The ePodunk map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Finnish ancestry. Learn about cities with Finnish genealogy and find in-depth community information about the Finnish ancestry cities.
Immigration from Finland to the U.S. peaked between 1899 and World War I. Earlier immigrants often traveled through other European countries en route, embarking on ocean liners from Liverpool or Bremerhaven. The Finland Steamship Company began transporting passengers from Hanko after 1891.
In the 2000 census, 623,559 people in the U.S. claimed Finnish 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 5 percent of those people said they were of Finnish ancestry.
The links at left lead to information on other races and ethnicities.
Sources: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau; Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, ed. Stephan Thernstrom; Ancestry: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau (June 2004); ePodunk
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The ePodunk map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Finnish ancestry. Learn about cities with Finnish genealogy and find in-depth community information about the Finnish ancestry cities.