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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.
In the 2022 American Community Survey, the following figures regarding detailed Asian ethnicities are reported. [4] The NCRC Asian American income is better understood when household size and cost of living is factored as many Asian American groups have larger households and disproportionally live in metropolitan areas where the cost of living ...
NB: The list of ethnic groups (by ancestry) seems to have been arbitrarily curated, since it excludes many Asian-American ethnic groups whose per capita incomes are significantly higher than those listed below. [10] In addition, the table omits Americans of Native American ancestry as well as Americans of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.
A 2015 study from Rutgers University found significant inequalities in household income, citizenship rates, and English-speaking rates between New Jersey's White population and Arab population, concluding that America's White and Arab populations might be different enough both culturally and economically to justify a separate category.
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
The following article lists sovereign states, dependent territories and some quasi-states according to their proportional ethnic population composition. Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries.
The term Hispanic has been the source of several debates in the United States. Within the United States, the term originally referred typically to the Hispanos of New Mexico until the U.S. government used it in the 1970 Census to refer to "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race."
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in North America" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.