Top congressional districts with the highest of various ancestries

[Torie]

Can't exactly say I'm surprised to live in the most Italian CD in the country

I would have thought NY-13 was the most Italian, since Staten Island/Richmond is the nation's highest percentage Italian county. I guess that little part of Brooklyn it includes dilutes that.

NY-3 is designed to include the most Republican (read: most Italian) parts of Nassau and western Suffolk County. Whereas NY-13 contains all of Staten Island.

The Brooklyn part of NY-13 is probably not significantly less Italian than the district as a whole. Bay Ridge as a whole was 16.5% Italian, but they're concentrated in the southern area that's in NY-13. Bay Ridge as a whole is 16.6% Irish, 16.5% Italian, 10.8% Arab, 5.4% Chinese and 5.4% Greek. The Arabs and Chinese live mostly at the northern end of the neighborhood, however.

I can't believe Bay Ridge is only 16.5% Italian, thats quite a shock. My stereotype of that neighborhood as Italy West may have to change.

I've wondered why NY-3 has been so resistant to the Democratic tide sweeping New York state since 2006, thanks for explaining that. The district seemed so similar to NY-2 demographically.

NY-3 is also pretty much minority "free."

[Torie]

I just noticed that in Canada, "Canadian" actually got a plurality of responses for ethnicity (including a super-majority in Quebec which didn't even have the highest percentage of "French" respondents), so that's one area were Canada is actually dumber than us. At least this "American" stupidity here is concentrated only in one (very stupid in general) area.

The "American" self identification thing is mostly driven by Scots-Irish ancestry rather than region, and just has a regional correlation, because the Scots-Irish tend to be concentrated in one part of the country. At least that is my perception, and what I have read to my recollection.