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RINO Tom
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« on: July 25, 2018, 12:04:38 PM »

Been kind of interested in ancestry statistics lately, so I compiled a list of which states have the highest percent of a given European ancestry.  This is just for my own interest and sharing with others, so take it for what it's worth (not a lot).  The percent given is the portion of the non-Hispanic White population in that state, so this is only of state residents who have a majority European ancestry ... I thought that would be more interesting when looking at how "English" a state like Wyoming is (heavily White) vs. Mississippi (large Black population).  Also, for simplicity's sake, I combined "English" and "American" into just "English" and "French" and "French Canadian" into just "French."  Not perfect, I know, but I only have so much time to waste on this, LOL.

TOP ENGLISH ANCESTRY STATES
1. Utah: 39.95%
2. Kentucky: 36.75%
3. Georgia: 35.96%
4. Tennessee: 35.68%
5. Alabama: 34.76%
6. Virginia: 34.49%
7. South Carolina: 34.36%
8. North Carolina: 34.22%
9. Mississippi: 33.53%
10. Maine: 31.86%

TOP GERMAN ANCESTRY STATES
1. Wisconsin: 50.96%
2. North Dakota: 50.28%
3. South Dakota: 48.99%
4. Nebraska: 47.49%
5. Minnesota: 42.98%
6. Iowa: 42.40%
7. Kansas: 37.28%
8. Pennsylvania: 33.67%
9. Ohio: 32.92%
10. Missouri: 31.60%

TOP IRISH ANCESTRY STATES
1. Massachusetts: 29.87%
2. Delaware: 27.47%
3. New Jersey: 25.59%
4. Rhode Island: 25.11%
5. New Hampshire: 23.37%
6. Connecticut: 23.25%
7. New York: 22.11%
8. Pennsylvania: 21.89%
9. Maryland: 21.37%
10. Hawaii: 20.92%

TOP ITALIAN ANCESTRY STATES
1. New Jersey: 28.74%
2. Connecticut: 26.67%
3. Rhode Island: 24.74%
4. New York: 23.48%
5. Massachusetts: 18.10%
6. Pennsylvania: 15.44%
7. Delaware: 15.35%
8. Nevada: 11.54%
9. New Hampshire: 11.34%
10. Florida: 10.89%

TOP FRENCH ANCESTRY STATES
1. Louisiana: 27.18%
2. New Hampshire: 26.40%
3. Maine: 25.64%
4. Vermont: 24.19%
5. Rhode Island: 21.15%
6. Massachusetts: 15.32%
7. Connecticut: 12.27%
8. Michigan: 8.24%
9. Hawaii: 7.02%
10. North Dakota: 6.31%

TOP POLISH ANCESTRY STATES
1. Illinois: 11.64%
2. Connecticut: 11.57%
3. Michigan: 11.53%
4. Wisconsin: 10.94%
5. New Jersey: 10.56%
6. New York: 8.56%
7. Pennsylvania: 8.51%
8. Delaware: 7.30%
9. Massachusetts: 6.59%
10. Maryland: 6.25%
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2018, 01:53:58 PM »

Do the Scotch-Irish get their own category or are they parceled out in some manner?
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2018, 02:14:03 PM »

Do the Scotch-Irish get their own category or are they parceled out in some manner?

They do get their own category.  I used Statistical Atlas' website, I just hadn't gotten to making that list yet.  Here is the top ten:

1. North Carolin: 4.30%
2. South Carolina: 3.83%
3. Tennessee: 3.19%
4. Mississippi: 2.77%
5. Virginia: 2.67%
6. Alabama: 2.38%
7. Texas: 2.37%
8. Georgia: 2.31%
9. New Mexico: 2.28% (very surprised by this)
10. West Virginia: 2.25%
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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2018, 02:47:55 AM »

Do the Scotch-Irish get their own category or are they parceled out in some manner?

They do get their own category.  I used Statistical Atlas' website, I just hadn't gotten to making that list yet.  Here is the top ten:

1. North Carolin: 4.30%
2. South Carolina: 3.83%
3. Tennessee: 3.19%
4. Mississippi: 2.77%
5. Virginia: 2.67%
6. Alabama: 2.38%
7. Texas: 2.37%
8. Georgia: 2.31%
9. New Mexico: 2.28% (very surprised by this)
10. West Virginia: 2.25%

I don't know why. Eastern New Mexico is basically indistinguishable from the Texas Panhandle - culturally, politically and demographically.
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2018, 11:02:39 PM »

Do the Scotch-Irish get their own category or are they parceled out in some manner?

They do get their own category.  I used Statistical Atlas' website, I just hadn't gotten to making that list yet.  Here is the top ten:

1. North Carolin: 4.30%
2. South Carolina: 3.83%
3. Tennessee: 3.19%
4. Mississippi: 2.77%
5. Virginia: 2.67%
6. Alabama: 2.38%
7. Texas: 2.37%
8. Georgia: 2.31%
9. New Mexico: 2.28% (very surprised by this)
10. West Virginia: 2.25%

I don't know why. Eastern New Mexico is basically indistinguishable from the Texas Panhandle - culturally, politically and demographically.

It appears that the assumption that persons who are of Hispanic ancestry can not be of Scotch-Ancestry is erroneous.

The top county in Texas is Zapata, while in New Mexico it is Rio Arriba, Catron, and Los Alamo. There may be a disproportional share of nuclear physicists who are Scotch-Irish.
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2018, 11:23:51 PM »

Do the Scotch-Irish get their own category or are they parceled out in some manner?

They do get their own category.  I used Statistical Atlas' website, I just hadn't gotten to making that list yet.  Here is the top ten:

1. North Carolin: 4.30%
2. South Carolina: 3.83%
3. Tennessee: 3.19%
4. Mississippi: 2.77%
5. Virginia: 2.67%
6. Alabama: 2.38%
7. Texas: 2.37%
8. Georgia: 2.31%
9. New Mexico: 2.28% (very surprised by this)
10. West Virginia: 2.25%

Maybe my definition of "Scots-Irish" is too liberal but do these numbers seem very low to anybody else?
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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2018, 11:28:32 PM »

Do the Scotch-Irish get their own category or are they parceled out in some manner?

They do get their own category.  I used Statistical Atlas' website, I just hadn't gotten to making that list yet.  Here is the top ten:

1. North Carolin: 4.30%
2. South Carolina: 3.83%
3. Tennessee: 3.19%
4. Mississippi: 2.77%
5. Virginia: 2.67%
6. Alabama: 2.38%
7. Texas: 2.37%
8. Georgia: 2.31%
9. New Mexico: 2.28% (very surprised by this)
10. West Virginia: 2.25%

Maybe my definition of "Scots-Irish" is too liberal but do these numbers seem very low to anybody else?
Many of them count as "American".
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