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user-inactivated · 3821 days ago · link · · parent · post: Name that data! A little contest from the Wonkblog. Any takers? [Answers Monday]

Non-Caucasian? Or something involving being directly descended from people who lived in America by at least ~1800?

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user-inactivated · 3821 days ago · link ·

That is exactly what this map is. I saw it in an article on how geography impacts politics describing why there is a band of counties with a high black population in the US south.

Found the original article!

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user-inactivated · 3820 days ago · link ·

Oh I remember that map. So that explains the swing through the deep south, but non-Caucasian doesn't seem to hold up when you look at New England.

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user-inactivated · 3820 days ago · link ·

Hmm. Good point I did not notice that. Maybe the percent that are Babtists or Protestants maybe?

I'm going to stick with non-Caucasian percentage.

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user-inactivated · 3820 days ago · link ·

It's got to be something directly to do with that map, because the counties line up almost perfectly, but unfortunately in that article they never zoomed out. We'll find out Monday, I guess.