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Swedish emigration to the United States reached new heights in 1896, and it was in this year that the Vasa Order Of America , a Swedish-American fraternal organization, was founded to help immigrants who often lacked an adequate network of social services. In the year 1900 , Chicago was the city with the second highest number of Swedes after Stockholm , the capital of Sweden. Many others settled in Minnesota in particular as well as Michigan , Wisconsin , Iowa , Nebraska and Illinois . A few small towns in the U.S have specific Swedish characteristics, such as Lindsborg, Kansas , Andover, Illinois , Kingsburg, California , and Bishop Hill, Illinois . Many Swedes also came to the Pacific Northwest during the turn of the century, along with Norwegians. The Swedish immigrants that arrive today settle mostly in the big cities, particularly New York and Los Angeles which both have substantial Swedish populations. Around 3.7% of the American population is said to have Scandinavian heritage (which includes Norwegian-American s, Danish-American s and Icelandic Americans ) and around 160,000 Americans speak a Scandinavian language at home. Most Swedish-Americans are Lutherans or Methodists. The term usually does not refer to the inhabitants of the former Swedish colony of New Sweden which was located in modern day Delaware and New Jersey . Probably 8 million Americans come from Swedish origin today. Swedish-Americans by state: The 10 states with the most Swedes: # Minnesota – 486,507 # California – 459,897 # Illinois – 303,044 # Washington – 213,013 # Michigan – 161,301 # Florida – 155,010 # Wisconsin – 149,977 # New York – 133,788 # Texas – 127,871 # Massachusetts – 119,267 REFERENCES Scholarly secondary sources
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