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The map that shows where America came from: ...the ancestry of EVERY county in the US
Daily Mail ^ | 09/01/2013 | Jessica Jerreat

Posted on 09/29/2013 10:57:42 AM PDT by Rusty0604

Census data shows heritage of 317 million modern Americans Clusters show where immigrants from different nations chose to settle Largest ancestry grouping in the nation are of German descent with almost 50 million people

African American or Black is the second largest grouping with just over 40 million people Almost 20 million people claim to have 'American' ancestry for political reasons and because they are unsure of their family's genealogy

49,206,934 Germans

By far the largest ancestral group, stretching from coast to coast across 21st century America 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.

41,284,752 Black or African Americans The census map also identifies, Black or African-American as a term for citizens of the United States who have ancestry in Sub-Saharan Africa.The majority of African Americans are descended from slaves

35,523,082 Irish Another group who joined the great story of the United States were the Irish and the great famine of the 1840s sparked mass migration from Ireland.

31,789,483 Mexican And from 1990 to 2000, the number of people who claimed Mexican ancestry almost doubled in size to 31,789,483 people.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: ancestry; countymap; ethnicgroups; ethnicitymap; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; map; statemap
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To: seeker41

My Irish ancestors from Ulster arrived about 1720 as indentured servants to Livingston Manor, south of Renssalaer, NY


21 posted on 09/29/2013 11:29:04 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Rusty0604

Bet a lot of those “Germans” were Silesian Poles, like my ancestors.


22 posted on 09/29/2013 11:29:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Rusty0604

American. ;-)


23 posted on 09/29/2013 11:31:10 AM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Dallas59

My ancestors were Irish,German,Italian and English.We had a bit of a mixed up U.N. thing going on here.


24 posted on 09/29/2013 11:32:25 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: basil
My ancestors came over in about the 4th or 5th boat to arrive on our shores. They came from England. Two of my antecedents were in the 1st and 2nd Houses of Burgesses.

We're probably related.

25 posted on 09/29/2013 11:32:25 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (We the People sent you to DEFUND it, not defend or delay it!)
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To: basil

actually after thery arrived they were hot to get out of MASS

:)


26 posted on 09/29/2013 11:33:19 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Rusty0604

They’ve got “American” and they’ve got “American Indian”.

WTH?!?!


27 posted on 09/29/2013 11:33:40 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Rusty0604

Let’s make it a goal for the next census that we get 95% American responses.


28 posted on 09/29/2013 11:36:40 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Rusty0604
One of the sub-headers at the top:
"Almost 20 million people claim to have 'American' ancestry for political reasons and because they are unsure of their family's genealogy"

Further down in the article:
"The surprising number of people across the nation claiming to have American ancestry is due to them making a political statement, or because they are simply uncertain about their direct descendants."

One contains the word, and. The other contains the word, or. Likely, most of them knew of their ancestry in the first landings of Protestants in early America, as I do.


29 posted on 09/29/2013 11:36:40 AM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: puppypusher

My American ancestors were French/Dutch, English, French, Irish, German

My New Zealand ancestors were American-Canadian, English, Scot, Irish


30 posted on 09/29/2013 11:37:51 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Dallas59
DANG! ALL THOSE PUERTO RICANS IN PR!


31 posted on 09/29/2013 11:38:51 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Rusty0604

I know my families genealogy. Almost all of them have been here since the colonies began. I am a melting pot. No amount of “ethnicity” stands out from another. My ancestors (except for gg born in Ireland and gg born in Brazil, are Americans as I am, and became Americans (un-hyphenated). Goes back to 1620 and our culture is American. (I have a 1/16 “Native American Indian).

their quote about American, insults me.


32 posted on 09/29/2013 11:39:57 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Rusty0604

One of my ancestors was Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Maryland), a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the last signer to die.


33 posted on 09/29/2013 11:40:20 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: EternalVigilance; basil

You are probably related to my husband :)


34 posted on 09/29/2013 11:47:17 AM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Rusty0604
My God...I'm a comparative newcomer to the country.The earliest of my ancestors to arrive here came from Ireland in the 1850’s and the other “wave”,also Irish,came in the 1880’s.But fear not,Freepers,I have a Green Card.
35 posted on 09/29/2013 11:47:40 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: Rusty0604

They must have calculated this by last name. I don’t see how they can categorize people as “German.” Ok, I have Germans in my ancestry, but also have Scots-Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, Bavarian. My grandkids have all that plus Portuguese, Algerian, Serbian and Czech.

I don’t think the European get how mixed we are. My granddaughter’s kindergarten has a large proportion of mixed race kids. That is why we are more “American” as a people than anything else.


36 posted on 09/29/2013 11:50:09 AM PDT by marsh2
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To: machogirl

Well it a British news agency.


37 posted on 09/29/2013 11:52:38 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604
By far the largest ancestral group, stretching from coast to coast across 21st century America 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.

In the first census that I saw back in the 1700's, Germans were the most listed race in America. Followed by English and Scottish. So the Germans have been here in strong numbers from day one.

38 posted on 09/29/2013 11:52:52 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The username is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: SamAdams76; Conservative4Ever

Then why are Aleut/Eskimo and American Indian listed in separate categories?


39 posted on 09/29/2013 11:53:02 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Mine were from Gloustershire and Somerset, Salem, 1628, Conn, 1630, Hampshire Grants, Upstate NY and Vermont, 1740’s.

The rest were Scots Irish along with a few real harps, 1730’s Alabama and Mississippi via the Carolina's and Penn after the Revolution. Some ended up in VA, no has a clue why.

40 posted on 09/29/2013 11:53:17 AM PDT by Little Bill (A)
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