Ancestry in the Polk Township, Macoupin County, Illinois (Township)

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the St. Louis Area

There are 238 county subdivisions in the St. Louis Area. This section compares the Polk Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the St. Louis Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Polk Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 24,170.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in Illinois

There are 1,710 county subdivisions in Illinois. This section compares the Polk Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Illinois and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Polk Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 54,812.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the Midwest

There are 19,478 county subdivisions in the Midwest. This section compares the Polk Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Midwest and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Polk Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 112,821.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the United States

There are 35,600 county subdivisions in the United States. This section compares the Polk Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Polk Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 547,300.

Definitions

This page discusses the self-reported ancestry of the residents of the Polk Township. Respondents were not limited to one ancestry, so if a person reported both English and German, then they would be counted in both categories. Consequently, the sum of the counts over all the ancestries most often exceeds the total population of the entity. Asian and Hispanic ancestry is reported separately from European, Middle Eastern, and Subsaharan African ancestry. A full list of all possible categories is as follows:

• European, Middle Eastern, and Subsaharan African Ancestries: Afghan, Albanian, Alsatian, American, Arab, Egyptian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Palestinian, Syrian, Arab, Other Arab, Armenian, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, Australian, Austrian, Basque, Belgian, Brazilian, British, Bulgarian, Cajun, Canadian, Carpatho Rusyn, Celtic, Croatian, Cypriot, Czech, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, Eastern European, English, Estonian, European, Finnish, French, French Canadian, German, German Russian, Greek, Guyanese, Hungarian, Icelander, Iranian, Irish, Israeli, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxemburger, Macedonian, Maltese, New Zealander, Northern European, Norwegian, Pennsylvania German, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Serbian, Slavic, Slovak, Slovene, Soviet Union, Subsaharan African, Cape Verdean, Ethiopian, Ghanaian, Kenyan, Liberian, Nigerian, Senegalese, Sierra Leonean, Somali, South African, Sudanese, Ugandan, Zimbabwean, African, Other, Swedish, Swiss, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh, West Indian, Bahamian, Barbadian, Belizean, Bermudan, British West Indian, Dutch West Indian, Haitian, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, U.S. Virgin Islander, West Indian, Other West Indian, Yugoslavian, Other, and Unclassified
• Asian Ancestries: Indian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Mongolian, Nepalese, Okinawan, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Other, Not Specified, and Mixed
• Hispanic Ancestries: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Salvadoran, Other Central American, South American, Argentinean, Bolivian, Chilean, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Uruguayan, Venezuelan, Other South American, Other Hispanic, Spaniard, Spanish, and Spanish American

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