Continuing my look at American immigration, today I’ve put together a map showing the distribution of zip codes with concentrations of residents of Danish descent. I’ve also made changes to the Tableau tool so that you can now mouse over zip codes and get information on the nearest city, the county, and the state where that zip code is located (the graphic overlay makes it impossible to read state borders and such in Tableau).

Calling America a melting pot is a cliche – but looking at the ingredients is fascinating. I’m currently working on getting racial data pulled in, because the ancestry data in these tables is curiously lacking of such obvious and necessary things as native Americans, Mexican-Americans and African-Americans. The census can be maddening to work with.

Here’s a link to the Tableau, so you can zoom in, get county info, etc:

https://public.tableausoftware.com/profile/jared5561#!/vizhome/supercensus/DanishAmericans