Ancestry in Altoona, Pennsylvania (City)

Map of Ancestry by Neighborhood in Altoona

Map of Ancestry by Tract in Altoona

Ancestry by Neighborhood in Altoona

There are 16 neighborhoods that are fully or partially contained within Altoona (11 fully and 5 partially). This section compares all 16 of those to each other, Altoona, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Altoona.

Ancestry by Place in the Altoona Area

There are 18 places in the Altoona Area. This section compares Altoona to all of the places in the Altoona Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Altoona.

Ancestry by Place in Pennsylvania

There are 1,761 places in Pennsylvania. This section compares Altoona to the 50 most populous places in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Altoona. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 14,002.

Ancestry by Place in the Northeast

There are 4,274 places in the Northeast. This section compares Altoona to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Altoona. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 71,389.

Ancestry by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Altoona to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Altoona. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Definitions

This page discusses the self-reported ancestry of the residents of Altoona. 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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