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German Ancestry Leads in U.S.
Other large groups include Irish,
African-Americans, English and Mexican
June 30, 2004 – If your ancestors were German, then
you are a member of the largest ancestry group in the U.S., according to
the Census 2000, that reports nearly 43 million Americans claim German
ancestry.
About 1-in-6 U.S. residents identified their
ancestry as German, ahead of Irish (30.5 million), African-American
(24.9 million), English (24.5 million) and Mexican (18.4 million),
according to the report released today by the Census Bureau.
The report is based on Census 2000. More recent
information on ancestry for selected geographies is available from the
2002 American Community Survey (ACS) tabulations at
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/.
The report, Ancestry: 2000, includes ancestry data
for groups with 100,000 or more people at the national level, as well as
changes since 1990. In addition to national-level results, the report
lists the five largest ancestries at the regional and state levels and
the single largest ancestry in the 10 largest U.S. cities. A thematic
map provides a representation of the largest ancestry groups across all
counties.
The data contained in the report are based on
responses from a sample of households who received the census long form.
Nationally, about 1-in-6 households were included in the sample in
Census 2000. The data are subject to sampling and nonsampling errors.
The Census Bureau cautions the public not to
confuse these Census 2000 sample estimates with estimates from the ACS.
At times, estimates from these sources may differ because of different
program goals, survey concepts, data processing and estimation methods.
For further information, see
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf for Census 2000
sample data and
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ for ACS data.
The full report can be accessed at
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs.html.
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