I would have thought the Eastern and Central European percentages would have been higher with places like Chicago having the largest Polish and Lithuanian populations in a single city...even larger than in their home countries and also the high number of those of Germanic decent, especially in the upper Midwest. Intersting.
-----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 10:58 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Israel attacks and kills peace activists in international waters. Where do you get that number. The vast majority of people are descended from more recent immigrants from around 1880 through 1910. The best I could find is this reference http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-64644389.html that estimates 35 million. I have my suspicions on this number, mainly because it does not take into account endogamy or exogamy (marrying inside or outside one's particular group). Nor does it take into account those who died without descendants. That said, I found this reference from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps_of_American_ancestries An analysis of Census information and immigration records would suggest that 62 percent of white Americans today are of British Isles descent, and a total of 86 percent are of Northwestern European origins. Approximately 14 percent of U.S. whites are of southern and eastern European ancestry. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Historically speaking we have two foundations in America. The foundation of the government, and by extension, the nation, is religious only insofar that it recognizes the existance of a higher power, called God as a matter of convenience. > > Culturally we do have a Christian base. A huge percentage of us can trace our lineage to the Mayflower, which, as you'll recall, had such a big religous stick of their collective butt that the British, a people famous for buttsticks, kicked them out. I forget the exact percentage, but I think it's in the 70s. At any rate we carry many traditions and cultural values to this day from the Pilgrims. > > What this means is that, yes, we have a Christian stone or three in the foundation of this nation. That's a big difference from being 'built on Christianity'. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320712 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
