Ancestry in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (Borough)

European and African Ancestry#1

Self-reported anscestry as a percentage of the total population; more than one answer per person permitted.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountUnclassified1Other2IrishGermanItalianEnglishPolishEuropeanRussianDutchScottishAmericanHungarianBritishFrenchWelshScotch-IrishSwedishEastern EuropeanSubsaharan African23.480219%15.119450%23.480219%23.5%1,46019.877774%22.364292%19.877774%19.9%1,23618.092634%16.449740%18.092634%18.1%1,12513.846896%25.092997%13.846896%13.8%86113.284014%11.982961%13.284014%13.3%82612.640720%7.103744%12.640720%12.6%7863.891927%6.474722%3.891927%3.9%2423.055645%0.736007%3.055645%3.1%1902.589257%1.405783%2.589257%2.6%1612.331940%1.581808%2.331940%2.3%1452.187198%1.485680%2.187198%2.2%1362.171116%4.981924%2.171116%2.2%1352.026375%1.004468%2.026375%2.0%1261.801222%0.332072%1.801222%1.8%1121.752975%1.578007%1.752975%1.8%1091.463493%1.274580%1.463493%1.5%911.270505%1.130869%1.270505%1.3%791.190093%0.795191%1.190093%1.2%741.157929%0.236914%1.157929%1.2%721.141846%0.812142%1.141846%1.1%71

Hispanic Ancestry#2

Self-reported Hispanic anscestry as a percentage of the Hispanic population.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania
0%20%40%Count%South AmericanOther HispanicPuerto RicanCentral AmericanMexicanGuatemalanArgentineanCubanColombianDominicanPeruvianCosta RicanVenezuelanSalvadoran23.849372%7.286127%23.849372%23.8%570.917%0.92%20.920502%5.077185%20.920502%20.9%500.804%0.80%15.481172%51.135366%15.481172%15.5%370.595%0.60%14.225941%6.287863%14.225941%14.2%340.547%0.55%12.133891%17.357003%12.133891%12.1%290.466%0.47%11.715481%2.227562%11.715481%11.7%280.450%0.45%10.460251%0.634989%10.460251%10.5%250.402%0.40%9.623431%2.353279%9.623431%9.6%230.370%0.37%8.786611%2.381150%8.786611%8.8%210.338%0.34%3.765690%10.503176%3.765690%3.8%90.145%0.14%3.347280%1.366875%3.347280%3.3%80.129%0.13%1.673640%0.377388%1.673640%1.7%40.064%0.06%1.255230%0.489347%1.255230%1.3%30.048%0.05%0.836820%1.336869%0.836820%0.8%20.032%0.03%

Asian Ancestry#3

Self-reported Asian anscestry as a percentage of the Asian population.
Scope: population of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count%ChineseJapaneseKoreanIndianPakistaniCambodianVietnameseFilipino56.906077%25.107282%56.906077%56.9%2063.313%3.31%11.878453%1.717005%11.878453%11.9%430.692%0.69%9.944751%10.014951%9.944751%9.9%360.579%0.58%6.906077%29.980671%6.906077%6.9%250.402%0.40%6.353591%2.813580%6.353591%6.4%230.370%0.37%2.762431%3.658898%2.762431%2.8%100.161%0.16%2.762431%10.576423%2.762431%2.8%100.161%0.16%2.486188%6.103801%2.486188%2.5%90.145%0.14%

Ancestry by Place in the Philadelphia Area

There are 294 places in the Philadelphia Area. This section compares Swarthmore to all of the places in the Philadelphia Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Swarthmore.

Irish Ancestry by Place#4

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Swarthmore, selected other places in the Philadelphia Area, and entities that contain Swarthmore
0%50%100%Count#Pine ValleyRockledgeRidley ParkVictory LakesGlenoldenNational ParkGlensideFolsomAudubon ParkNorwoodHulmevilleNewtownWestvilleGloucester CityCornwells HeightsCornwells HtsGlendoraTurnersvilleAllowayBrooklawnOak ValleyFlourtownBarringtonOaklynGibbsboroHaddonfieldSilverdaleRivertonMount EphraimConshohockenCalnHorshamLevittownTrevoseRutledgeWenonahDelaware CountyDelawareDublinWallingford-Swarthmore School DistrictWallingford-Swarth…CroydonHoney BrookEvansburgPhiladelphia, Camden, and Wilmington Metro AreaPhiladelphiaNew CastleSwarthmore407600Tract 407600Wilmington ManorWilmington MnrPennsylvaniaNortheastMiddle AtlanticLindenwoldPhiladelphiaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesBearWilmingtonLawnsideCamdenMillbournePomeroyTavistock100.000000%100.000000%100.0%4149.175824%49.175824%49.2%1,253245.420933%45.420933%45.4%3,194342.622951%42.622951%42.6%780442.528254%42.528254%42.5%3,048542.496680%42.496680%42.5%1,280642.475260%42.475260%42.5%3,305742.175663%42.175663%42.2%3,563840.281974%40.281974%40.3%400940.084746%40.084746%40.1%2,3651038.445596%38.445596%38.4%3711138.214990%38.214990%38.2%7751237.939995%37.939995%37.9%1,6061337.694814%37.694814%37.7%4,2811436.632948%36.632948%36.6%5071536.590636%36.590636%36.6%1,5241636.542992%36.542992%36.5%1,2411735.895676%35.895676%35.9%5231835.823951%35.823951%35.8%7001935.694823%35.694823%35.7%1,1792035.037116%35.037116%35.0%1,6522134.885083%34.885083%34.9%2,3832234.800000%34.800000%34.8%1,3922334.724154%34.724154%34.7%7492434.708144%34.708144%34.7%3,9722534.460196%34.460196%34.5%3162634.356725%34.356725%34.4%9402733.886613%33.886613%33.9%1,5722833.767054%33.767054%33.8%2,6732933.757962%33.757962%33.8%5303032.948260%32.948260%32.9%4,7064229.570477%29.570477%29.6%15,49715.5k5929.086678%29.086678%29.1%1,0006327.545692%27.545692%27.5%2118426.306056%26.306056%26.3%56910525.661728%25.661728%25.7%144,300144k24.705328%24.705328%24.7%52412624.173801%24.173801%24.2%5,25223.473029%23.473029%23.5%2,30214721.691600%21.691600%21.7%37716820.094377%20.094377%20.1%51118919.185078%19.185078%19.2%1,160,2601.16M18.540581%18.540581%18.5%99621018.092634%18.092634%18.1%1,12521717.837324%17.837324%17.8%1,12516.622491%16.622491%16.6%1,31723116.449740%16.449740%16.4%2,102,9312.10M15.136166%15.136166%15.1%8,486,2088.49M13.744496%13.744496%13.7%5,689,7945.69M13.528200%13.528200%13.5%2,36525211.125314%11.125314%11.1%173,548174k26310.388542%10.388542%10.4%33,093,55033.1M9.279542%9.279542%9.3%1,8472738.310257%8.310257%8.3%5,9422761.607937%1.607937%1.6%472901.607789%1.607789%1.6%1,2222911.092437%1.092437%1.1%132920.000000%0.000000%0.0%02930.000000%0.000000%0.0%0294

Ancestry by Place in Pennsylvania

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

Irish Ancestry by Place#29

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Swarthmore, selected other places in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Swarthmore
0%10%20%30%Count#Drexel HillHorshamLevittownScrantonDelaware CountyDelawareWest ChesterWillow GroveWallingford-Swarthmore School DistrictWallingford-Swarth…LansdaleBaldwinPhoenixvilleBethel ParkPlumIndianaMurrysvilleAllison ParkAltoonaPhiladelphia, Camden, and Wilmington Metro AreaPhiladelphiaUpper St. ClairWest MifflinSwarthmoreWilkes-BarreGreensburg407600Tract 407600New CastleHermitageKing of PrussiaFranklin ParkPennsylvaniaPittsburghPottstownNortheastWilliamsportMonroevilleHersheyErieJohnstownChambersburgMiddle AtlanticHanoverCarlisleBloomsburgBethlehemState CollegeEastonPhiladelphiaMcKeesportUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNorristownYorkHazletonAllentownLancasterLebanonFullertonWilkinsburgHarrisburgChesterReading32.950680%32.950680%33.0%9,300132.948260%32.948260%32.9%4,706229.570477%29.570477%29.6%15,49715.5k326.535742%26.535742%26.5%20,26820.3k425.661728%25.661728%25.7%144,300144k25.450242%25.450242%25.5%4,946524.531361%24.531361%24.5%3,782624.173801%24.173801%24.2%5,25223.167619%23.167619%23.2%3,812723.153481%23.153481%23.2%4,583822.346436%22.346436%22.3%3,718921.845323%21.845323%21.8%7,0391020.925238%20.925238%20.9%5,7491120.904157%20.904157%20.9%2,9271220.363113%20.363113%20.4%4,1051319.711829%19.711829%19.7%4,2411419.336858%19.336858%19.3%8,7421519.185078%19.185078%19.2%1,160,2601.16M19.076892%19.076892%19.1%3,7241618.612614%18.612614%18.6%3,7511718.092634%18.092634%18.1%1,12518.071966%18.071966%18.1%7,4031817.972825%17.972825%18.0%2,6191917.837324%17.837324%17.8%1,12517.568889%17.568889%17.6%3,9532017.322884%17.322884%17.3%2,7852117.233720%17.233720%17.2%3,4142217.043857%17.043857%17.0%2,4252316.449740%16.449740%16.4%2,102,9312.10M16.296163%16.296163%16.3%49,75349.8k2415.385296%15.385296%15.4%3,4802515.136166%15.136166%15.1%8,486,2088.49M15.061686%15.061686%15.1%4,3952615.047788%15.047788%15.0%4,2512714.799833%14.799833%14.8%2,1222814.665974%14.665974%14.7%14,68914.7k2914.254549%14.254549%14.3%2,8753013.919129%13.919129%13.9%2,8643113.744496%13.744496%13.7%5,689,7945.69M13.066304%13.066304%13.1%2,0163212.706427%12.706427%12.7%2,4163312.189616%12.189616%12.2%1,7823411.939822%11.939822%11.9%8,9683511.558207%11.558207%11.6%4,8633611.279337%11.279337%11.3%3,0473711.125314%11.125314%11.1%173,548174k3810.830048%10.830048%10.8%2,1153910.388542%10.388542%10.4%33,093,55033.1M10.040627%10.040627%10.0%3,460407.619504%7.619504%7.6%3,341416.996874%6.996874%7.0%1,746426.864007%6.864007%6.9%8,211436.626110%6.626110%6.6%3,932446.568177%6.568177%6.6%1,685456.415558%6.415558%6.4%993466.380958%6.380958%6.4%1,008476.287632%6.287632%6.3%3,091484.498473%4.498473%4.5%1,532494.044415%4.044415%4.0%3,55550

Ancestry by Place in the Northeast

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

Irish Ancestry by Place#54

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Swarthmore, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Swarthmore
0%10%20%Count#WarwickScrantonToms RiverQuincyDelaware CountyDelawareWallingford-Swarthmore School DistrictWallingford-Swarth…NashuaManchesterPhiladelphia, Camden, and Wilmington Metro AreaPhiladelphiaSwarthmore407600Tract 407600SomervilleCranstonPennsylvaniaPittsburghLowellNewtonAlbanyNortheastErieWorcesterSyracuseBostonLynnCheektowagaMiddle AtlanticBrocktonDanburyPawtucketBuffaloCambridgeBethlehemFall RiverPhiladelphiaNorwalkYonkersUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSpringfieldStamfordRochesterNew BedfordWaterburyProvidenceNew RochelleAllentownNew HavenNew BritainCliftonLawrenceNew YorkBridgeportJersey CityReadingHartfordTrentonCamdenElizabethNewarkPaterson26.713157%26.713157%26.7%21,87321.9k126.535742%26.535742%26.5%20,26820.3k226.333623%26.333623%26.3%23,31523.3k326.215600%26.215600%26.2%24,47224.5k425.661728%25.661728%25.7%144,300144k24.173801%24.173801%24.2%5,25219.631297%19.631297%19.6%17,13417.1k519.400169%19.400169%19.4%21,38521.4k619.185078%19.185078%19.2%1,160,2601.16M18.092634%18.092634%18.1%1,12517.837324%17.837324%17.8%1,12517.817299%17.817299%17.8%14,16614.2k716.563636%16.563636%16.6%13,39713.4k816.449740%16.449740%16.4%2,102,9312.10M16.296163%16.296163%16.3%49,75349.8k916.187165%16.187165%16.2%17,78517.8k1015.557594%15.557594%15.6%13,74013.7k1115.464567%15.464567%15.5%15,22115.2k1215.136166%15.136166%15.1%8,486,2088.49M14.665974%14.665974%14.7%14,68914.7k1314.596275%14.596275%14.6%26,81026.8k1414.531347%14.531347%14.5%20,97621.0k1514.063186%14.063186%14.1%92,57592.6k1613.771532%13.771532%13.8%12,68012.7k1713.765350%13.765350%13.8%10,27910.3k1813.744496%13.744496%13.7%5,689,7945.69M13.461234%13.461234%13.5%12,76312.8k1913.248301%13.248301%13.2%11,11411.1k2012.969785%12.969785%13.0%9,2592112.459989%12.459989%12.5%32,27032.3k2212.388168%12.388168%12.4%13,47313.5k2311.939822%11.939822%11.9%8,9682411.478932%11.478932%11.5%10,20510.2k2511.125314%11.125314%11.1%173,548174k2610.883657%10.883657%10.9%9,5702710.859932%10.859932%10.9%21,69021.7k2810.388542%10.388542%10.4%33,093,55033.1M9.564845%9.564845%9.6%14,72914.7k299.533004%9.533004%9.5%12,14612.1k308.835851%8.835851%8.8%18,58118.6k318.472649%8.472649%8.5%8,048328.068784%8.068784%8.1%8,812338.059782%8.059782%8.1%14,41514.4k347.558733%7.558733%7.6%5,994356.864007%6.864007%6.9%8,211366.782715%6.782715%6.8%8,845376.423239%6.423239%6.4%4,681385.225642%5.225642%5.2%4,472394.673734%4.673734%4.7%3,708404.435284%4.435284%4.4%375,312375k414.334045%4.334045%4.3%6,372424.104087%4.104087%4.1%10,73910.7k434.044415%4.044415%4.0%3,555443.199003%3.199003%3.2%3,977452.619473%2.619473%2.6%2,215461.607789%1.607789%1.6%1,222471.408913%1.408913%1.4%1,804480.802102%0.802102%0.8%2,247490.664425%0.664425%0.7%97650

Ancestry by Place in the United States

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

Irish Ancestry by Place#79

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Swarthmore, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Swarthmore
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#Delaware CountyDelawareWallingford-Swarthmore School DistrictWallingford-Swarth…Philadelphia, Camden, and Wilmington Metro AreaPhiladelphiaSwarthmore407600Tract 407600PennsylvaniaNortheastOmahaBostonMiddle AtlanticColorado SpringsColorado SpgsPortlandLouisvilleKansas CitySeattleVirginia BeachVirginia BchColumbusPhiladelphiaTulsaMinneapolisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaDenverIndianapolisOklahoma CityTucsonJacksonvilleClevelandNashville-DavidsonMesaLas VegasRaleighSan FranciscoPhoenixAustinChicagoSan DiegoCharlotteAlbuquerqueArlingtonFort WorthWashingtonSacramentoMilwaukeeBaltimoreLong BeachOaklandAtlantaFresnoSan AntonioSan JoseNew YorkMemphisDallasHoustonLos AngelesEl PasoDetroitMiami25.661728%25.661728%25.7%144,300144k24.173801%24.173801%24.2%5,25219.185078%19.185078%19.2%1,160,2601.16M18.092634%18.092634%18.1%1,12517.837324%17.837324%17.8%1,12516.449740%16.449740%16.4%2,102,9312.10M15.136166%15.136166%15.1%8,486,2088.49M14.108091%14.108091%14.1%62,50962.5k114.063186%14.063186%14.1%92,57592.6k213.744496%13.744496%13.7%5,689,7945.69M12.658465%12.658465%12.7%56,80656.8k311.864052%11.864052%11.9%73,62773.6k411.749701%11.749701%11.7%71,85871.9k511.519458%11.519458%11.5%54,34554.3k611.431579%11.431579%11.4%76,46076.5k711.181968%11.181968%11.2%50,28950.3k811.167235%11.167235%11.2%93,47493.5k911.125314%11.125314%11.1%173,548174k1010.614244%10.614244%10.6%42,44742.4k1110.506586%10.506586%10.5%42,51742.5k1210.388542%10.388542%10.4%33,093,55033.1M9.846070%9.846070%9.8%38,20638.2k139.788287%9.788287%9.8%64,92664.9k149.566374%9.566374%9.6%80,99681.0k159.319291%9.319291%9.3%57,78157.8k169.083448%9.083448%9.1%47,92347.9k178.836398%8.836398%8.8%75,69475.7k188.824535%8.824535%8.8%34,34234.3k198.311496%8.311496%8.3%53,50753.5k208.286003%8.286003%8.3%38,98239.0k218.242689%8.242689%8.2%50,55250.6k228.046886%8.046886%8.0%35,51335.5k237.898791%7.898791%7.9%67,16267.2k247.678914%7.678914%7.7%119,432119k257.600749%7.600749%7.6%68,99869.0k267.480314%7.480314%7.5%203,017203k277.358679%7.358679%7.4%101,168101k287.303724%7.303724%7.3%59,07559.1k297.031762%7.031762%7.0%39,15739.2k306.977096%6.977096%7.0%26,78526.8k316.869462%6.869462%6.9%56,05056.1k326.726464%6.726464%6.7%44,32844.3k336.494747%6.494747%6.5%31,46931.5k345.930793%5.930793%5.9%35,50635.5k355.810145%5.810145%5.8%36,08136.1k365.570113%5.570113%5.6%26,16826.2k375.123774%5.123774%5.1%21,11221.1k385.118783%5.118783%5.1%23,36123.4k394.809199%4.809199%4.8%24,71024.7k404.498950%4.498950%4.5%64,75664.8k414.460338%4.460338%4.5%45,02145.0k424.435284%4.435284%4.4%375,312375k434.423830%4.423830%4.4%29,01429.0k444.210780%4.210780%4.2%53,83253.8k453.747821%3.747821%3.7%83,97384.0k463.589375%3.589375%3.6%140,663141k472.564087%2.564087%2.6%17,38617.4k481.555068%1.555068%1.6%10,62810.6k491.372792%1.372792%1.4%5,93950

Definitions

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