POPULATION MIX of The UNITED STATES During WW2 -- 1940 CENSUS

      The 1940 Census confirmed the U.S. as a polygot nation, thou more homogeneous than today.
      Many aspects of statistics require qualification; so these numbers are simply the best we have for the early WW2 period.   -- "1943 World Almanac and Book of Facts".

    Mother Tongue
      English 78.59%
      German  4.16
      Italian   3.18
      Polish   2.17
      Spanish 1.57
      Yiddish 1.48
      Scandinavian 1.45
      French   1.19
      Not Reported 2.83
        English would be expected to be the mother tongue of immigrants from the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, in addition to new immigrants of British extraction.   A mother tongue other than English is likely for immigrants of 20th Century.
    Race
      White   90%
      Negro   10%
      Other   <0.5%
        Japanese   0.1% : citizen = 63% ; alien = 37%.
      CA = 71.0% ; WA = 11.5% ; OR = 3.1% ; NY = 1.9%

    Church Membership  55.8M = 42%
      Roman Catholic 36%
      Baptist  15%
      Methodist 13%
      Lutheran 12%
      Jewish     8%
      Presbyterian   8%
      Latter-day St.   4%
      Episcopal   2%
      Other     9%
        Jewish   US 3.7% ; NY 17% ; NYC 28% ; Bronx 44%.
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