Ancestry in Elgin, Erie County, Pennsylvania (Borough)

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the Erie Area

There are 39 county subdivisions in the Erie Area. This section compares Elgin to all of the county subdivisions in the Erie Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Elgin.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in Pennsylvania

There are 2,574 county subdivisions in Pennsylvania. This section compares Elgin to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Elgin. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 27,333.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the Northeast

There are 5,785 county subdivisions in the Northeast. This section compares Elgin to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Elgin. 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 Elgin to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Elgin. 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 Elgin. 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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