1990 Ancestry Maps

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.
Ancestry Groups in Minnesota
Ancestry Groups in the United States

Ancestry Groups in Minnesota

These maps show how many people in each city or township (MCD) in Minnesota identify with certain ancestry groups per 1,000 persons living in that city or township.
Ancestry Group Township Map
Austrian Persons of Austrian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Belgian Persons of Belgian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Czech Persons of Czech ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Danish Persons of Danish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Dutch Persons of Dutch ancestry per 1,000 total population.
English Persons of English ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Finnish Persons of Finnish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
French Persons of French ancestry per 1,000 total population.
French Canadian Persons of French-Canadian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
German Persons of German ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Irish Persons of Irish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Italian Persons of Italian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Norwegian Persons of Norwegian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Polish Persons of Polish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Scotch-Irish Persons of Scottish-Irish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Scottish Persons of Scottish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Slovak Persons of Slovak ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Swedish Persons of Swedish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Swiss Persons of Swiss ancestry per 1,000 total population.
U.S. Ancestry Persons of United States ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Yugoslavian Persons of Yugoslavian ancestry per 1,000 total population.

Ancestry Groups in the United States

These maps show how many people per county nation wide identify with certain ancestry groups per 1,000 persons living in that county.
Ancestry Map County Map
Austrian U.S. map of persons of Austrian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Belgian U.S. map of persons of Belgian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Canadian U.S. map of persons of Canadian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Czech U.S. map of persons of Czech ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Danish U.S. map of persons of Danish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Dutch U.S. map of persons of Dutch ancestry per 1,000 total population.
English U.S. map of persons of English ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Finnish U.S. map of persons of Finnish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
French U.S. map of persons of French ancestry per 1,000 total population.
French Canadian U.S. map of persons of French-Canadian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
German U.S. map of persons of German ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Greek U.S. map of persons of Greek ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Irish U.S. map of persons of Irish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Italian U.S. map of persons of Italian ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Norwegian norweg_us
Persons Listing Racial or Hispanic Origin As Ancestry U.S. map of persons listing racial or hispanic origin as ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Polish U.S. map of persons of Polish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Scotch-Irish U.S. map of persons of Scotch-Irish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Scottish U.S. map of persons of Scottish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Slovak U.S. map of persons of Slovak ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Swedish U.S. map of persons of Swedish ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Swiss U.S. map of persons of Swiss ancestry per 1,000 total population.
U.S. Ancestry U.S. map of persons of United States ancestry per 1,000 total population.
Yugoslavian U.S. map of persons of Yugoslavian ancestry per 1,000 total population.

Documentation

The data used to create these maps comes from questionnaire item 13, which asks respondents to identify the ancestry groups with which they identified most closely. All data comes from respondents who reported a single ancestry (although multiple responses were accepted for this question). Some multiple responses (such as French Canadian or Scotch-Irish) are treated as a single response, reflecting their status as a unique ancestry group.
  • Data Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990
  • Maps Created by: Land Management Information Center.  Datanet