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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