U.S. states were ethnically diverse, with an overall English minority 

Share of US population by ethnic origin, 1790

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Source: Thomas L. Purvis, "The European Ancestry of the United States Population, 1790: A Symposium," William and Mary Quarterly 41, no. 1 (January 1984): 85–101; Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung, "Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals by Race, 1790 to 1990, and by Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States," Population Division Working Paper No. 56 (Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau, September 2002).