Ancestry in the Town of Portland, Chautauqua County, New York (Town)

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the Jamestown Area

There are 32 county subdivisions in the Jamestown Area. This section compares the Town of Portland to all of the county subdivisions in the Jamestown Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Town of Portland.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in New York

There are 1,023 county subdivisions in New York. This section compares the Town of Portland to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in New York and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Town of Portland. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 42,343.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the Northeast

There are 5,785 county subdivisions in the Northeast. This section compares the Town of Portland to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Town of Portland. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 91,133.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the United States

There are 35,600 county subdivisions in the United States. This section compares the Town of Portland to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Town of Portland. 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 Town of Portland. 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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