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Here's a more sophisticated analysis of the ethnic demography of several Southern states during the Federalist period (we don't have good data for the colonial period, although it's reasonable to assume the demography right before the Revolutionary War was not much different than it was the following decade). [1].

The English had an overall majority in the region, but there were significant minorities of non-English settlers (Europeans) and in some of these colonies/states the English were a numerical minority. The popular view of early Southern demography, which is predominately English sprinkled with some 'Ulster Scots', is more of a caricature of the actual backgrounds of these settlers (although these were the two largest groups).

And I see this section was sourced to DHF's 'Albion's Seed', a familiar pattern in these articles. Some editors on here seem to have elevated this guy to the be-all end-all authority on colonial American demography, which would be big news to contemporary historians. Jonathan f1 ( talk) 15:49, 5 February 2023 (UTC) reply

Why is Delaware considered part of the South? it is not 76.202.60.124 ( talk) 14:43, 5 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Because it's south of the Mason-Dixon line, and was a slave state until after the Civil War, as with Maryland. What makes you think it's not part of the South? BilCat ( talk) 22:05, 5 May 2023 (UTC) reply