanian 1,843 Norwegian 3,740 Polish 22,255 Portuguese 585 Romanian 1,569 Russian 8,319 Scotch-Irish 21,896 Scottish 23,502 Slovak 9,508 Subsaharan African 2,735 Swedish 8,693 Swiss 5,980 Ukrainian 2,008 United States or American 49,699 Welsh 23,669 West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 982 Yugoslavian 3,207 Other ancestries 220,870 Total Ancestries Reported 1,196,457
Source: Census of Population and Housing, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Filename: CD-038