English is the largest ethnic origin for white Americans, followed closely by German
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Anonymous
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46.6 million Americans are of English origin. 45 million of German origin. Irish third at 38.6 million.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/10/2020-census-dhc-a-white-population.html#:~:text=Among%20those%20who%20identified%20as,2020%20Census%20race%20question%20design |
Anonymous
| uh.. yea. I mean, just look at US history. |
Anonymous
| A lot of people probably don't even really know what their ancestry is. They just assume "English". |
Anonymous
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I guess this is what passes for news today
400 years later |
Anonymous
| Interesting. I'm all 3 including Danish |
Anonymous
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The South = mostly English
Pennsylvania and the Midwest = mostly German |
Anonymous
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The english count is vastly underestimated due to how long people have been here
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Anonymous
And Mormons Mormon geneology is extremely detailed and highly tracked. It’s mostly English with some Danes and other Scandinavians |
Anonymous
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The surprising number is Italian-Americans — i thought there would be a lot more
It’s only 2x Jewish-American That doesn’t seem right |
Anonymous
| Northern New England, the South and the Mormon belt are mostly of English extraction. |
Anonymous
They didn't really start coming to the U.S. until the late 19th century. The English and Germans have been here reproducing much longer... |
Anonymous
You probably grew up in NJ like me. When I moved away I realized that not everywhere had lots of Italian and Jewish people. I thought everyone in U.S. had off from school for major Jewish holidays! |
Anonymous
I think there were a lot more but they intermarried a lot so the ethnicity got "diluted" out. I personally am 25% Italian so I wouldn't feel valid calling myself Italian-American. |
Anonymous
| How many of those Germans came here right after WW2? |
Anonymous
All my German ancestors came in the 19th century. |