Scandinavian Americans
Scandinavian Americans are Americans of Scandinavian, or part-Scandinavian ancestry, including Danish Americans, Norwegian Americans, and Swedish Americans. Also included are persons who reported 'Scandinavian' ancestry. According to 2010 census data, there are approximately 10,931,991 people of Scandinavian ancestry in the United States.
Background
The broad definition of Scandinavia includes Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the semi-independent Finnish territory of Åland and the Swedish-speaking people of Finland. The joint ruling of Denmark and Norway from the mid-14th century until 1814, and then the joint rule of Sweden and Norway until 1905, have contributed towards a coherent culture and language. The Scandinavian languages are all descended from old Norse, and unlike Faroese and Icelandic, which have kept more of the old Norse grammar and spelling, the Scandinavian languages have undergone more or less the same simplifications and are mutually intelligible and readable, although the degree of ease with which people understand each other varies depending on country of origin.The term Scandinavia is often misused when the term Nordic is meant. The Nordic countries consists of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroese Islands, Åland and Finland. Sometimes also Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are included, due to the tiny group of Estonian Swedes in the archipelago of Northern Estonia. Unlike the three linguistically Scandinavian countries, the Nordic countries have languages that are only partially mutually intelligible.
Scandinavians in New York City
Populations
Scandinavian Americans by state
| State Rank | State | Scandinavian Americans | Percent Scandinavian Americans |
| - | 11,269,320 | 3.8% | |
| 1 | 1,580,776 | 32.1% | |
| 2 | 1,510,541 | 3.6% | |
| 3 | 739,043 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | 728,248 | 13.5% | |
| 5 | 575,991 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | 403,888 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | 359,360 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | 355,458 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | 339,031 | 9.9% | |
| 10 | 338,161 | 11.5% | |
| 11 | 333,405 | 14.9% | |
| 12 | 291,488 | 5.9% | |
| 13 | 281,388 | 4.3% | |
| 14 | 254,474 | 1.3% | |
| 15 | 231,875 | 36.1% | |
| 16 | 182,339 | 2.8% | |
| 17 | 177,522 | 9.9% | |
| 18 | 172,941 | 21.5% | |
| 19 | 169,294 | 1.3% | |
| 20 | 164,005 | 1.4% | |
| 21 | 136,688 | 14.1% | |
| 22 | 136,620 | 8.9% | |
| 23 | 135,340 | 2.2% | |
| 24 | 130,099 | 1.6% | |
| 25 | 124,017 | 4.4% | |
| 26 | 119,267 | 1.3% | |
| 27 | 118,989 | 1.8% | |
| 28 | 110,362 | 1.1% | |
| 29 | 102,638 | 3.9% | |
| 30 | 100,530 | 2.8% | |
| 31 | 97,209 | 1.0% | |
| 32 | 79,656 | 1.4% | |
| 33 | 75,615 | 1.2% | |
| 34 | 62,145 | 1.7% | |
| 35 | 61,259 | 8.9% | |
| 36 | 51,755 | 9.7% | |
| 37 | 47,955 | 3.6% | |
| 38 | 44,955 | 3.4% | |
| 39 | 43,899 | 0.9% | |
| 40 | 43,306 | 0.9% | |
| 41 | 41,073 | 2.0% | |
| 42 | 38,308 | 1.3% | |
| 43 | 34,592 | 0.8% | |
| 44 | 30,976 | 2.4% | |
| 45 | 29,175 | 0.6% | |
| 46 | 26,476 | 2.5% | |
| 47 | 19,501 | 0.6% | |
| 48 | 18,378 | 2.9% | |
| 49 | 14,519 | 0.8% | |
| 50 | 11,232 | 1.2% | |
| - | 7,523 | 1.3% | |
| - | 641 | 0.0% |
Scandinavian languages by state
| State Rank | State | Total | Percent |
| - | 200,630 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | 32,745 | 0.1% | |
| 2 | 17,998 | 0.3% | |
| 3 | 14,628 | 0.0% | |
| 4 | 13,543 | 0.0% | |
| 5 | 12,524 | 0.2% | |
| 6 | 8,825 | 0.0% | |
| 7 | 7,849 | 0.0% | |
| 8 | 7,528 | 0.0% | |
| 9 | 6,929 | 0.2% | |
| 10 | 6,599 | 0.1% | |
| 11 | 5,518 | 0.0% | |
| 12 | 4,510 | 0.1% | |
| 13 | 3,838 | 0.1% | |
| 14 | 3,364 | 0.5% | |
| 15 | 2,407 | 0.0% |