Scandinavian American

Scandinavian Americans



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Total population
Scandinavian
11,269,320 Americans
3.8% of the US population
[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Minnesota 1,580,776
 California 1,224,541
 Washington 739,043
 Wisconsin 728,248
 Illinois 575,991
 Michigan 403,888
 Florida 355,458
 Oregon 339,031
 Iowa 338,161
 Utah 333,405
Languages

English, Scandinavian languages
Religion

Predominantly Lutheran;
other Protestant denominations, Catholic, Mormon
Related ethnic groups

Scandinavians, Scandinavian Canadians, German Americans, Austrian Americans, Dutch Americans, English Americans

Scandinavian Americans are Americans with ancestral roots in Scandinavia (note that "Scandinavia" as a geographic region has varying definitions). However, they generally include:

Americans of Sami descent can be classed as either Norwegian, Finnish or Swedish, however, Sami Finnish are not racially European or Indo-Aryan, and the Finnish are not Scandanavian. Likewise, despite originating outside of Europe, Greenlandic Americans can be classed as Scandinavian American due to close historical ties with Scandinavia, and because Greenland is linked to Denmark.

Scandinavians immigrated initially to the northmost states of US, and found employment in agriculture, forestry and mining. They urbanized very soon, and many Scandinavian Americans are highly educated. The median income of Scandinavian Americans is significantly higher than the median of other White Americans.[2]

The highest concentration of Scandinavian Americans is in the Upper Midwest, especially Minnesota. Other large concentrated areas are in the North-Central states, the Pacific Northwest, Utah and Alaska.

There are nearly 12 million Americans of Scandinavian, or part-Scandanavian, descent in the United States, or 3.9% of the total population of the country.

Contents

Scandinavian Americans by state

State Rank State Scandinavian Americans[3] Percent Scandinavian Americans
-  United States 11,269,320 3.8%
1  Minnesota 1,580,776 32.1%
2  California 1,510,541 3.6%
3  Washington 739,043 12.5%
4  Wisconsin 728,248 13.5%
5  Illinois 575,991 4.6%
6  Michigan 403,888 4.0%
7  Texas 359,360 1.4%
8  Florida 355,458 2.1%
9  Oregon 339,031 9.9%
10  Iowa 338,161 11.5%
11  Utah 333,405 14.9%
12  Colorado 291,488 5.9%
13  Arizona 281,388 4.3%
14  New York 254,474 1.3%
15  North Dakota 231,875 36.1%
16  Massachusetts 182,339 2.8%
17  Nebraska 177,522 9.9%
18  South Dakota 172,941 21.5%
19  Pennsylvania 169,294 1.3%
20  Ohio 146,369 1.2%
21  Montana 136,688 14.1%
22  Idaho 136,620 8.9%
23  Missouri 135,340 2.2%
24  Virginia 130,099 1.6%
25  Kansas 124,017 4.4%
26  New Jersey 119,267 1.3%
27  Indiana 118,989 1.8%
28  North Carolina 110,362 1.1%
29  Nevada 102,638 3.9%
30  Connecticut 100,530 2.8%
31  Georgia (U.S. state) 97,209 1.0%
32  Maryland 79,656 1.4%
33  Tennessee 75,615 1.2%
34  Oklahoma 62,145 1.7%
35  Alaska 61,259 8.9%
36  Wyoming 51,755 9.7%
37  New Hampshire 47,955 3.6%
38  Maine 44,955 3.4%
39  Alabama 43,899 0.9%
40  South Carolina 43,306 0.9%
41  New Mexico 41,073 2.0%
42  Arkansas 38,308 1.3%
43  Kentucky 34,592 0.8%
44  Hawaii 30,976 2.4%
45  Louisiana 29,175 0.6%
46  Rhode Island 26,476 2.5%
47  Mississippi 19,501 0.6%
48  Vermont 18,378 2.9%
49  West Virginia 14,519 0.8%
50  Delaware 11,232 1.2%
-  District of Columbia 7,523 1.3%
-  Puerto Rico 641 0.0%

Scandinavian languages by state

State Rank State Total [4] Percent
-  United States 200,630 0.0%
1  California 32,745 0.1%
2  Minnesota 17,998 0.3%
3  Florida 14,628 0.0%
4  New York 13,543 0.0%
5  Washington 12,524 0.2%
6  Michigan 8,825 0.0%
7  Texas 7,849 0.0%
8  Illinois 7,528 0.0%
9  Wisconsin 6,929 0.1%
10  Massachusetts 6,599 0.0%
11  New Jersey 5,518 0.0%
12  Oregon 4,510 0.1%
13  Utah 3,838 0.1%
14  North Dakota 3,364 0.5%
15  Iowa 2,407 0.0%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census 2006 ACS Ancestry estimates" http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-_caller=geoselect&-format=
  2. ^ http://books.google.fi/books?id=yazZfFqDRcYC&pg=PA479&lpg=PA479&dq=median+income+of+scandinavian+americans&source=bl&ots=V4xit0Wtor&sig=Ss4f_IN_1hzvTYWEE26xYrJ0ctI&hl=fi&ei=cI2YTPbyJ4eNOPm87YQN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=median%20income%20of%20scandinavian%20americans&f=false
  3. ^ U.S Census Bureau
  4. ^ U.S Census Bureau

Note

Pamela Anderson is Canadian not American