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Ethnicity Map of the United States - Linda Anderson - 09-02-2013 09:12 AM
The map is taken from the 2000 Census. "By far the largest ancestral group, stretching from coast to coast, is German, with 49,206,934 people. The peak immigration for Germans was in the mid-19th century as thousands were driven from their homes by unemployment and unrest."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2408591/American-ethnicity-map-shows-melting-pot-ethnicities-make-USA-today.html#ixzz2dkDmekev
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RE: Ethnicity Map of the United States - Eva Elisabeth - 09-02-2013 06:16 PM
This is more than half of our current population of 80,000,500 citizens!
RE: Ethnicity Map of the United States - Liz Rosenthal - 09-02-2013 07:38 PM
The map would look quite different now, based on the 2010 census. There are many, many more Latinos in the U.S. now even than there were in 2000.
RE: Ethnicity Map of the United States - My Name Is Kate - 09-03-2013 02:54 PM
Very interesting, Linda! I would not have guessed German ethnicity to be most populace in America.
RE: Ethnicity Map of the United States - Linda Anderson - 09-03-2013 03:59 PM
My grandparents were all born in Italy. It's interesting to see that Italians for the most part have stayed in the tri-state area close to Ellis Island.