European American Ancestries in the 2000 U.S. Census[24][25] ↓
Ancestry 1980 % of U.S.
1980 1990 % of U.S.
1990 2000 % of U.S.
2000 Change
Albania Albanian[26] 28,658 0.02% ? ? 113,661 ? ?
Austria Austrian[28] 948,558 0.50% 864,783 0.3% 730,336 0.3% -15.5%
Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque[29] 43,140 0.02% 47,956 0.02% 57,793 0.02% +20.5%
Belgium Belgian[30] 360,227 0.19% 380,403 0.2% 384,531 0.1% +01.1%
United Kingdom British[31] ? ? 1,119,140 0.4% 1,085,718 0.4% -03.0%
Bulgaria Bulgarian[32] 42,504 0.02% ? ? ? ? ?
Croatia Croatian[33] 252,970 0.13% 544,270 0.2% 374,241 0.1% -31.2%
Czech Republic Czech[34] 1,892,456 1.01% 1,296,369 0.5% 1,258,452 0.4% -02.9%
Denmark Danish[35] 1,518,273 0.81% 1,634,648 0.7% 1,430,897 0.5% -12.5%
Netherlands Dutch[36] 6,304,499 3.35% 6,226,339 2.5% 4,541,770 1.6% -27.1%
England English[37] 49,598,035 26.34% 32,651,788 13.1% 24,509,692 8.7% -24.9%
Estonia Estonian 25,994 0.01% 26,762 0.01% 25,034 0.01% -06.5%
Finland Finnish[38] 615,872 0.33% 658,854 0.3% 623,559 0.2% -05.4%
France French[39] 12,892,246 6.85% 10,320,656 4.1% 8,309,666 3% -19.5%
Germany German[40] 49,224,146 26.14% 57,947,171 23.3% 42,841,569 15.2% -26.1%
Greece Greek[41] 959,856 0.51% 1,110,292 0.4% 1,152,956 0.4% +03.8%
Hungary Hungarian[42] 1,776,902 0.02% ? ? 1,398,724 ? ?
Iceland Icelandic 32,586 0.02% 40,529 0.0% 42,716 ? ?
Republic of Ireland Irish[43] 40,165,702 21.33% 38,735,539 15.6% 30,524,799 10.8% -21.2%
Italy Italian[44] 12,183,692 6.47% 14,664,189 5.9% 15,638,348 5.6% +06.6%
Latvia Latvian[45] 92,141 0.05% ? ? 87,564 ? ?
Lithuania Lithuanian[46] 742,776 0.39% 811,865 0.3% 659,892 0.2% -18.7%
Malta Maltese [47] ?? 30,292 ? 40,159 0.0% ?
Norway Norwegian[48] 3,435,839 1.83% 3,869,395 1.6% 4,477,725 1.6% +15.7%
Poland Polish[49] 8,228,037 4.37% 9,366,051 3.8% 8,977,235 3.2% -04.2%
Portugal Portuguese[50] 1,024,351 0.54% 1,148,857 0.5% 1,173,691 0.4% +02.2%
Romania Romanian[51] 315,258 0.17% 365,310 0.1% 368,729 0.1% +17.61%
Russia Russian[52] 2,781,432 1.48% 2,951,373 1.2% 2,652,214 0.9% -10.1%
Ulster Scots-Irish[53] 16,418 0.01% 5,617,773 2.3% 4,319,232 1.5% -23.1%
Scotland Scottish[54] 10,048,816 5.34% 5,393,581 2.2% 4,890,581 1.7% -09.3%
Serbia Serbian[55] 100,941 0.05% 116,795 negligible 140,337 0.1% +20.2%
Slovakia Slovak[56] 776,806 0.41% 1,882,897 0.8% 797,764 0.3% -57.6%
Slovenia Slovene[57] 126,463 0.07% 124,437 0.1% 176,691 0.1% +42%
Spain Spanish[58] 2,781,208 1.48% 2,384,862 0.9% 2,487,092 0.9% +04.3%
Sweden Swedish[59] 4,345,392 2.31% 4,680,863 1.9% 3,998,310 1.4% -14.6%
Switzerland Swiss[60] 981,543 0.52% 1,045,482 0.4% 911,502 0.3% -12.8%
Ukraine Ukrainian[61] 730,056 0.39% 740,723 0.3% 892,922 0.3% +20.5%
Wales Welsh[62] 1,664,598 0.88% 2,033,893 0.8% 1,753,794 0.6% -13.8%
Total 150,227,658 79.78% 210,181,975 84.2% 171,801,940 60.7% -18.3%