Top congressional districts with the highest of various ancestries

[nclib]

German   
WI-6   57.5%
WI-5   52.5%
WI-8   47.9%
WI-3   47.8%
IA-1   47.7%
   
Italian   
NY-3   32.8%
NY-13   32.0%
NY-1   31.3%
CT-3   25.9%
NY-2   25.9%

American   
KY-5   35.8%
TN-1   27.2%
TN-4   25.3%
TN-6   23.9%
TN-3   21.3%
   
English   
UT-2   29.4%
UT-3   27.5%
UT-1   26.1%
ME-1   24.4%
ME-2   22.3%
   
Polish   
NY-27   21.0%
MI-10   16.3%
IL-3   16.0%
PA-11   15.9%
IL-5   15.6%
   
French   
LA-7   24.7%
LA-3   24.1%
LA-1   19.7%
ME-2   19.0%
NH-1   17.5%

French + Fr. Canadian   
LA-7   31.9%
LA-3   29.1%
ME-2   27.5%
NH-1   25.9%
NH-2   25.4%   

Irish   
MA-10   34.5%
MA-9   32.6%
PA-7   31.3%
PA-8   27.8%
MA-6   27.2%

Chinese   
CA-8   18.2%
NY-5   14.8%
CA-12   14.5%
CA-29   14.1%
NY-12   13.7%

Mexican   
TX-16   75.7%
TX-28   74.2%
TX-15   73.3%
CA-38   66.1%
CA-34   65.7%
   
Puerto Rican   
NY-16   26.0%
NY-12   17.9%
NY-7   16.1%
PA-1   13.7%
NJ-13   12.7%   

Cuban   
FL-21   44.0%
FL-18   35.2%
FL-25   24.6%
FL-11   6.3%
FL-20   6.0%

Other Latino   
NY-16   32.7%
NY-15   28.7%
NJ-13   28.1%
FL-18   24.8%
FL-21   24.8%
   

-------

Any comments on ancestries' roles in voting patterns or primary battles? One that's interesting (but not surprising) is that the five highest "American" ancestry CD's all had strong anti-Obama swings.

[nclib]

Census -> American FactFinder -> 2006-2008 American Community Survey

[nclib]

Question...are French  and French Canadians counted as each other or does LA-7 have 56.6% French of some flavor or another?

In the census, there are separate categories for French and French-Canadian.

In my post, the first list "French" is just French. The second list "French + Fr. Canadian" is the two categories summed (assuming there is a negligable amount of people selecting both). So LA-7 has 31.9% French of some flavor or another.

[nclib]

No, it was a campaign to write-in "American" rather than your actual ancestry to "assert your American-ness" that caught fire in Appalachia in 2000 (and will probably be repeated in this Census).

It look like most the south joined Appalachia.

Also, while it appears that there are more "American" ancestries in the outer non-coastal South, than in the Deep South, it just reflects having fewer blacks. Most Deep South counties/states have "American" as the highest white ancestry group.

[nclib]

I'd like to see % Jewish by Congressional Districts. The "winners" would inevitably be in New York (with maybe a Chicagoland or South Florida district further down on the list.)

Top 5, I'd guess in no particular order, are FL-19, FL-22, NY-9, NY-17, and NY-8.

Also throw in NJ-9 for good measure. Actually, it's almost certainly more Jewish than NY-17, which I doubt is particularly Jewish for NY State. (Rockland County does not have many more Jews than elsewhere in the NYC metro, and nor do Yonkers or [obviously] Mt. Vernon; Riverdale of course does, but it's no more than 10% of the district.)

Also, NY-5. Limited by being less than majority white, but I bet around half or more of those are Jews.

Actually, Rockland County has the highest percentage of Jews in the country. (though only 37% of NY-17 votes in 2008).

[nclib]

Don makes a valid point. Most of us (but not me) are hybrids mixed with hybrids. How does one identify with one specific ethnicity? I'm still annoyed that my people (Jewish) didn't make the list.

I think the census reports multiple ancestries. Note how the percentages may add up to over 100%.

[nclib]

Could someone make a map by CD of ancestry? I'd do it, but I haven't been able to find the right data. The data I've found does not include Hispanic or African ancestries. If not, could someone give me a link and I'll do it.

The European ancestry is under "Selected Social Characteristics in the United States". For each district (or state, county, etc.), there is a link to see a Demographic profile, which includes Hispanic, Asian, Native American, and African-American.