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Excellent. I immediately figured Boston would be the densest. And almost exclusively Catholic in the NE. I knew there was a Midwestern representation as well, though the ones in the Midwest might be Protestant as well. It's always interesting to see what historically caused the migration away from the ports of entry.
Some surprises: NO NYC nor Chicago?
You can trace the route of the Erie Canal by the line of dark red counties in upstate NY. These are the descendants of the Irish immigrants who dug the canal in the early 1800s.
Just as I suspected: the Midwest and Northeast. I'm surprised that Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati didn't mimick this trend.
Once again, a blow to $mk8795 and Diff1 with Baltimore
Just as I suspected: the Midwest and Northeast. I'm surprised that Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati didn't mimick this trend.
Once again, a blow to $mk8795 and Diff1 with Baltimore
RE: Detroit, I believe these are city %ages, not metro. Not many Euro folks left in the city. RE: Cincy and Milwaukee, Germans dominate the Euro pop in those cities. RE: Chicago, Germans and Poles have larger Euro percentages (but doesn't men there aren't plenty if Italians and Irish in Chgo, too)
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RE: Detroit, I believe these are city %ages, not metro. Not many Euro folks left in the city. RE: Cincy and Milwaukee, Germans dominate the Euro pop in those cities. RE: Chicago, Germans and Poles have larger Euro percentages (but doesn't men there aren't plenty if Italians and Irish in Chgo, too)
St. Louis also has a large German population...or at least did...Germans, Irish, and Italians have represented St. Louis for almost 170 years now.
Excellent. I immediately figured Boston would be the densest. And almost exclusively Catholic in the NE. I knew there was a Midwestern representation as well, though the ones in the Midwest might be Protestant as well.
Midwest + Irish = still pretty Catholic. Protestants are typically of some other ethnicity. Lutherans in particular are not very Irish, lol.
San Francisco used to be massively Irish up until the 1960s. Its down to about 8 or 9% now. White flight/suburbanization kind of dispersed them throughout the Bay Area. Still, its a pretty heavily Irish region. I would guess they're still the largest white group in the Bay Area.
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