That was true for many centuries, until the late 1800's-early 1900's. Then people started moving around, and "intermarrying" people from other countries and areas other than where they themselves were born.
It really does seem high to have an entire county with 28% foreign born. Do you have demographics on the ages of the people? Is it total foreign born, or is it ethnic background?
I'd have to check the percentage here, as we have so many companies like Microsoft with employees from all over the world.
Upon checking, here's the numbers for the year 2000, most current....
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 75.7% 81.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 5.4% 3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.9% 1.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 10.8% 5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5% 0.4%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 2.6% 3.9%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 4.1% 3.6%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 73.4% 78.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 5.5% 7.5%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 47.6% 48.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 15.4% 10.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 18.4% 14.0%
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