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300,832,540 (2022) broadest definition [1] 43% of the estimated total U.S. population 284,904,818 (2022) (one race)[1] | |
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White Americans are citizens of the United States who are white people. They are Americans who have light-colored skin. This is the largest and most common ethnic group in the country.[source?]
In 2010, 70% of the people living in the United States said they were White. About 60% of the United States population was white people who were not Hispanic.[source?]
The White American population includes European Americans and non-European people such as Arabs, North Africans, Jews, Persians and other Middle Eastern people. It also includes Hispanic groups such as Mexicans, Argentines, Chileans, Peruvians, Bolivians, Venezuelans, Hondurans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans.[3][4]
The white population in the United States has been getting smaller. More white people have died than have been born in most states.[5]
Most White Americans are of English (46.6 million), German (45 million), and Irish (38.6 million) ancestry. French Canadian and Canadian were the two most prominent subgroups within the "Other White" population in 2020, with each of their individual or combined populations surpassing half a million. Following closely were Pennsylvania German, Cajun, and British Australian, constituting the next largest groups. Iranian (413,842), Lebanese (328,137), and Egyptians (313,720) were the most prominent MENA white ethnic groups.[6]