1st mentioned country of origin

eth1

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question From what countries or part of the world did your ancestors come? B. FIRST ETHNICITY MENTIONED

Values

• [1] africa (general)

• [2] austria

• [3] french canada

• [4] other canada

• [5] china

• [6] czechoslovakia

• [7] denmark

• [8] england & wales

• [9] finland

• [10] france

• [11] germany

• [12] greece

• [13] hungary

• [14] ireland

• [15] italy

• [16] japan

• [17] mexico

• [18] netherlands

• [19] norway

• [20] philippines

• [21] poland

• [22] puerto rico

• [23] russia

• [24] scotland

• [25] spain

• [26] sweden

• [27] switzerland

• [28] west indies

• [29] other

• [30] american indian

• [31] india

• [32] portugal

• [33] lithuania

• [34] yugoslavia

• [35] romania

• [36] belgium

• [37] arabic

• [38] other spanish

• [39] non-span west indies

• [40] other asian

• [41] other european

• [97] american only

• [101] turkey

• [202] algeria

• [203] congo

• [204] egypt

• [205] ethiopia

• [206] kenya

• [207] nigeria

• [208] south africa

• [209] sudan

• [210] tanzania

• [211] uganda

• [299] other africa

• [301] south korea

• [302] bangladesh

• [303] indonesia

• [304] pakistan

• [306] thailand

• [307] vietnam

• [401] iran

• [402] iraq

• [403] israel

• [404] jordan

• [405] saudi arabia

• [406] syria

• [407] uae

• [408] yemen

• [499] other middle east

• [501] argentina

• [502] bolivia

• [503] brazil

• [504] chile

• [505] colombia

• [506] ecuador

• [507] french guiana

• [508] guyana

• [509] paraguay

• [510] peru

• [511] suriname

• [512] uruguay

• [513] venezuela

• [599] other south america

• [601] belize

• [602] costa rica

• [603] el salvador

• [604] guatemala

• [605] honduras

• [606] nicaragua

• [607] panama

• [699] other central america

• [799] other north america

• [801] cuba

• [802] haiti

• [803] dominican republic

• [804] jamaica

• [899] other caribbean

• [901] australia

• [902] papua new guinea

• [903] new zealand

• [904] samoa

• [999] other oceania

• [NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C/-	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
A/B/C/D	2006
Full	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for eth1.

Counts by year:

year	uncodeable	africa (general)	austria	french canada	other canada	china	czechoslovakia	denmark	england & wales	finland	france	germany	greece	hungary	ireland	italy	japan	mexico	netherlands	norway	philippines	poland	puerto rico	russia	scotland	spain	sweden	switzerland	west indies	other	american indian	india	portugal	lithuania	yugoslavia	romania	belgium	other spanish	non-span west indies	american only	don't know	no answer	arabic	other asian	other european	iap	congo	egypt	ethiopia	kenya	nigeria	south africa	sudan	uganda	other africa	south korea	pakistan	thailand	other middle east	argentina	brazil	colombia	belize	el salvador	panama	other north america	cuba	haiti	dominican republic	jamaica	samoa	other oceania	skipped on web	Total
1984	-	90	8	24	7	6	13	13	199	3	36	250	7	14	165	68	6	28	41	28	4	50	13	22	53	16	17	10	1	11	47	3	3	3	7	2	3	7	6	14	170	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	-	67	10	27	6	5	23	10	238	5	55	277	4	6	148	86	6	36	36	34	2	40	9	18	51	20	35	5	1	18	41	1	2	2	6	5	4	9	1	15	162	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	-	95	14	16	11	4	18	12	200	3	40	252	6	6	171	82	5	31	29	36	2	59	12	29	32	19	24	8	2	14	31	5	3	3	2	3	-	4	7	17	160	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	-	284	10	22	9	8	10	9	190	5	39	289	4	5	147	65	3	34	22	22	2	42	5	21	62	17	28	7	3	18	85	6	9	5	9	2	2	7	8	36	254	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	-	89	9	16	13	6	17	8	188	1	36	284	8	9	167	53	4	42	23	25	1	36	15	23	52	19	28	6	-	18	46	7	1	5	7	2	1	7	2	26	169	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	-	87	9	17	9	9	18	12	230	2	39	330	5	8	153	77	6	37	29	38	5	41	9	29	60	11	11	7	2	16	48	4	4	2	1	2	2	11	5	13	125	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	-	107	7	23	9	4	21	13	185	5	24	240	10	4	139	53	2	32	20	22	1	41	12	32	52	10	25	8	-	13	51	3	1	9	6	4	4	9	8	6	146	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	-	117	13	26	10	3	18	13	214	2	49	240	5	9	171	74	5	43	20	27	4	43	13	27	47	15	23	13	-	20	43	2	3	3	9	2	3	6	7	16	152	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	-	105	8	15	8	7	14	11	189	5	40	304	8	17	166	65	3	28	39	19	8	47	11	37	73	24	25	7	1	18	58	7	5	5	3	1	1	10	11	22	175	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	-	231	23	42	16	9	47	21	368	5	71	602	13	13	321	122	6	68	50	49	12	72	20	41	123	32	37	12	4	12	81	14	8	12	5	7	3	20	16	74	272	7	8	17	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	-	195	21	27	10	12	38	13	348	8	76	527	15	18	264	133	4	72	42	38	11	62	25	43	105	35	43	11	-	26	94	13	10	6	13	5	3	24	12	65	354	53	4	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	-	216	12	45	13	24	33	17	321	5	83	529	11	24	291	135	6	75	42	49	20	82	33	24	94	26	34	8	1	27	82	9	9	9	14	3	6	31	19	67	259	16	3	14	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	-	234	18	40	13	8	27	18	320	8	60	456	19	8	297	132	8	92	36	55	27	79	37	53	94	21	40	10	6	31	127	17	8	9	9	3	4	30	14	55	230	37	2	17	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	-	241	24	34	13	12	17	19	297	7	76	523	17	22	282	127	7	81	34	44	17	86	34	53	96	34	51	7	4	5	77	14	7	10	5	8	10	28	16	59	219	7	7	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	-	233	10	12	13	27	28	19	348	12	58	440	11	12	338	130	11	132	30	39	24	54	27	47	88	28	35	13	1	10	134	23	12	6	8	6	7	29	14	57	219	12	13	24	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	-	407	14	18	18	28	57	33	457	13	102	737	19	27	475	215	19	327	55	55	26	112	49	62	159	71	73	22	5	20	104	29	19	11	14	6	13	99	26	125	314	14	13	28	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	-	156	10	8	11	14	18	11	226	5	45	338	5	11	221	97	5	126	22	29	14	43	19	26	54	36	33	11	3	9	53	24	13	10	5	5	7	42	21	42	160	8	3	15	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	-	164	2	15	4	12	17	17	212	6	43	359	9	6	223	87	12	124	26	24	10	57	21	30	60	28	16	5	2	8	53	13	19	5	5	5	7	39	15	56	185	6	5	21	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	-	178	10	15	8	16	10	10	187	10	41	327	14	8	204	93	2	131	16	22	12	39	17	23	48	51	24	9	2	19	64	24	12	5	8	4	2	38	13	63	158	5	4	19	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	-	201	14	23	8	23	18	9	256	10	46	418	14	14	267	132	9	191	25	24	17	59	30	29	66	47	38	4	3	5	67	31	12	9	4	7	3	76	23	47	209	8	8	15	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	-	268	6	21	15	23	32	14	244	9	59	455	17	14	274	149	8	184	24	35	23	84	35	42	86	47	41	13	3	12	90	26	14	13	12	5	8	65	15	57	271	6	12	21	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	-	196	14	18	13	19	22	8	192	12	53	360	10	9	210	97	6	180	13	28	18	55	26	35	63	46	24	10	1	11	62	20	7	8	4	4	3	51	20	61	292	8	8	23	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	2	4	6	1	10	7	144	3	37	136	4	2	136	31	2	6	11	18	-	25	4	11	66	25	23	5	-	-	29	1	8	9	2	-	5	-	-	-	17	2	-	1	11	2683	1	5	1	2	7	3	1	2	7	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	5	3544
Total	0	3961	268	508	243	280	526	317	5753	144	1208	8673	235	266	5230	2303	145	2100	685	760	260	1308	476	757	1684	678	728	211	45	341	1567	296	189	159	158	91	101	642	279	993	4672	249	110	249	191	6715	1	5	1	2	7	3	1	2	7	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	5	56811

See also

Other Ethnicity: eth2, eth3, ethnic, ethnum, speth1, speth2, speth3, spethnic, spethnum

Other Ethnicity: eth2, eth3, ethnic, ethnum, speth1, speth2, speth3, spethnic, spethnum