Ancestry

Ancestry can refer to either a person's ethnic origins or descent, "roots", or heritage or the place of birth of a person or that person's ancestors.

These maps are based on data from the 1990 Census. They show an estimate of how many people of a certain ancestry will live in each of Minnesota's cities and townships (MCDs) and in each county in the United States. These maps are intended to give the viewer some idea of the location, concentration, and historical settlement patterns of some of the largest ancestry groups in Minnesota and the United States.

(Each of the maps in this library varies in size from 15 K to 33 K)

For more information on the racial origins of Minnesota's citizens, see the Race category under Demographics.

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This page last updated on September 15, 1995.