Is it true that white americans are more irish-germans than english?

[SobieskisavedEurope]

In Canada at least, people of Anglo,Scottish or Irish etc ancestry predominate...

The thing is a lot of U.S Southern Whites put down "American" as their ethnicity but are a mix of Anglo, Scottish & Northern Irish.

[Manifest Destiny]

Poor English Utah surrounded by evil Germans and Hispanics

Alien Jesus doesn't stand a chance...

[Smeagol]

Actually, English are probably the majority, they just put down American. After that Scots-Irish, and then Germans.

[Smaug]

So the majority of Celts today are religious hillbillies?

Thankfully not.

[Stanley]

The number of Americans with German ancestry is quite large, but many only have it in a small percentage. There are lot of Americans whose ancestors have been here for many generations who are of mostly British Isles descent (English foremost, with Scottish/Scots-Irish and a small bit of Welsh) but who also have considerable German ancestry from pre-Revolutionary War settlers—though English/British is almost always much bigger.

America, particularly the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and some big cities, did however receive a lot of European immigrants throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, and Germans were probably the biggest single ethnic group responsible. In my state, for example, German ancestry probably exceeds English because it was heavily populated by these "later" immigrants.

But my state would be an exception, and, all told, English has to be the biggest single ancestry in America.

[Oneeye]

Forever hillbilly land

Actually, the Appalachian mountains, which are a good distance to the east, are where the hillbillies roam... and they're more Scots-Irish if anything. Utah is a bunch of Mormons, not hillbillies.

[Anglojew]

No, it's a myth based upon an incorrect reading of census figures (due to misidentification of Anglo-Saxon Americans as "American" rather than "English"). There are at least 50 million Americans of English heritage (probably more).

[Dombra]

Actually, the Appalachian mountains, which are a good distance to the east, are where the hillbillies roam... and they're more Scots-Irish if anything. Utah is a bunch of Mormons, not hillbillies.

Still inferior Celts

[SchwarzenCatzz]

If america had 50 milion germans it would be colonizing venus right now

[Sikeliot]

It is impossible to go by surnames when deciding this because many people Anglicized theirs.