Milwaukee ethnic studies conducted by Urban
Anthropology Inc.
Many of these studies have resulted in documentaries (see
Film link). In 2012 UrbAn
completed its 12-year study of 65 Milwaukee ethnic groups,
including 434 hour-long interviews. The findings are
summarized the recently published book by UrbAn staff: Ethnic
Practices in the Early Twenty-first Century: The
Milwaukee Study (Lexington books).
click
here to download a listing of ethnic organizations in
Milwaukee and Wisconsin
(List compiled in 2012)
ETHNIC GROUP |
YEAR STUDY COMPLETED |
# |
Muslim Areas (Arab, Northern African,
Palestinian, African American Muslim)
|
2010
|
13 |
Jews
|
2005
|
11 |
North American Indians
|
2003
|
29 |
United Kingdom areas (English, Scottish, Scots
Irish)
|
2009
|
16 |
Mexicans
|
2005
|
32 |
African Americans
|
2001
|
42 |
Scandinavians (Norwegians/Swedes)
|
2010
|
15 |
Germans
|
2006
|
35 |
Irish
|
2000
|
30 |
“Other” Europeans (Dutch, French, Belgian, Swiss,
Luxembourgish, Spanish)
|
2004-2008
|
22 |
Poles
|
2002
|
30 |
Hmongs
|
2003
|
14 |
Russians
|
2008
|
19 |
“Other” Asians (Indian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese,
Taiwanese, Filipino)
|
2005
|
12 |
“Other” Europeans (Dutch, Belgian, Luxemburgers)
|
2008
|
22 |
Poles
|
2002
|
30 |
Hmong
|
2003
|
14 |
Russians
|
2008
|
19 |
“Other” Asians (Indians, Thais, Japanese,
Chinese)
|
2008
|
12 |
Caribbeans (Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Haitians)
|
2005
|
11 |
Italians
|
2010
|
29 |
“Other” Slavs (Czech, Romanian, Slovakian,
Kashubian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Serbian)
|
2004-2010
|
36 |
Indigenous Africans
|
2007
|
12 |
Greeks
|
2009
|
8 |
Central Americans
|
2004
|
3 |
South Americans
|
2005
|
6 |
Total 425
|
|