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<br> The largest ethnic groups in Minnesota are Germans, Swedes, and Norwegians. By 1880 the foreign-born population in Minnesota included nearly 108,000 Scandinavians, many of whom were Norwegians; 66,000 Germans; and about 39,000 British, most of whom were Irish. Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans had come from Canada, most of whom were British and French Canadians. There were nearly 8,000 Bohemians (mostly Czechs) and 1,000 or 2,000 each from Switzerland, Poland, Russia, and France. There were also Mennonite Germans from Russia and some Jews from Germany. Jews from eastern Europe came later. More than 2,000 American Indians still resided in Minnesota and nearly 1,500 African Americans. | |||
The largest ethnic groups in Minnesota are Germans, Swedes, and Norwegians. By 1880 the foreign-born population in Minnesota included nearly 108,000 Scandinavians, many of whom were Norwegians; 66,000 Germans; and about 39,000 British, most of whom were Irish. Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans had come from Canada, most of whom were British and French Canadians. There were nearly 8,000 Bohemians (mostly Czechs) and 1,000 or 2,000 each from Switzerland, Poland, Russia, and France. There were also Mennonite Germans from Russia and some Jews from Germany. Jews from eastern Europe came later. More than 2,000 American Indians still resided in Minnesota and nearly 1,500 African Americans. | |||
From 1890 to 1920 job opportunities in Minnesota’s cities attracted immigrants from central and southern Europe, including Russian Jews, Slavs, Italians, and Greeks. Large numbers of Finns began to arrive, and Germans and Scandinavians continued to come. The decade of the greatest Norwegian immigration was 1900–10. Significant numbers of Mexican Americans arrived in the 1930s, and refugees from southeast Asia in the 1970s. | From 1890 to 1920 job opportunities in Minnesota’s cities attracted immigrants from central and southern Europe, including Russian Jews, Slavs, Italians, and Greeks. Large numbers of Finns began to arrive, and Germans and Scandinavians continued to come. The decade of the greatest Norwegian immigration was 1900–10. Significant numbers of Mexican Americans arrived in the 1930s, and refugees from southeast Asia in the 1970s. | ||
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*Plaut, W. Gunther. ''The Jews in Minnesota: The First Seventy-Five Years''. New York, NY: American Jewish Historical Society, 1959. (Family History Library {{FHL|199704|title-id|disp=book 977.6 F2p}}.) This history includes appendixes listing Jewish physicians in Minnesota before 1900 and some Minnesota Jews who served in the Civil War and World War I. | *Plaut, W. Gunther. ''The Jews in Minnesota: The First Seventy-Five Years''. New York, NY: American Jewish Historical Society, 1959. (Family History Library {{FHL|199704|title-id|disp=book 977.6 F2p}}.) This history includes appendixes listing Jewish physicians in Minnesota before 1900 and some Minnesota Jews who served in the Civil War and World War I. | ||
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*[http://collections.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/ The Duluth Lynchings] Online Resource | |||
Other records and histories of ethnic, racial, and religious groups in Minnesota are listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | Other records and histories of ethnic, racial, and religious groups in Minnesota are listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
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MINNESOTA – MINORITIES | MINNESOTA – MINORITIES | ||
Also see [[United States Minorities]], [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration]], and [[Minnesota Periodicals]].<br> | Also see [[United States Minorities]], [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration]], and [[Minnesota Periodicals]].<br> | ||
{{Minnesota|Minnesota}} | {{Minnesota|Minnesota}} | ||
[[Category:Minnesota|Minorities]] [[Category:Jews]] | [[Category:Minnesota|Minorities]] [[Category:Jews]] | ||