Erie County residents have roots around the world. But 1 in 4 are of this ancestry.

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Erie County residents have roots around the world. But 1 in 4 are of this ancestry.

Erie by the Numbers is an occasional look at what data can tell us about our region.

Erie is comprised of residents with diverse ancestries, but one nationality makes up the county’s largest portion of the population.

According to the most recent

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, Erie County is made up of multiple nationalities including *******, Irish, Polish, English, French, Scottish, Norwegian and more.

What heritages make up the most of Erie County?

According to the ********* Community Survey, 24.6% of Erie County residents are of ******* heritage, 14.8% of Irish heritage and 11.7% are of Italian descent.

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The other heritages most prevalent in Erie County, according to the survey:

Polish: 11.1%

English: 8.1%

French: 1.8%

Scottish: 1.5%

SubSaharan ********: 0.8%

Norwegian: 0.2%

Heritage in the city of Erie

In the city of Erie, ******* ancestry is also the leading heritage.

The top five ancestries in the city of Erie according to the survey include:

*******: 13,762 residents, or 14.8%.

Italian: 9,483 residents, or 10.2%

Irish: 8,062 residents, or 8.7%

English: 4,150 residents, or 4.5%

*********: 2,729 residents or 2.9%

Other heritages in Erie County

For the past 10 years, ******* ancestry has been the leading ancestry in Erie County. Over the past 10 years, the number of recorded residents in Erie County that have ******* heritage has ranged from 63,000 to more than 80,000 people.

In the city of Erie during the past 10 years, the number of residents with ******* heritage ranged from 13,762 (in 2023) to 26,102.

Residents of Erie do have other backgrounds, but the heritages listed above are the most prevalent across the county.

The data also show Erie County residents are of French, Dutch, Greek, Russian and other heritages.

In the city, the data shows that residents are of *****, Dutch, French, Russian, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian and other heritages.

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Comparing heritage in Pennsylvania

******* heritage is not only the most popular heritage in Erie, it also is the most popular in the state of Pennsylvania.

In Pennsylvania, ******* ancestry is recorded at 21.8% followed by Irish at 14.6%.

Other popular heritages in the state include:

Italian: 10.4%

English: 8.3%

Polish: 5.3%

Comparing ancestry in the ******* States

The ********* Community Survey also shows that ******* heritage is the most popular across the ******* States at 12.3%.

The second most popular ancestry across the nation is English at 9.3%.

Other leading ancestries in the ******* States according to the ********* Community Survey include:

Irish: 9.2%

*********: 5.3%

Italian: 4.8%

Where to celebrate ******* Heritage in Erie

If you have some ******* heritage in your family, there are ways to celebrate in Erie.

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, was founded in 1990 and is dedicated to preserving the ******* heritage and more in Erie.

Today, the chapter meets every third Wednesday of the month at The Brewerie at 123 W. 14th St. at 6:30 p.m. These meetings are free and open to the public but dinner reservations are requested ahead of time.

DANK Chapter 71 is also responsible for the annual ******* Heritage Festival that is held each year at St. Nick’s Grove at 5131 Old French Road.

The organization can also guide you to more ******* heritage resources in Erie including history, culture and more.

Contact Nicholas Sorensen at *****@*****.tld.

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News:

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