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White Americans (sometimes also called Caucasian Americans) are Americans who identify as white people.In a more official sense, the United States Census Bureau, which collects demographic data on Americans, defines "white" as "[a] person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa".
Due to this racial perception of Hispanics even among Hispanic Americans themselves, white Hispanics and Latinos, black Hispanics and Latinos, and Asian Hispanics and Latinos are often overlooked in the US mass media and in general American social perceptions. The white Hispanics and Latinos who are perceived as "Hispanic" by Americans usually ...
Non-Hispanic Whites, also known as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to the United States Census Bureau yearly estimates, as of July 1, 2023, Non-Hispanic whites make up about 58.4% of the U.S. population . [ 5 ]
The United States Census Bureau defines non-Hispanic white as white Americans who are not of Hispanic or Latino ancestry (i.e., having ancestry from Spain or Latin America). [1] At 191.6 million in 2020, non-Hispanic whites comprise 57.8% of the total U.S. population. [2] [3]
The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
Barely two decades from now, around 2045, non-Hispanic white people will fall below half as a share of the overall U.S. population. Those conclusions,… America’s white majority is aging out
As of 2022, births to White American mothers remain around 50% of the U.S. total, a decline of 3% compared to 2021. [36] In the same time period, births to Asian American and Hispanic women increased by 2% and 6%, respectively. [37] Population pyramid by race and ethnicity of the United States over time from 1900 to 2020
According to James P. Allen and Eugene Turner from California State University, Northridge, by some calculations in the 2000 census the largest part white biracial population is white/Native American and Alaskan Native, at 7,015,017, followed by white/black at 737,492, then white/Asian at 727,197, and finally white/Native Hawaiian and other ...