English ancestry in U.S. 1980 census

[Peterski]

This map is based on 1980 census when English was the most commonly reported ancestry in the U.S. After that something happened and the number of people reporting Emglish started declining (in 1990 census German ancestry was most common).

Total number of people reporting English ancestry in the U.S. in 1980 was almost 50 million.

Top ten states with highest % English in 1980:

1 - Utah (54.1%)
2 - Maine (40.4%)
3 - Idaho (37%)
4 - Vermont (35%)
5 - Kentucky (35%)
6 - New Hampshire (33%)
7 - Virginia (32%)
8 - Tennessee (31%)
9 - West Virginia (31%)
10 - North Carolina (30.2%)

Top ten states with lowest % English in 1980:

10 - Louisiana (17.8%)
9 - Pennsylvania (16%)
8 - Illinois (16%)
7 - New Jersey (13.6%)
6 - New York (13%)
5 - Wisconsin (13%)
4 - South Dakota (13%)
3 - Minnesota (12%)
2 - Hawaii (10%)
1 - North Dakota (8%)

[GreentheViper]

Better times

[Peterski]

The Midwest is the least English part of the USA, as well as New York and New Jersey.

Better times

Data for Canada is from the last census of 2016.

[GreentheViper]

Data for Canada is from the last census of 2016.

That’s interesting. It seems like a lot of people in Canada, 32%, identify as “Canadian” - most likely old British Isles and French colonials, especially for those in Ontario and Quebec who identified as such.

[Peterski]

Yeah most of "Canadians" in Ontario are probably British (but not just English, surely Scots are very numerous too) and most of "Canadians" in Quebec are French. In Quebec 76.2% (6,219,665 people) reported French as "mother tongue".

Outside of Quebec more people report having French ancestry than French mother tongue.

Even if not counting Quebec all other Canadian provinces except BC, Newfoundland-Labrador and Nunavut have over 10% people with French ancestry, and some have 20-30% (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island). Nova Scotia also has around 20%.

In the U.S. Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Louisiana, Rhode Island have >20% French.

Also Massachusetts and Connecticut have over 10% French.

[JamesBond007]

This map is based on 1980 census when English was the most commonly reported ancestry in the U.S. After that something happened and the number of people reporting Emglish started declining (in 1990 census German ancestry was most common).

Total number of people reporting English ancestry in the U.S. in 1980 was almost 50 million.

Top ten states with highest % English in 1980:

1 - Utah (54.1%)
2 - Maine (40.4%)
3 - Idaho (37%)
4 - Vermont (35%)
5 - Kentucky (35%)
6 - New Hampshire (33%)
7 - Virginia (32%)
8 - Tennessee (31%)
9 - West Virginia (31%)
10 - North Carolina (30.2%)

Top ten states with lowest % English in 1980:

10 - Louisiana (17.8%)
9 - Pennsylvania (16%)
8 - Illinois (16%)
7 - New Jersey (13.6%)
6 - New York (13%)
5 - Wisconsin (13%)
4 - South Dakota (13%)
3 - Minnesota (12%)
2 - Hawaii (10%)
1 - North Dakota (8%)

Most English Americans, since 1980, put 'American' down on the census--that is what happened.

[Peterski]

Most English Americans, since 1980, put 'American' down on the census--that is what happened.

Still the increase of "American" does not fully explain the decline of "English", because "English" declined more than "American" increased.

But there are people who do not report their ancestry at all (just leave the field blank) and maybe this includes many English-Americans.

[Norb]

is this for 'English' or British?

[JamesBond007]

is this for 'English' or British?

I would suppose English since I don't think the US census has a 'British' category due to a little thing you might have heard of called the American Revolutionary war. It is true, though, that many Americans are ignorant and think only the English are British

[JamesBond007]

Still the increase of "American" does not fully explain the decline of "English", because "English" declined more than "American" increased.

But there are people who do not report their ancestry at all (just leave the field blank) and maybe this includes many English-Americans.

BTW, here data about French ancestry: https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...Canada-amp-USA

You might be right but I do not have time to do the math right now but you bringing up the French in an English thread makes you look biased perhaps.