Ancestry in the Shelby Area, North Carolina (Metro Area)

Ancestry by Place in the Shelby Area

There are 16 places that are fully or partially contained within the Shelby Area (15 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 16 of those to each other, the Shelby Area, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Shelby Area.

Ancestry by County in the Shelby Area

There is 1 county in the Shelby Area. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, the Shelby Area, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Shelby Area.

Ancestry by County Subdivision in the Shelby Area

There is 1 county subdivision in the Shelby Area. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, the Shelby Area, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Shelby Area.

Ancestry by Metro Area in North Carolina

There are 41 metro areas in North Carolina. This section compares the Shelby Area to all of the metro areas in North Carolina and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Shelby Area.

Ancestry by Metro Area in the South

There are 381 metro areas in the South. This section compares the Shelby Area to the 50 most populous metro areas in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Shelby Area. The least populous of the compared metro areas has a population of 445,227.

Ancestry by Metro Area in the United States

There are 933 metro areas in the United States. This section compares the Shelby Area to the 50 most populous metro areas in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Shelby Area. The least populous of the compared metro areas has a population of 1,135,503.

Definitions

This page discusses the self-reported ancestry of the residents of the Shelby Area. 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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