The ePodunk map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Dutch ancestry. Learn about cities with Dutch genealogy and find in-depth community information about the Dutch ancestry cities.
The Dutch trace their history in America to Henry Hudson's expedition in 1609.
Unlike the English colonists who were motivated by religious faith, early Dutch settlers came for economic expansion. New Amsterdam was established as a business enterprise and has retained its commercial focus to this day.
In the 2000 census, 4,541,770 people in the U.S. claimed Dutch ancestry.
ePodunk mapped the top communities by percentage of population. The map and the following list show communities in which 1,000 or more people listed an ancestry group, and in which at least 1.5 percent of those people said they were of Dutch ancestry.
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Sources: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau; Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, ed. Stephan Thernstrom; Ancestry: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau (June 2004); The Island at the Center of the World, Russell Shorto; ePodunk
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