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Genetic study White American State Averages K15

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I'm reviving this project back from 2020 when I calculated K15 averages for some states.
Now I have much more samples, so the new averages should be even more accurate.
Maciamo then created a map showing which state is most similar to which populations.

Here are the new averages:


Use Vahaduo - https://vahaduo.github.io/vahaduo/

These are the sample sizes for each state:


sample-sizes.png


Many thanks to J. Ketch / Creoda who contributed many of the samples in this dataset.

Use this tool to generate simulated G25 coordinates from K15:


Check also my video about European colonization of the USA:

LINK to video

 
Distances when using the official K15 datasheet from GEDmatch:

Code:
Distance to:    Alabama_White(n=73)
2.05350919    Southwest_English
2.46627249    Southeast_English
4.28369000    Irish
4.87010267    West_Scottish
5.11989258    North_Dutch

Distance to:    Arizona_White(n=5)
2.57044743    Southeast_English
3.66753323    Southwest_English
4.77501832    West_Scottish
4.90072444    Irish
5.07012820    Danish

Distance to:    Arkansas_White(n=40)
2.70201776    Southwest_English
2.94300866    Southeast_English
3.67079011    North_Dutch
4.25459751    Irish
4.39926130    West_Scottish

Distance to:    California_White(n=60)
2.59239272    South_Dutch
4.69571081    Southwest_English
5.42852650    Southeast_English
5.82619087    North_German
6.32915476    West_German

Distance to:    Colorado_White(n=5)
2.79055550    Southwest_English
4.22681913    Southeast_English
5.21432642    North_Dutch
5.72656965    Danish
5.77848596    Irish

Distance to:    Connecticut_White(n=29)
5.02230027    South_Dutch
6.91674779    West_German
7.37041383    East_German
8.23503491    French
8.53618767    North_German

Distance to:    Delaware_White(n=9)
2.83432532    Southwest_English
3.56390236    Southeast_English
4.33816782    Orcadian
4.63971982    North_Dutch
4.92936101    West_Scottish

Distance to:    Florida_White(n=28)
3.39751380    South_Dutch
3.50529599    Southwest_English
4.53317769    Southeast_English
6.05540255    North_German
6.55853642    West_German

Distance to:    Georgia_White(n=96)
2.08956933    Southwest_English
2.09754619    Southeast_English
3.88293703    Irish
4.28360829    West_Scottish
4.47290733    North_Dutch

Distance to:    Idaho_White(n=12)
3.54622334    Southwest_English
3.71611356    Southeast_English
4.39728325    North_Dutch
4.54470021    North_German
4.70339239    Danish

Distance to:    Illinois_White(n=107)
4.64641798    North_German
5.34557761    South_Dutch
6.98984263    West_German
7.45766720    Danish
7.54485918    East_German

Distance to:    Indiana_White(n=57)
2.79299123    Southwest_English
3.43997093    Southeast_English
4.88100400    North_Dutch
5.04816798    Danish
5.10511508    North_German

Distance to:    Iowa_White(n=34)
3.73570609    North_Dutch
3.74404861    Southwest_English
3.81157448    Southeast_English
4.20082135    Danish
4.67156291    North_German

Distance to:    Kansas_White(n=20)
3.97326063    Southwest_English
4.04356279    South_Dutch
4.10151192    Southeast_English
4.50934585    North_German
5.83157783    Irish

Distance to:    Kentucky_White(n=130)
2.01238664    Southwest_English
2.66324989    Southeast_English
4.52039821    Irish
4.64868799    North_Dutch
4.76234186    West_Scottish

Distance to:    Louisiana_White(n=97)
3.67509184    South_Dutch
4.17511676    French
6.69452762    Southwest_English
7.37210960    West_German
8.15486971    Southeast_English

Distance to:    Maine_White(n=30)
1.62456148    Southwest_English
2.75027271    Southeast_English
4.83757170    Irish
5.25178065    North_Dutch
5.26653586    West_Scottish

Distance to:    Maryland_White(n=37)
3.99192936    North_German
4.62917919    South_Dutch
6.41077218    West_German
6.60358236    Danish
6.77842902    Southwest_English

Distance to:    Massachusetts_White(n=82)
1.14485807    South_Dutch
6.19423926    West_German
6.30862109    Southwest_English
6.48651678    North_German
6.94840269    Southeast_English

Distance to:    Michigan_White(n=72)
5.31574078    East_German
6.86419697    North_German
7.18790651    South_Dutch
7.91881936    West_German
9.58164913    Danish

Distance to:    Minnesota_White(n=27)
6.12470407    North_German
6.79339385    Norwegian
6.83328618    Danish
7.05358065    Swedish
7.05637301    North_Dutch

Distance to:    Mississippi_White(n=54)
1.72632558    Southeast_English
2.04034311    Southwest_English
3.95880032    Irish
4.27590926    West_Scottish
4.76392695    Danish

Distance to:    Missouri_White(n=59)
2.50423641    Southwest_English
3.35111922    Southeast_English
5.00317899    South_Dutch
5.42248098    Irish
5.48931690    North_Dutch

Distance to:    Montana_White(n=5)
4.16920856    South_Dutch
5.51801595    North_German
5.53357931    Southwest_English
5.73809202    Southeast_English
7.00309931    Irish

Distance to:    Nebraska_White(n=24)
4.15468410    Southwest_English
4.86152240    Southeast_English
4.93288962    North_Dutch
4.98640151    North_German
5.42062727    Danish

Distance to:    New_Hampshire_White(n=14)
3.99941246    Southeast_English
4.04728304    Southwest_English
4.10600779    North_German
4.93016227    South_Dutch
5.33691859    Danish

Distance to:    New_Jersey_White(n=30)
5.97308128    South_Dutch
6.31890813    French
7.14974125    West_German
10.92058149    North_German
11.25152434    East_German

Distance to:    New_York_White(n=175)
4.50954543    South_Dutch
6.16583328    West_German
6.40024218    French
9.20211932    North_German
10.19795077    Southwest_English

Distance to:    North_Carolina_White(n=102)
1.90026314    Southwest_English
2.08067297    Southeast_English
4.14684217    Irish
4.65808974    West_Scottish
5.32280002    North_Dutch

Distance to:    North_Dakota_White(n=10)
5.33346979    East_German
7.86654943    Southwest_Finnish
8.74426669    Austrian
8.88926319    Hungarian
10.99526262    North_German

Distance to:    Ohio_White(n=100)
3.42124246    South_Dutch
4.72238287    North_German
4.83190439    Southwest_English
5.34270531    Southeast_English
5.99603202    West_German

Distance to:    Oklahoma_White(n=27)
2.54886249    Southwest_English
3.39097331    Southeast_English
5.14342298    Irish
5.28404201    North_Dutch
5.53475383    West_Scottish

Distance to:    Oregon_White(n=18)
2.81783605    Southeast_English
3.37428511    Southwest_English
3.98811986    Irish
4.14270443    North_German
4.31003480    Danish

Distance to:    Pennsylvania_White(n=179)
3.11326195    South_Dutch
5.38319608    North_German
5.66135143    West_German
6.96461054    Southwest_English
7.45224798    Southeast_English

Distance to:    Rhode_Island_White(n=14)
4.29059436    South_Dutch
4.51869450    Southwest_English
5.20179777    West_German
5.87101354    Southeast_English
7.52968791    North_German

Distance to:    South_Carolina_White(n=52)
2.21664160    Southwest_English
3.07985389    Southeast_English
4.93361936    Irish
5.05633266    North_Dutch
5.33770550    Danish

Distance to:    South_Dakota_White(n=7)
7.17286554    North_German
7.86055978    South_Dutch
8.59178678    Danish
8.67125135    Southeast_English
8.99625478    North_Dutch

Distance to:    Tennessee_White(n=95)
2.36795270    Southwest_English
2.81350315    Southeast_English
4.58799520    Irish
4.59157925    North_Dutch
4.97628375    Danish

Distance to:    Texas_White(n=97)
2.54399292    Southwest_English
2.99364327    Southeast_English
4.98148572    Irish
5.10862995    North_Dutch
5.22653805    Danish


Distance to:    Utah_White(n=90)
1.62104904    Irish
1.83855922    Southeast_English
2.00312256    West_Scottish
3.75301212    Southwest_English
3.91428154    Orcadian

Distance to:    Vermont_White(n=5)
3.21847790    Southwest_English
5.43039593    Southeast_English
6.52320473    South_Dutch
7.07185973    North_Dutch
7.21898192    West_German

Distance to:    Virginia_White(n=87)
2.22040537    Southwest_English
3.00173283    Southeast_English
4.97203178    Irish
5.31059319    North_Dutch
5.42177093    West_Scottish

Distance to:    Washington_White(n=25)
4.35756813    Southwest_English
4.61660048    Southeast_English
4.83307356    North_German
4.91200570    South_Dutch
5.24051524    North_Dutch

Distance to:    West_Wirginia_White(n=43)
2.13511124    Southwest_English
3.20238973    Southeast_English
5.43448250    Irish
5.43526448    South_Dutch
5.63514862    North_Dutch

Distance to:    Wisconsin_White(n=65)
5.49432434    East_German
6.24181865    North_German
8.41446968    South_Dutch
9.34046573    Danish
9.64842474    North_Dutch

Distance to:    Wyoming_White(n=5)
2.13309634    Southwest_English
2.67269527    Southeast_English
5.07805081    Irish
5.44660445    West_Scottish
5.72091776    North_Dutch

I added 1000Genomes CEU samples from Utah to the Utah average. These are their K15 results:

Code:
NA06984,40.56,37.75,7.45,4.8,5.89,0.5,0,1.15,0.49,0,1.03,0.14,0.1,0.13,0
NA06985,31.71,27.92,13.52,7.03,5.58,6.34,2.62,0,1.26,0.14,0.49,0.61,0.34,1.12,1.31
NA06986,42.19,32.92,4.91,14.14,4.75,0,0,0,1.08,0,0,0,0.01,0,0
NA06989,41.82,25.77,10.15,8.47,9.66,0.76,0,0,1.51,0.27,0.76,0,0,0.83,0
NA06991,33.16,30.39,11.83,8.45,6.38,6.74,0,0,0,0,0.69,0.7,0,1.58,0.08
NA06993,37.18,29.13,10.06,7.3,8.73,4.26,0,1.18,0,0,0.79,0.24,0.06,0.8,0.27
NA06994,35.81,26.86,11.3,7.95,7.84,6.2,0,0,2.61,0.46,0,0.15,0,0,0.82
NA06997,42.24,35.44,6.77,6.35,5.99,0,0,1.11,0.25,0,0.03,0.81,0,0,1.01
NA07014,36.98,38.54,13.01,3.09,3.64,2.19,0,0,1.23,0.11,0.49,0.19,0.23,0,0.29
NA07029,44.58,30.87,10.1,3.55,3.5,3.65,0,0.69,1.03,0.45,0,0.6,0,0.98,0
NA07031,36.99,29.21,13.24,5.61,8.76,2.38,1.31,0,0.28,0,1.02,0.36,0.84,0,0
NA07034,36.37,26.9,10.39,8.51,10.88,4.78,0,0.22,0,0,0.47,0,0.02,1.28,0.19
NA07037,39.25,36.8,5.02,6.66,4.54,4.73,1.08,0,0,0,0.11,0,0.89,0.14,0.78
NA07045,43.63,30.28,9.34,0.13,9.33,1.21,2.87,1.01,0,0,0.48,1.07,0,0,0.66
NA07056,35.59,29.34,8.84,8.01,11.97,3.27,0,0,1.42,0.15,0.72,0.34,0,0,0.36
NA07347,40.97,33.86,8.31,0,9.6,0.91,4.58,0.93,0.03,0,0,0.81,0,0,0
NA07349,41.58,40.3,6.7,3.45,2.57,0,3.57,0,0,0,0.58,0.88,0.33,0,0.06
NA10831,37.67,30.28,6.68,10.3,8.8,3.83,0.41,0,1.2,0,0,0.24,0.25,0,0.34
NA10836,38.75,35.33,9.78,4.3,6.18,0,3.86,0,0,0,1.04,0,0,0.76,0
NA10837,30.02,25.84,13.44,8.92,11.05,5.08,3.8,1.55,0.16,0,0,0,0.14,0,0
NA10840,30.78,23.3,16.2,10.35,9.06,6.95,2.12,0.54,0,0,0.5,0.05,0.16,0,0
NA10845,38.01,24.47,20.06,2.2,7.01,2.36,2.76,0,1.85,0.02,0,0.39,0,0,0.87
NA10852,44.98,24.76,6.76,5.67,10.05,5.09,0.69,0.27,0.04,0.11,0.03,0.98,0,0.57,0
NA10853,41.76,25.31,10.97,6.83,9.18,3.54,0.48,0.17,0,0,0,0.43,0.69,0.65,0
NA10854,33.13,27.35,9.34,12.96,9.96,3.12,0.23,0,1,0.28,0.69,0,0.22,1.42,0.3
NA10859,33.18,39.58,10.52,4.95,2.63,6.42,0,1.18,0,0.75,0,0.73,0,0,0.05
NA10861,30.48,40.5,9.46,7.54,4.47,4.48,0.36,0,0,0,0,0.69,0.02,0.82,1.19
NA11839,31.58,29.44,12.28,9.04,8.82,3.72,0.7,0.86,1.35,0,0.44,0,0.41,0,1.35
NA11840,36.72,20.45,13.66,11.18,10.11,1.41,0.65,0,0.6,0.53,1.2,1.32,0.4,1.76,0
NA11882,34.15,30.01,12.11,8.78,7.95,2.77,0,3.42,0,0,0,0.13,0.68,0,0
NA11892,44.43,33.36,5.92,7.74,3.41,0,0,4.26,0,0,0.14,0.01,0.73,0,0
NA11894,36.66,28.24,11.87,8.75,7.78,5.47,0,0.45,0,0,0,0,0,0.37,0.41
NA11917,28.52,18.72,17.94,16.82,10.22,5.13,0,0,2.4,0,0,0,0,0,0.25
NA11930,35.54,22.28,28.52,0.48,1.48,1.6,8.52,0,0,0.63,0,0.48,0,0,0.47
NA11931,43.5,24,9.25,6.48,10.21,3.49,0.17,0,2.52,0,0,0,0.3,0,0.08
NA11993,33.8,40.61,0.41,15.44,8.28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.38,1.09
NA11994,33.95,28.85,11.64,7.19,8.4,4.47,2.09,0,0.01,0,0.65,1.38,0.5,0.2,0.7
NA12004,35.15,26.65,8.26,9.38,12.35,3.09,1.75,0.26,0.89,0.58,0.43,0,0.14,0.69,0.39
NA12044,34.22,42.97,4.43,13.24,3.41,0.74,0,0.4,0,0,0.32,0,0,0,0.26
NA12146,35.6,30.96,8.31,7.76,9.35,5.47,0.83,0,0,0,0,0.84,0,0,0.87
NA12155,35.42,30.91,5.63,11.29,11.02,4.51,0,0,1.17,0,0.03,0,0,0,0
NA12156,38.23,28.57,6.03,10.22,8.96,3.83,1.58,0,1.32,0,0,0.67,0,0,0.58
NA12234,43.51,34.21,8.75,0.94,3.49,5.47,1.45,0.43,0.36,0,0.89,0,0.31,0,0.18
NA12272,33.15,25.83,9.91,9.49,13.26,3.34,3.12,1.08,0,0,0,0,0.48,0.32,0
NA12273,26.17,27.52,13.87,9.84,10.89,5.73,3.55,1.47,0.2,0,0,0,0,0,0.75
NA12282,34.67,37.27,4.8,10.75,3.97,2.1,1.34,5.1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
NA12286,23.18,19.91,20.92,12.67,7.97,7.6,3.48,2.28,1.02,0,0.68,0,0.26,0,0.03
NA12287,33.85,28.27,9.55,7.99,10.15,5.69,1.73,1.03,1.04,0,0,0,0.35,0.32,0.02
NA12340,35.77,42.7,13.47,0.93,0,0,5.89,0.74,0.38,0,0,0.12,0,0,0
NA12413,19.19,43.26,20.92,0,7.39,4.77,2.49,0,0,0,0,1.15,0.58,0.25,0
NA12760,36.65,21.7,8.77,11.15,10.57,3.01,4.52,0,0.84,0,1.11,0.08,0.45,0.97,0.19
NA12778,40.57,39.35,13.82,0,0,0,4.16,1.52,0,0,0.57,0,0,0,0
NA12827,40.77,35.89,5.8,9.62,3.33,3.18,0,0,0,0,0,0.44,0.79,0.15,0.02
NA12829,37.55,37.22,0.27,10.89,7.42,2.39,1.78,0.75,0.24,0,0,0,0.04,1.44,0
NA12830,31.93,29.78,8.35,9.73,9.91,3.43,4.93,0,0,0,0,1.63,0.32,0,0
NA12842,39.5,38.56,4.86,8.79,2.19,3.98,1.08,0.54,0,0,0.13,0,0,0.36,0
NA12843,38.56,35.98,4.04,11.86,1.76,3.85,0.07,0,1.2,1.19,0,0.3,0,0.07,1.13
NA12872,35.78,38.05,7.52,5.29,7.82,0.74,0,0.7,2.63,0.01,0.75,0.58,0,0,0.13
NA12873,39.94,37.74,0.96,11.11,6.63,0.86,0,0,1.6,0.79,0,0.38,0,0,0
NA12874,30.37,33.78,7.66,9.56,10.2,4.77,0,0,1.51,0.15,0.24,0.7,0.12,0,0.93
NA12889,41.21,24.08,15.67,0.28,8.19,7.04,0,2.89,0,0,0,0.22,0,0.43,0

But even without these 1000Genomes samples Utah average scores Irish among Top 5 distances.

Here is the Utah average if we exclude 1000Genomes samples:

Code:
Utah_White(n=29),36.37,27.98,10.15,8.57,9.21,4.34,1.27,0.31,0.48,0.10,0.16,0.65,0.17,0.14,0.12
 
Interesting are the distances of white Americans from every state to English people:

Distance to: English
0.97195679 Utah_White(n=29)
1.00044990 Arkansas_White(n=40)
1.07065401 Kentucky_White(n=130)
1.11063045 Georgia_White(n=96)
1.38390751 Mississippi_White(n=54)
1.57924032 Tennessee_White(n=95)
1.73729675 Maine_White(n=30)
1.80074984 Alabama_White(n=73)
1.82370502 South_Carolina_White(n=52)
1.84483062 North_Carolina_White(n=102)
1.92577257 Delaware_White(n=9)
2.02049499 Virginia_White(n=87)
2.12214514 Oklahoma_White(n=27)
2.14737049 Colorado_White(n=5)
2.20633180 West_Wirginia_White(n=43)
2.24236482 Indiana_White(n=57)
2.25656819 Texas_White(n=97)
2.30354075 Iowa_White(n=34)
2.45083659 Oregon_White(n=18)
2.52398494 Wyoming_White(n=5)
2.52776581 Missouri_White(n=59)
2.62101126 Idaho_White(n=12)
2.75428757 Utah_White_with_CEU_1KGP(n=90)
3.25993865 Arizona_White(n=5)
3.43153027 Nebraska_White(n=24)
3.64687537 New_Hampshire_White(n=14)
3.73622804 Washington_White(n=25)
3.99224248 Kansas_White(n=20)
4.09257865 Vermont_White(n=5)
4.18684846 Florida_White(n=28)
4.75016842 Ohio_White(n=100)
5.16802670 California_White(n=60)
5.40806805 Rhode_Island_White(n=14)
5.75752551 Montana_White(n=5)
6.18075238 South_Dakota_White(n=6)
6.21825538 Maryland_White(n=37)
6.83109801 Massachusetts_White(n=82)
6.93087296 Pennsylvania_White(n=179)
7.51220341 Illinois_White(n=107)
7.90084806 Minnesota_White(n=27)
8.19687135 Louisiana_White(n=97)
9.90507950 Michigan_White(n=72)
10.24268031 Wisconsin_White(n=65)
10.65033333 New_York_White(n=175)
10.91294186 Connecticut_White(n=29)
12.34138161 New_Jersey_White(n=30)
15.64990735 New_Mexico_White(n=2)
15.94732579 North_Dakota_White(n=10)

^^^
English average taken from:

 
Last edited:
I added Native American compatibility to the datasheet.
 
Last edited:
^^^
For comparison self-reported English ancestry in the 1980 census:

Map_of_English_ancestry_in_the_U.S._and_Canada.png
 
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