Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Germans Invaded

Pass the sauerkraut, Leif. Minnesota is known to be dripping with Scandinavians. However, though we have more Norksies and Swedes around here than in other areas of the country, that doesn't mean the majority of us identify as such.

Minnesota 2000 population of Minnesota: 4,919,479 (2000 census)
RankAncestry% of Population
1.German36.7
2.Norwegian17.3
3.Irish11.2
4.Swedish9.9
5.English6.3

This data found here

3 comments:

Nate said...

The chart has a color for "American" which is different from "Native American"... a number of areas in the east appear to be that color. The Dixie flag wavin' folk?

Alesha said...

It's nice to see Dutch represented as well. Go Dutch!

Billy Bob said...

You fellers musn't be from these parts. We speak AMERICAN down here! Pass the moonshine! We's havin us a gui-tar dance!