POPULATION MIX of The UNITED STATES During WW2
1940 CENSUS and 2000 Census
The US is confirmed as a polygot nation, based on the 1940 Census, as it is today.
Many aspects of statistics require qualification ;
so these numbers are simply the best we have for the early WW2 period.
Denomination membership is another uncertainty. These data are an approximation, at best.
1943 World Almanac and Book of Facts
2002 NYT Almanac.
Mother Tongue
English 78.59% 82.11%
German 4.16 0.22
Italian 3.18 0.38
Polish 2.17 0.25
Spanish 1.57 10.71 +
Yiddish 1.48 0.14
Scandinavian 1.45 0.06
French 1.19 0.80
Asian 2.65
India 0.48
Other 2.83 2.20
Race
White 90% 77%
Negro 10% 13%
Other <0.5% 10%
(Hispanic) (13%)
Church Membership 55.8M = 42% 165.6M = 60.3%
Roman Catholic 36% 38%
Baptist 15% 18%
Methodist 13% 7%
Lutheran 12% 5%
Jewish 8% 2%
Prespbyterian 8% 2%
Latter-day St. 4% 3%
Episcopal 2% 2%
Other Christian 2% 17%
Islam .8% 2%
Other <.5% <.4%
Jewish US 3.7% 2.3%
NY 17% ;
NYC 28% ;
Bronx 44%.
Japanese 1943 only . 0.1% : citizen = 63% ; alien = 37%.
CA = 71.0% ; WA = 11.5% ; OR = 3.1% ; NY = 1.9% ; other = 12.5%
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