That doesn't refute my original claim, which was that most of the Midwest was originally settled by Southerners. That in 1860 the majority of new residents were not from the South is entirely separate issue from that, given that the descendants of the original settlers would not be counted as new residents.
Technically, I don't have to do anything to refute your claim that the Midwest had a "cultural affinity for the South as a relic of the fact
the Midwest was originally settled primarily from people from there and economic ties due to the Mississippi." After all, you have provided no evidence that "the Midwest was originally settled primarily" by people from the South or that the Midwest had any special "cultural affinity" towards the South.
Info for the birthplace of
state residents in 1850. also shows shows your completely unsupported claim is wildly inaccurate. In 1850, the top 5 places people were born outside the state were:
Illinois - New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Germany, Pennsylvania
Indiana - Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina
Iowa - Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky
Michigan - New York, Ohio, Ireland, Vermont, Germany
Minnesota -Canada, Maine, Ohio, Illinois, Ireland
Ohio - Pennsylvania, Germany, New York, Virginia, Ireland
Wisconsin - New York, Germany, England, Ireland, Ohio
Kansas wasn't even on the Census in 1850. In 1860 the top 5 places people were born outside the state were Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Nebraska wasn't even on the Census in 1850. In 1860 the top 5 places people were born outside the state were Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Ireland