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Among Pennsylvania residents, as of 2020, nearly three out of four, 74.5%, are native to the state and were born in Pennsylvania, 18.4% were born in a different U.S. state, 1.5% were born in [[Puerto Rico]], U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s), and 5.6% were foreign born.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_SF4/DP02/0400000US42|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212102855/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_SF4/DP02/0400000US42|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=American FactFinder—Results|access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref> Foreign-born Pennsylvanians are largely from Asia (36.0%), Europe (35.9%), and Latin America (30.6%) with the remainder from Africa (5%), North America (3.1%), and Oceania (0.4%). The state's largest ancestry groups, expressed as a percentage of total people who responded with a particular ancestry for the 2010 census, were [[German Americans|German]] 28.5%, [[Irish Americans|Irish]] 18.2%, [[Italian Americans|Italian]] 12.8%, [[African Americans]] 9.6%, [[English Americans|English]] 8.5%, [[Polish Americans|Polish]] 7.2%, and [[French Americans|French]] 4.2%.<ref>{{cite web |author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/08_3YR/DP3YR2/0400000US42 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212083238/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/08_3YR/DP3YR2/0400000US42 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov |access-date=July 31, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf |title=Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania |access-date=November 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127044304/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf |archive-date=January 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2018, the top countries of origin for Pennsylvania's immigrants were [[India]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[China]], [[Mexico]], and [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_pennsylvania.pdf|title=Immigrants in Pennsylvania}}</ref>

Between 1992 and 2016, Pennsylvania trended Democratic in presidential elections; [[Bill Clinton]] won the state twice by large margins and [[Al Gore]] won it by a slightly closer margin in 2000. In the 2004 presidential election, [[John F. Kerry]] beat President [[George W. Bush]] in Pennsylvania, 2,938,095 (51%) to 2,793,847 (48%). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat [[Barack Obama]] defeated [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[John McCain]] in Pennsylvania, 3,276,363 (54%) to 2,655,885 (44%).

In 2008, author Sharon Hernes Silverman wrote in the ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' that Pennsylvania was the [[snack food]] capital of the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_546927.html |title=Pa. knack for snacks a Farm Show feature—Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |publisher=Pittsburghlive.com |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108051209/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_546927.html |archive-date=November 8, 2009 }}</ref> It leads all other states in the manufacture of [[pretzel]]s and [[potato chip]]s. In 1861, as the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] was beginning, [[Sturgis Pretzel House]] in [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]] was first to introduce the pretzel to American consumers. Two other Pennsylvania-based companies, Immergut Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels in [[Intercourse, Pennsylvania|Intercourse]] and [[Snyder's of Hanover]] in [[Hanover, Pennsylvania|Hanover]], are leading national pretzel manufacturers. Two of the nation's three leading potato chip companies are based in Pennsylvania: [[Utz Brands]], which started making chips in Hanover in 1921, and [[Wise Foods]], which started making chips in [[Berwick, Pennsylvania|Berwick]] the same year; the third, [[Frito-Lay]] is owned by [[Plano, Texas]]-based [[PepsiCo]]. Additional Pennsylvania-based companies, including [[Herr's Snacks]] in [[Nottingham, Pennsylvania|Nottingham]], [[Martin's Potato Chips]] in [[Thomasville, Pennsylvania|Thomasville]], are popular chip manufacturers.