Friday,
March 10,
Substantially More Americans Identifying
with ITALIAN Ancestry.... in New Census
People
who identified themselves as "Italian" Americans increased
by 1,093,880 to 16,817,286,
in
the four years between 2000 and 2004.
Keep in mind that those who are of mixed Heritage, for
instance Italian and Irish, German, English, Eastern European, would not
ordinarily identify themselves as Italian American, not wanting to have to
"choose" either of their Heritages, and being
"disrespectful" to the other(s). Therefore those who "feel"
attached to their Italian Heritage must be assumed to be significantly
higher.
This encouraging data contradicts dire predictions by
Academicians of the "Twilight of Italian Ethnicity".
The increase can NOT as Demographers state be attributed to family size and immigration
statistics!!!
In addition, interestingly the Italian American population
change is 26% of the overall United
States
population increase!!!
The ANNOTICO Report Archives are available at
Thanks
to Maria Fosco at The Italian American Museum
Fri,
10 Mar 2006,
Press Release
The United
States
Census Bureau Releases
The First Annual Census Data on
Italian Americans
March
10, 2006, New
York-The Coalition of Italian
American Associations is pleased to
announce that the first tabulations of the American Community Survey (ACS)
summarizing annual data on Italian American demographics nationwide are
available. For the first time the ACS provides a national profile of
Italian American in the middle years of the decennial census data collection.
The data provides a profile of the demographic,
social, economic and other statistics of Italian Americans based on data
collected in the 2004 ACS. The ACS provides an incremental view of how
the nationwide Italian American community is changing from the 2000 census
“long form” survey. In these four years the Italian American
community increased approximately by a 1,093,880 people to approximately
16,817,286.
Interestingly the Italian American population change is
approximately 26% of the overall United
States
population increase. Since family size and immigration statistics have
not drastically change at this magnitude the higher reporting of Italian
American is probably do to the increased reporting of Italian American
identity.
Dr. Nancy Torrieri,
Chief ACS Communication, Information and
Education Staff, United States Census Bureau, will be presenting a summary of
the new information on Americans of Italian Ancestry from the ACS, and
additional information on this important new program to provide annual data for
decision-making at the Coalition of Italian American Associations
on March 16, 2006 to be held at the Columbus Citizens Foundation at 6:30 p.m.
in New York City. Mr. Lester A. Farthing , New York Regional Director,
United States Census Bureau will be joining her for a general discussion on the
importance of ethnic ancestry data for Italian Americans and other ethnic Americans.
Press Release
Italian American Census Data
"Maria Fosco" mariafosco@italianamericanmuseum.org
Contact: Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa
(212) 541-1031