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Oh, this is pretty interesting: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States#Analysis_by_2000_Federal_Population_Census https://e
by curtis 10y ago
Oh, this is pretty interesting:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States#Analysis_by_2000_Federal_Population_Census https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_Unit...:
Fifteen largest ancestries in the United States as self reported
in the 2000 Census:[58]
Rank Ancestry Number Percent of total
population
— U.K. (1801–1922) 66,224,627[59] 23.3%[59]
1 German 42,841,569 15.2%
2 Irish 30,524,799 10.8%
3 African 24,903,412 8.8%
4 English 24,509,692 8.7%
5 American 20,188,305 7.2%
6 Mexican 18,382,291 6.5%
7 Italian 15,638,348 5.6%
8 Polish 8,977,235 3.2%
9 French 8,309,666 3.0%
10 American Indian
and
Alaskan Native 7,876,568 2.8%
11 Scottish 4,890,581 1.7%
12 Dutch 4,541,770 1.6%
13 Norwegian 4,477,725 1.6%
14 Scotch-Irish 4,319,232 1.5%
15 Chinese 4,010,114 1.4%
- int_19h 10y agoEven more interesting if you look at it state by state. You'll find that most states in the northwestern part of the country are majority German, for example.