Germans have been immigrating in significant numbers to the United States since the 1680s, when they settled in New York and Pennsylvania.2 By the mid-19th century, Germans were the predominant ethnic group in the United States, with some eight million people out of a population of 76 million.01 New York City had one the world’s largest German-speaking populations, trailing only Berlin and Vienna, with about a quarter of its 3.4 million people conversing auf Deutsch.
Add the French, Poles, any migrated families from the hellscape of Europe in the 1800's
And lots and lots of Germans.
Germans have been immigrating in significant numbers to the United States since the 1680s, when they settled in New York and Pennsylvania.2 By the mid-19th century, Germans were the predominant ethnic group in the United States, with some eight million people out of a population of 76 million.01 New York City had one the world’s largest German-speaking populations, trailing only Berlin and Vienna, with about a quarter of its 3.4 million people conversing auf Deutsch.