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Seattle also sports the fifth-highest percentage of adults living alone in the country. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In the city the population was spread out, with 15.6% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 38.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
City Total pop. Foreign-born (FB) pop. FB % of total Rank by FB % Hialeah, Florida: 218,901 162,951 74.4 1 Miami, Florida: 433,143 244,352 56.4 2 Santa Ana, California
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Swedish Americans in the U.S. state of Washington. Pages in category "Swedish-American culture in Washington (state)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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Swedish authorities retained some autonomy under the Dutch administration. By the mid-1660s however, the English outnumbered both the Dutch and Swedish, eventually becoming the dominant force in the area. The fate of the original Swedish and Finnish colonists is largely lost to history.
The New Sweden Company established a colony on the Delaware River in 1638, naming it New Sweden.The colony was lost to the Dutch in 1655. [3]Between 1846 and 1930, roughly 1.3 million people, about 20% of the Swedish population, left the country.
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Swedish Americans (Swedish: Svenskamerikaner) are Americans of Swedish descent. The history of Swedish Americans dates back to the early colonial times, [ 3 ] with notable migration waves occurring in the 19th and early 20th centuries and approximately 1.2 million arriving between 1865–1915. [ 4 ]