So I've been making a spreadsheet of the ancestry demographics of each state, and so far I have been combining "American" and English because of my very same suspicion that English ancestry is under-reported. Is there a better suggested method that you guys think would be more accurate (because I now fear that I am almost entirely eliminating "Scotch-Irish").
I am also dividing the stated percentages by the total population and then dividing that number by the White population of each state, because I would be much more interested to know what percentage of White people are of each European ancestry (obviously MOST minorities are not going to be of majority European ancestry, LOL).
Very interested to see how this turns out.
I just started a new job (which could be a real positive turn in my career for how relatively young I still am), so I won't be finishing it anytime soon.
However, here is what I have so far (I cherry-picked some states that I thought would be more interesting):
TOP EUROPEAN ANCESTRIES BY STATE (% OF WHITE PEOPLE IN STATE) (English and "American" are combined into "English")
Illinois29.50% German
18.60% Irish
17.60% English
11.00% Polish
8.90% Italian
3.40% Swedish
3.10% French
Indiana26.40% German
24.20% English
12.50% Irish
3.50% Polish
Iowa39.10% German
17.60% English
14.80% Irish
6.20% Norwegian
Minnesota45.30% German
19.90% Norwegian
14.00% Irish
11.50% Swedish
Wisconsin49.40% German
12.60% Irish
10.80% Polish
9.90% Norwegian
7.50% English
7.10% Italian
South Carolina33.70% English
12.70% German
11.90% Irish
