<div class="css-17ih8de interactive-body"><!-- birdkit: do not modify this file --> <!-- birdkit: html header automatically hoisted to the head --> <div class="birdkit-body g-bk-DbczDfZYUxwAzw g-dark-mode-incompatible" data-birdkit-hydrate="7f96d879e1dd4ac2" data-preview-slug="bk-DbczDfZYUxwAzw" id="g-bk-DbczDfZYUxwAzw"> <!--[--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><div class="g-full-page svelte-1gpamac"><div aria-hidden="true" class="g-top-scrim svelte-1gpamac"></div> <div class="g-title-overlay svelte-1gpamac"><!--[0--><h1 class="g-title-hed svelte-1gpamac">An American Mosaic</h1><!--]--> <!--[0--><p class="g-title-subhed svelte-1gpamac">This map shows how people in the United States identify their ancestry or family origin. Use it to explore the many ways we describe our heritage and ourselves.</p><!--]--> <div class="g-title-byline svelte-1gpamac"><p class="g-byline svelte-1lajuuz"><!--[0--><span class="g-byline-prefix">By</span><!--]--> <!--[1--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!--]--><span class="svelte-1lajuuz" itemprop="name"><!--[-1--><!--[1--><a class="svelte-1gilwwa" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/albert-sun"><!-- -->Albert Sun<!-- --></a><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0-->, <!--]--></span><!--[-1--><!--]--><span class="svelte-1lajuuz" itemprop="name"><!--[-1--><!--[1--><a class="svelte-1gilwwa" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeff-adelson"><!-- -->Jeff Adelson<!-- --></a><!--]--><!--]--><!--[-1--><!--]--></span><!--[0--> and <!--]--><span class="svelte-1lajuuz g-last-byline" itemprop="name"><!--[-1--><!--[1--><a class="svelte-1gilwwa" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/larry-buchanan"><!-- -->Larry Buchanan<!-- --></a><!--]--><!--]--><!--[-1--><!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--></p><!-- --></div></div> <!--[0--><p class="g-map-hint svelte-1gpamac">Tap a place to see how people there identify.</p><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--> <div class="g-panel svelte-1gpamac"><div class="g-unified-search svelte-1gpamac"><form class="g-search svelte-1gpamac"><svg class="g-search-icon svelte-1gpamac" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" viewbox="0 0 24 24"><circle cx="11" cy="11" r="8"></circle><line x1="21" x2="16.65" y1="21" y2="16.65"></line></svg> <!--[-1--><input aria-controls="g-suggestions-list" aria-expanded="false" autocomplete="off" class="g-search-input svelte-1gpamac" placeholder="Find an address or a group (e.g. Irish, Mexican)" role="combobox" type="text" value=""/><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--></form> <!--[-1--><!--]--></div> <!--[-1--><!--]--></div> <!--[0--><aside aria-label="Map legend and data notes" class="g-map-desktop-info svelte-38zq7s"><button aria-expanded="false" class="g-map-desktop-info-toggle svelte-38zq7s" type="button"><span>More information about this map</span> <!--[-1--><!--]--></button> <!--[-1--><!--]--></aside><!--]--> <aside aria-expanded="false" class="g-map-drawer svelte-zq03bv" style="height: 86px;"><button aria-label="Expand information panel" class="g-map-drawer-handle svelte-zq03bv" type="button"><span aria-hidden="true" class="g-map-drawer-grabber svelte-zq03bv"></span> <span class="g-map-drawer-peek-wrap svelte-zq03bv"><!--[--><!--[1--><span class="g-map-drawer-peek svelte-1gpamac">Swipe up for more information</span><!--]--><!--]--></span></button> <div class="g-map-drawer-body svelte-zq03bv"><!--[--><!--[-1--><!--[0--><p class="g-map-info-intro svelte-12pyxda">Colors are based on a blend of the ancestries in each area.</p><!--]--> <ul aria-label="Map color legend" class="g-map-info-legend svelte-12pyxda"><!--[--><li class="g-map-info-legend-item svelte-12pyxda"><span class="g-map-info-swatch svelte-12pyxda" style="background: #216b9a;"></span> <span>European</span></li><li class="g-map-info-legend-item svelte-12pyxda"><span class="g-map-info-swatch svelte-12pyxda" style="background: #1aae54;"></span> <span>Asian</span></li><li class="g-map-info-legend-item svelte-12pyxda"><span class="g-map-info-swatch svelte-12pyxda" style="background: #d1553e;"></span> <span>African</span></li><li class="g-map-info-legend-item svelte-12pyxda"><span class="g-map-info-swatch svelte-12pyxda" style="background: #c3b19a;"></span> <span>Native American</span></li><li class="g-map-info-legend-item svelte-12pyxda"><span class="g-map-info-swatch svelte-12pyxda" style="background: #ff50b4;"></span> <span>Middle Eastern or North African</span></li><li class="g-map-info-legend-item svelte-12pyxda"><span class="g-map-info-swatch svelte-12pyxda" style="background: #dfb546;"></span> <span>Central or South American</span></li><!--]--></ul> <!--[0--><!--[-1--><!--[0--><h2 class="g-map-info-about-hed svelte-12pyxda">About the data</h2><!--]--> <!--[0--><div class="g-map-info-about svelte-12pyxda"><!--[--><!--[-1--><!-- --><p class="g-text g-map-info-about-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last"><!--[0--><!-- -->Data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau 2019-2024 American Community Survey. 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