Danes in America

The Danes have settled largely in the Great Plains and the American West. Here's a look at their numbers nationwide:

		Danish Ancestry			Danish Ancestry as a Percentage of Total Population
	United States	1,375,506	1	Utah	5.56%
1	California	184,002	2	Nebraska	2.75%
2	Utah	154,318	3	South Dakota	2.53%
3	Minnesota	78,223	4	Idaho	2.26%
4	Washington	70,753	5	Iowa	2.07%
5	Wisconsin	66,590	6	Wyoming	1.87%
6	Iowa	63,138	7	Minnesota	1.47%
7	Nebraska	50,328	8	Montana	1.31%
8	Texas	48,220	9	North Dakota	1.25%
9	Illinois	46,584	10	Wisconsin	1.17%
10	Colorado	45,505	11	Oregon	1.05%
11	Arizona	44,502	12	Washington	1.05%
12	Florida	42,144	13	Colorado	0.90%
13	Oregon	40,289	14	Alaska	0.74%
14	Michigan	37,564	15	Arizona	0.69%
15	Idaho	35,549	16	Nevada	0.66%
16	New York	34,101	17	Kansas	0.55%
17	Missouri	21,788	18	California	0.49%
18	South Dakota	20,634	19	Maine	0.49%
19	Pennsylvania	18,284		United States	0.44%
20	Nevada	17,836	20	Connecticut	0.40%
21	New Jersey	16,310	21	Michigan	0.38%
22	Kansas	15,852	22	Missouri	0.36%
23	North Carolina	15,541	23	Illinois	0.36%
24	Virginia	15,471	24	Hawaii	0.33%
25	Connecticut	14,424	25	New Mexico	0.30%
26	Ohio	14,341	26	Vermont	0.30%
27	Georgia	13,407	27	New Hampshire	0.25%
28	Maryland	13,271	28	Maryland	0.23%
29	Montana	12,986	29	Florida	0.22%
30	Massachusetts	12,874	30	Delaware	0.22%
31	Indiana	12,277	31	Oklahoma	0.21%
32	Tennessee	11,081	32	District of Columbia	0.20%
33	Wyoming	10,548	33	Massachusetts	0.20%
34	North Dakota	8,449	34	Virginia	0.19%
35	Oklahoma	7,900	35	Texas	0.19%
36	South Carolina	6,652	36	Indiana	0.19%
37	Maine	6,445	37	New Jersey	0.19%
38	New Mexico	6,180	38	Rhode Island	0.18%
39	Alaska	5,282	39	Arkansas	0.18%
40	Arkansas	5,142	40	New York	0.18%
41	Louisiana	4,545	41	Tennessee	0.17%
42	Hawaii	4,527	42	North Carolina	0.16%
43	Kentucky	3,821	43	Pennsylvania	0.14%
44	Alabama	3,377	44	South Carolina	0.14%
45	New Hampshire	3,294	45	Georgia	0.14%
46	Mississippi	2,851	46	Ohio	0.12%
47	Delaware	1,983	47	Louisiana	0.10%
48	Rhode Island	1,930	48	Mississippi	0.10%
49	Vermont	1,864	49	Kentucky	0.09%
50	West Virginia	1,306	50	Alabama	0.07%
51	District of Columbia	1,223	51	West Virginia	0.07%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates

Culture Clash in Jersey City

Greenville is a traditionally Black neighborhood in Jersey City. Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn have been lured to Greenville by it's relatively inexpensive housing stock, good access to mass transit, and proximity to Manhattan. The New York Times reports on how the two groups have fared together now that they are neighbors inhabiting the same space.