Norwegian Americans
ethnic group; Americans of Norwegian birth or descent
Norwegian Americans (Bokmål: Norskamerikanere, Nynorsk: Norskamerikanarar) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States mostly in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century.
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,642,526 1.5% of the US population[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Midwest | 2,273,683 |
| West | 1,552,462 |
| South | 545,699 |
| Northeast | 266,881
|
 Minnesota | 868,361 |
 Wisconsin | 466,469 |
 California | 412,177 |
 Washington | 410,818 |
 North Dakota | 199,154 |
 Iowa | 173,640 |
 Illinois | 171,745 |
 Oregon | 164,676 |
 Texas | 129,081 |
 Arizona | 124,618 |
 Colorado | 119,164 |
 Florida | 117,444 |
 South Dakota | 113,543 |
 New York | 92,796 |
 Montana | 90,425 |
| Languages | |
| English, Norwegian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (predominantly Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, Catholicism) Judaism (predominantly Orthodox Judaism and Reform Judaism), Atheism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Norwegians, Norwegian Canadians, Scandinavian Americans, Danish Americans, Swedish Americans, Norwegian Australians, Norwegian New Zealanders, other | |
References
change- ↑ "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 28, 2017.[permanent dead link]
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