Monday, August 9, 2010

United States Linguistic Background Map

Ancestry of the U.S. Population from the 2000 census.



Image from www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/langmaps.html

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2 comments:

  1. The Ridger, FCDAugust 11, 2010 at 7:49 AM

    What does "American" mean on that map? (The pale yellow)

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  2. Laura PayneAugust 11, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    Good question The Ridger, FCD.
    My best guess is that it is the category on the census that people mark when they don"t know their ancestry.

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