# Leben wir in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leben-wir-in-den-vereinigten-staaten-von-amerika/457957 "2008-07-28T18:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leben-wir-in-den-vereinigten-staaten-von-amerika/457957/1 "2008-07-28T18:29:43Z")

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The [electoral-vote.com website](http://www.electoral-vote.com)’s current front page contains a link to [this map](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.jpg) pertaining to the dominant ethnic background of the United States, on a per-state and per-county basis.

Am I reading this correctly. Was is jetzt schon wieder los? Alles der counties, das Deutchse Vaterlanden haben? Diesen Americaner, der Kraut und der Bratwurst ben essen am jeden hinterhof und im den dining-zimmeren?

How, amidst the myriad discussions of ethnic makeup here in the United States, did I miss the massive plurality if not outright majority of folks of Germanic origin? Heck, you can’t even find a decent German restaurant in most cities!

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leben-wir-in-den-vereinigten-staaten-von-amerika/457957/2 "2008-07-28T18:31:37Z")

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umm, this went thru twice. Someone kindly nuke this copy? thanks.