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Can you name the most popular mother tongues spoken in the state of New York by white Americans in 1940 (IN ORDER)?
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120watts
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Source:
1940 US Census
note: uses Census definitions of whiteness. At the time, it seems, other races were not considered
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8,264,000
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1,303,000
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956,000
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652,000
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430,000
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164,000
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129,000
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84,000
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56,000
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43,000
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42,000
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1940 New York Mother Tongues Quiz
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