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From my observation, here are some ethnic groups that seem concentrated in a few areas:
Mexicans: Southwest, Texas, and Chicago (there are others, but smaller than the ones listed).
African Americans: the South, Texas, New York, Philly, DC, Detroit, and Chicago
Puerto Ricans: New York, Orlando, Philly, and Chicago
Salvadorans: LA, Bay Area, Houston, Dallas, DC, and New York
Cubans: Miami
Columbians: Miami and New York
Brazilians: Miami, New York, and Boston
Vietnamese: LA, Bay Area, Houston, Dallas, and DC.
Koreans: LA, Bay Area, New York, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, and Seattle
Indians: New York, New Jersey, Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas, LA, Houston, Philly, and DC (there are others, but smaller than the ones listed).
Fillipinos: LA, Bay Area, New York, Chicago, DC, San Diego, Seattle, and Las Vegas
Guatemalans: LA, New York, Miami, and Houston
Chinese: New York, Bay Area, LA, DC, Chicago, Boston, Philly, Seattle, and Houston
Thai: Los Angeles
Pacific Islanders: LA, Bay Area, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Fort Worth
Navajos and Anasazi: Arizona
Choctaw and Cherokee: OKC and Tulsa
Sub-Saharan Africans: New York, DC, Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis, and Boston
Somalis: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Ethiopians: DC
Nigerians: Houston
While there are goodly numbers of Italian -Americans in the Midwest, I would associate them more with the Northeast, especially NY, NJ, CT and RI, and Philly..
I would associate Polish-Americans more with Rust Belt cities, esp Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee, although there are also decent numbers in outliers such as Philly, Baltimore and even St. Paul..
Does anyone know why more Poles ended up settling in the Interior Northeast/Midwest than the Coastal Northeast?
The upper Midwest has a lot of Poles, no doubt, but NYC's 213,000 Polish-Americans and 80,000 people who speak Polish as a first language are nothing to sneeze at.
Which throws the whole "white ethnic" characteristic of Baltimore out the window. The South is known for having Irish, anyway. Some Southern accents have Irish influence, not just English.
Baltimore's white ethnics tend to be Italian, Greek and Polish...which might explain the popularity of Johnny Unitas...
The upper Midwest has a lot of Poles, no doubt, but NYC's 213,000 Polish-Americans and 80,000 people who speak Polish as a first language are nothing to sneeze at.
In terms of more recent Polish immigration, New York/northern New Jersey is the #2 destination behind Chicago.
From my observation, here are some ethnic groups that seem concentrated in a few areas:
Mexicans: Southwest, Texas, and Chicago (there are others, but smaller than the ones listed).
African Americans: the South, Texas, New York, Philly, DC, Detroit, and Chicago
Puerto Ricans: New York, Orlando, Philly, and Chicago
Salvadorans: LA, Bay Area, Houston, Dallas, DC, and New York
Cubans: Miami
Columbians: Miami and New York
Brazilians: Miami, New York, and Boston
Vietnamese: LA, Bay Area, Houston, Dallas, and DC.
Koreans: LA, Bay Area, New York, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, and Seattle
Indians: New York, New Jersey, Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas, LA, Houston, Philly, and DC (there are others, but smaller than the ones listed).
Fillipinos: LA, Bay Area, New York, Chicago, DC, San Diego, Seattle, and Las Vegas
Guatemalans: LA, New York, Miami, and Houston
Chinese: New York, Bay Area, LA, DC, Chicago, Boston, Philly, Seattle, and Houston
Thai: Los Angeles
Pacific Islanders: LA, Bay Area, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Fort Worth
Navajos and Anasazi: Arizona
Choctaw and Cherokee: OKC and Tulsa
Sub-Saharan Africans: New York, DC, Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis, and Boston
Somalis: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Ethiopians: DC
Nigerians: Houston
Those are just a few that leap to mind.
I'd add Scandinavians for the Upper Midwest, Utah, and Northwest.
Which throws the whole "white ethnic" characteristic of Baltimore out the window. The South is known for having Irish, anyway. Some Southern accents have Irish influence, not just English.
Southern accents are largely derived from Ulster Scots (Protestants from modern-day Northern Ireland and Donegal) in the uplands and the old rhotic English accents in the Lowlands.
Southern accents are largely derived from Ulster Scots (Protestants from modern-day Northern Ireland and Donegal) in the uplands and the old rhotic English accents in the Lowlands.
Scotch-Irish cannot be discounted, especially in Appalachia.
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