Using individual-level Census survey data, we found the most common self-identified ancestry in each US state and DC.
Americans and their families come from all over the world, and each family's story of its origins is unique.asks millions of Americans every year dozens of questions about their social, demographic, and economic situations. One of the questions on the survey asks respondents to write out the ancestries they and their family members identify with.
German was the most common ancestry in 21 states, including a broad swath of the northern half of the country. The four US states that share a land border with Mexico, along with Nevada, had Mexican as the most common self-identified ancestry. African-American ancestry was the most common in Washington, DC, as well as several states in the Deep South.
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