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American cultural icons, apple pie, baseball, and the American flag. All have European influence primarily from the British. As the largest component of the American population, the overall American culture deeply reflects the European-influenced culture that predates the United States of America as an independent state.
In the U.S., symbolic ethnicity is an important component of American cultural identity, assumed as "a voluntary, personally chosen identity marker, rather than the totally ascribed characteristic" determined by physical appearance. [8] As a sociological phenomenon, symbolic ethnicity is attributed to Americans of European ancestry, most of ...
The United States has 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 ...
[The] ethnic composition [of the United States is] the single most important determinant of American foreign policy. — Nathan Glazer [2] "Being a country founded and populated by immigrants, the United States has always contained groups with significant affective and political ties to their national homeland and their ethnic kin throughout the world."
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (its affiliate women's organization is the Daughters of Penelope and its two youth groups are the Sons of Pericles and the Maids of Athena) American Hellenic Institute Public Affairs Committee
Albanian (about 9 million) Armenian (about 3.5 million) In addition, there are also smaller sub-groups within the Indo-European languages of Europe, including: Baltic, including Latvian, Lithuanian, Samogitian and Latgalian. Celtic, including Breton, Cornish, Irish, Manx, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic.
Ethnic groups in the United States. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ethnic groups in the United States. This category includes articles on ethnic or national groups in the United States. In most cases, included articles concern all people from a country (national origin), regardless of their mixed ethnic origins within that country.
This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total. Ethnic groups in North America by country (26 C) Ethnic groups in North America by dependent territory (3 C)