White Americans

White people of the United States

"White America" redirects here. For the song by Eminem, see White America (song). For the white supremacist organization, see White America, Inc.

Ethnic group

White Americans

White Americans (alone/one race only) in 2020

Total population
235,411,507 (71.02%)
White alone and in combination
204,277,273 (61.63%)
White alone
31,134,234 (9.39%)
White in combination [1]
Regions with significant populations
All areas of the United States
Languages
Predominantly English
Religion

* Protestant 48%
* Catholic 19%
* Mormon 2%
* Jewish 3%
* Other 3%
* Irreligious 24%

[2] (Among non-Hispanic whites only)

White Americans (also referred to as European Americans) are Americans who identify as white people. In a more official sense, the U.S. 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." This group constitutes the majority of the people in the United States. According to the 2020 census, 71%, or 235,411,507 people, were White alone or in combination, and 61.6%, or 204,277,273 people, were White alone. This represented a national white demographic decline from a 72.4% white alone share of the U.S. population in 2010.

As of the latest American Community Survey in 2022, United States Census Bureau estimates that 60.9% of the US population were White alone, while Non-Hispanic Whites were 57.7% of the population. Overall, 72.5% of Americans identified as White alone or in combination.[3] [4] European Americans are by far the largest panethnic group of white Americans and have constituted the majority population of the United States since the nation's founding.

The U.S. Census Bureau uses a particular definition of "white" that differs from some colloquial uses of the term.[5][6] The Bureau defines "White" people to be those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa".[7] Within official census definitions, people of all racial categories may be further divided into those who identify as "not Hispanic or Latino" and those who do identify as "Hispanic or Latino".[8][5] The term "non-Hispanic white", rather than just "white", may be the census group corresponding most closely to those persons who identify as and are perceived to be white in common usage; similarly not all Hispanic/Latino people identify as "white", "black", or any other listed racial category.[5][6] In 2015, the Census Bureau announced their intention to make Hispanic/Latino and Middle Eastern/North African racial categories similar to "white" or "black", with respondents able to choose one, two, or more racial categories; this change was canceled during the Trump administration.[6][9] Other persons who are classified as "white" by the U.S. census but may or may not identify as or be perceived as white include Arab Americans and Jewish Americans of European or MENA descent.[10][11][12][13] In the United States, the term White people generally denotes a person of European ancestry, but has been legally extended to people of West Asian and North African (Middle Eastern, West Asian, and North African) ancestry.[14][15][16] However, in 2024, the Office of Managment and Budget announced that the race categories used by the federal government would be updated, and that Middle Eastern and North African Americans will no longer be classified as white in the upcoming 2030 Census.[17]

The most commonly reported ancestries of White Americans include English (12.5%), German (7.6%), Irish (5.3%), Italian (3.2%) and Polish (1.3%).[18] It is difficult to track full or partial ancestry from Spain in White Hispanics or Mestizos since people of direct Spanish descent are also classified as Hispanic, and though the census does track Hispanics' national origin, it does not classify it by race. In 2021, 995,583 people of any race claimed ancestry from Spain, 0.3% of the total population.[19] However, genetic studies have found that the vast majority of Hispanics in the US have varying amounts of European ancestry, with the largest component being Spanish or Iberian.[20][21][22] The British Americans' demography is also considered a serious under-count, as the stock tend to self-report and identify as simply "Americans" (7%), due to the length of time they have inhabited the United States, particularly if their family arrived prior to the American Revolution.[23][13] A 2015 genetic study found that British ancestry is the most common European ancestry among white Americans, with this component comprising over 20% of European ancestry in all 50 states, and over 50% in at least three states, primarily those where the largest number of people identified with "American" ancestry on the census.[24] The majority of white Americans also have ancestry from multiple countries. According to the 2022 American Community Survey, 76,678,228 Americans identified with multiple European, Middle Eastern, or African ancestry groups, with the large majority of these identifying with various European groups.[25]

## Historical and present definitions

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Main article: Definitions of whiteness in the United States

Further information: One-drop rule

Definitions of who is "White" have changed throughout the history of the United States.

### U.S. census definition

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The term "white American" can encompass many different ethnic groups. Although the United States census purports to reflect a social definition of race, the social dimensions of race are more complex than Census criteria. The 2000 U.S. census states that racial categories "generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country. They do not conform to any biological, anthropological or genetic criteria."[26]

The Census question on race lists the categories White or European American, Black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Asian, plus "Some other race", with the respondent having the ability to mark more than one racial or ethnic category. The Census Bureau defines White people as follows:

> "White" refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa. It includes people who indicated their race(s) as "White" or reported entries such as German, Italian, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, or Caucasian.[7]

In U.S. census documents, the designation White overlaps, as do all other official racial categories, with the term Hispanic or Latino, which was introduced in the 1980 census as a category of ethnicity, separate and independent of race.[27][28] Hispanic and Latino Americans as a whole make up a racially diverse group and are the largest minority in the country.[29][30]

Beginning in 1930, Mexican was added as a distinct race on the U.S. census with the explanation that "practically all Mexican laborers are of a racial mixture difficult to classify".[31][32] The Mexican racial category was removed in 1940, with new direction that "Mexicans are to be regarded as white unless definitely of Indian or other nonwhite race"; this was continued in 1950.[33] 1970 saw the creation of the Spanish Origin category, which superseded previous classifications for Latin Americans and is now represented by the Hispanic or Latino ethnic category. Hispanic or Latino was again to be raised to racial status for the 2020 census (along with Middle Eastern and North African), but this was canceled by President Donald J. Trump.[34]

The characterization of Middle Eastern and North African Americans as white has been a matter of controversy. In the early 20th century, there were a number of cases where people of Arab descent were denied entry into the United States or deported, because they were characterized as nonwhite.[35] In the early 21st century, MENA Americans began lobbying for the creation of their own racial group and were successful; in 2015, the US Census Bureau announced that it had responded to their requests and would add a "Middle Eastern and North African" racial category to the 2020 census.[36][37] The Trump administration nullified this change after coming to power in 2016.

However, in 2024, the Office of Managment and Budget under the Biden administration reinstated the proposed changes, announcing that the race categories used by the federal government would be updated, and that Middle Eastern and North African Americans will no longer be classified as white in the upcoming 2030 Census, and Hispanic and Latino will also be treated similar to a racial, rather than ethnic, category.[17] The Census Bureau defines the planned definition of White people as follows:

> "Individuals with origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, including, for example, English, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Scottish."[38]

President Abraham Lincoln was descended from Samuel Lincoln and was of English and Welsh ancestry.

Gloria Vanderbilt, noted artist and designer, was of Dutch descent.

In cases where individuals do not self-identify, the U.S. census parameters for race give each national origin a racial value.

On some government documents, such as the 2007 SEER program's Coding and Staging Manual, people who reported Muslim (or a sect of Islam such as Shia or Sunni), Jewish, Zoroastrian, Caucasian, or a MENA or Latin American ethnicity as their race in the "Some other race" section, without noting a country of origin or Native American tribal affiliation, were automatically tallied as White. [39] The 1990 U.S. census Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) listed "Caucasian" or "Aryan" among other terms as subgroups of "white" in their ancestry code listing,[40] but 2005 and proceeding years of PUMS codes do not.[41]

### Social definition

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In the contemporary United States, essentially anyone of European descent is typically considered white. People of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent may also be considered white. However, many of the ethnic groups classified as white by the U.S. Census, such as Arab Americans, Berber Americans, Romani Americans, Jewish Americans of European or MENA descent, and Hispanics and Latinos of European or MENA descent may not always identify as, and may not always be perceived to be, white.[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]

Social perceptions of whiteness have evolved over the course of American history. For example, Benjamin Franklin commented that the Saxons of Germany and the English "make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth".[50] Historically, many individuals of European descent were not readily integrated into mainstream American society and found themselves caught on the "dark" side of the white/black binary, including Irish, Italians, Greeks and Slavs.[51] In Minnesota, increasing numbers of Finnish immigrants led to a debate[when?] surrounding Finnish whiteness and whether Finns should be classified as a Mongoloid peoples.[49]

David Roediger argues that the construction of the white race in the United States was an effort to mentally distance slave owners from slaves.[52] The process of officially being defined as white by law often came about in court disputes over pursuit of citizenship.[53]

## Demographic information

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See also: Americans and European Americans

White alone 1790–2020

Year  | Population  | % of
the U.S. | % change
(10 yr) | Year  | Population  | % of
the U.S. | % change
(10 yr)
1790 | 3,172,006 | 80.7 |  | 1910 | 81,731,957 | 88.9 | 22.3%
1800 | 4,306,446 | 81.1 | 35.8% | 1920 | 94,820,915 | 89.7 | 16.0%
1810 | 5,862,073 | 81.0 | 36.1% | 1930 | 110,286,740 | 89.8 | 16.3%
1820 | 7,866,797 | 81.6 | 34.2% | 1940 | 118,214,870 | 89.8 (highest) | 7.2%
1830 | 10,532,060 | 81.9 | 33.9% | 1950 | 134,942,028 | 89.5 | 14.1%
1840 | 14,189,705 | 83.2 | 34.7% | 1960 | 158,831,732 | 88.6 | 17.7%
1850 | 19,553,068 | 84.3 | 37.8% | 1970 | 178,119,221 | 87.5 | 12.1%
1860 | 26,922,537 | 85.6 | 37.7% | 1980 | 188,371,622 | 83.1 | 5.8%
1870 | 33,589,377 | 87.1 | 24.8% | 1990 | 199,686,070 | 80.3 | 6.0%
1880 | 43,402,970 | 86.5 | 29.2% | 2000 | 211,460,626 | 75.1 | 5.9%
1890 | 55,101,258 | 87.5 | 26.9% | 2010 | 223,553,265 | 72.4 | 5.7%
1900 | 66,809,196 | 87.9 | 21.2% | 2020 | 204,277,273 | 61.6 (lowest) |  – 8.6%
Source: United States census bureau.[54][55][56][57]

The fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census

White Americans constitute the majority of the 332 million people living in the United States, with 71% of the population in the 2020 United States Census, including 61.6% who identified as 'white alone.' This represented a national white demographic decline from a 72.4% share of the US's self-identified white alone population in 2010.[7][58][note 1]

The largest ethnic groups (by ancestry) among White Americans were English, followed by Germans and Irish.[60][61] In the 1980 census 49,598,035 Americans cited that they were of English ancestry, making them 26% of the country and the largest group at the time, and in fact larger than the population of England itself.[62] Slightly more than half of these people would cite that they were of "American" ancestry on subsequent censuses and virtually everywhere that "American" ancestry predominates on the 2000 census corresponds to places where "English" predominated on the 1980 census.[13][63]

### Geographic distribution

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White Americans (alone/single race) population pyramid in 2020 White Americans of one race (or alone) in 2020 White Americans of one race (or alone) from 1960 to 2020

White Americans alone (including White Hispanics) are the majority racial group in most of the United States. As of 2022, they are not the majority in Hawaii,[64] California,[65] Texas,[66] New Mexico,[67] Nevada,[68] and Maryland,[69] making up just under half of the population in the last four states. If White Hispanics are excluded, they are also a minority in Georgia.[70] They are also a minority in many American Indian reservations, parts of the South, especially areas part of the “black belt”, the District of Columbia, all US territories, and in many urban areas throughout the country.

However, when including multiracial Americans, those who identify as part or fully White make up the majority of the population in every state except for Hawaii,[71] along with Puerto Rico.[72]

Overall the highest concentration of those referred to as "non-Hispanic whites" by the Census Bureau are found in the Midwest, New England, the northern Rocky Mountain states, Kentucky, West Virginia, and East Tennessee.[73] The lowest concentration of whites was found in southern and mid-Atlantic states.[8][74][75]

White population in all 50 states (Plus D.C. and Puerto Rico), as of 2022  State or territory  | Population

(2022 est.)

| White alone (Non Hispanic)[76] | White alone[77] | White alone or in combination[78]

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Alabama | 5,074,296  | 64.1%  | 65.1%  | 69.8%
Alaska | 733,583  | 57.4%  | 59.6%  | 72.6%
Arizona | 7,359,197  | 51.8%  | 57.8%  | 76.5%
Arkansas | 3,045,637  | 67.5%  | 69.1%  | 79.3%
California | 39,029,344  | 33.7%  | 38.9%  | 56.6%
Colorado | 5,839,926  | 65.0%  | 70.3%  | 84.3%
Connecticut | 3,626,205  | 62.0%  | 65.0%  | 75.2%
Delaware | 1,018,396  | 58.9%  | 59.9%  | 68.2%
District of Columbia | 671,803  | 36.7%  | 38.4%  | 47.3%
Florida | 22,244,824  | 50.8%  | 55.9%  | 73.9%
Georgia | 10,912,876  | 49.6%  | 51.3%  | 58.7%
Hawaii | 1,440,196  | 20.7%  | 22.2%  | 43.8%
Idaho | 1,939,033  | 79.0%  | 81.9%  | 91.5%
Illinois | 12,582,032  | 58.5%  | 61.1%  | 71.3%
Indiana | 6,833,037  | 76.0%  | 77.5%  | 84.1%
Iowa | 3,200,517  | 82.8%  | 84.4%  | 90.6%
Kansas | 2,937,150  | 73.1%  | 76.3%  | 85.8%
Kentucky | 4,512,310  | 82.2%  | 83.1%  | 88.8%
Louisiana | 4,590,241  | 56.7%  | 57.6%  | 63.9%
Maine | 1,385,340  | 90.2%  | 90.8%  | 95.9%
Maryland | 6,164,660  | 47.1%  | 48.4%  | 55.4%
Massachusetts | 6,981,974  | 67.0%  | 68.8%  | 77.8%
Michigan | 10,034,118  | 72.6%  | 74.0%  | 80.7%
Minnesota | 5,717,184  | 76.2%  | 77.2%  | 83.5%
Mississippi | 2,940,057  | 55.3%  | 55.7%  | 59.8%
Missouri | 6,177,957  | 76.6%  | 77.6%  | 84.6%
Montana | 1,122,867  | 83.5%  | 85.1%  | 91.7%
Nebraska | 1,967,923  | 75.8%  | 78.4%  | 86.8%
Nevada | 3,177,772  | 44.4%  | 49.1%  | 65.2%
New Hampshire | 1,395,231  | 86.6%  | 87.5%  | 93.9%
New Jersey | 9,261,699  | 51.5%  | 54.1%  | 64.8%
New Mexico | 2,113,344  | 34.8%  | 46.4%  | 70.8%
New York | 19,677,152  | 52.9%  | 55.2%  | 63.4%
North Carolina | 10,698,973  | 60.7%  | 62.2%  | 69.4%
North Dakota | 779,261  | 82.0%  | 83.2%  | 88.2%
Ohio | 11,756,058  | 76.1%  | 77.1%  | 83.1%
Oklahoma | 4,019,800  | 62.6%  | 65.2%  | 78.6%
Oregon | 4,240,137  | 71.6%  | 74.5%  | 85.8%
Pennsylvania | 12,972,008  | 73.1%  | 74.4%  | 80.9%
Puerto Rico | 3,221,789  | 0.6%  | 26.3%  | 60.7%
Rhode Island | 1,093,734  | 68.2%  | 70.5%  | 80.1%
South Carolina | 5,282,634  | 62.5%  | 63.6%  | 69.5%
South Dakota | 909,824  | 79.9%  | 80.8%  | 86.7%
Tennessee | 7,051,339  | 71.9%  | 73.0%  | 79.5%
Texas | 30,029,572  | 38.9%  | 47.6%  | 70.6%
Utah | 3,380,800  | 75.6%  | 79.2%  | 87.7%
Vermont | 647,064  | 90.2%  | 90.9%  | 96.2%
Virginia | 8,683,619  | 58.7%  | 60.2%  | 68.6%
Washington | 7,785,786  | 63.5%  | 65.9%  | 77.7%
West Virginia | 1,775,156  | 89.8%  | 90.3%  | 94.9%
Wisconsin | 5,892,539  | 79.0%  | 80.4%  | 88.0%
Wyoming | 581,381  | 81.4%  | 84.6%  | 92.6%

Although all large geographical areas are dominated by White Americans, much larger differences can be seen between specific parts of large cities.

States with the highest percentages of White Americans, either White Alone or in combination with another race as of 2020:[79][failed verification]

1. Vermont 95.6%
2. Maine 95.4%
3. West Virginia 94.4%
4. New Hampshire 93.7%
5. Wyoming 92.0%
6. Montana 90.9%
7. Idaho 90.2%
8. Iowa 89.8%
9. North Dakota 88.0%
10. Kentucky 87.5%

States with the highest percentages of non-Latino/Hispanic whites, as of 2020:[80][failed verification]

1. Maine 92.0%
2. Vermont 91.3%
3. New Hampshire 91.3%
4. West Virginia 90.4%
5. Wyoming 90.7%
6. Idaho 90.7%
7. Utah 88.7%
8. Iowa 88.7%
9. Montana 86.7%
10. Nebraska 86.0%

### Income and educational attainment

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Main article: Affluence in the United States § Race

Further information: Personal income in the United States and Household income in the United States

personal and household income

in the United States Census

in 2005

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White Americans have the second highest median household income and personal income levels in the nation, by cultural background. The median income per household member was also the highest, since White Americans had the smallest households of any racial demographic in the nation. In 2006, the median individual income of a White American age 25 or older was $33,030, with those who were full-time employed, and of age 25 to 64, earning $34,432. Since 42% of all households had two income earners, the median household income was considerably higher than the median personal income, which was $48,554 in 2005. Jewish Americans rank first in household income, personal income, and educational attainment among White Americans.[81] In 2005, White households had a median household income of $48,977, which is 10% above the national median of $44,389. Among Cuban Americans, with 86% classified as White, those born in the US have a higher median income and educational attainment level than most other Whites.[82]

The poverty rates for White Americans are the second-lowest of any racial group, with 11% of white individuals living below the poverty line, 3% lower than the national average.[83] However, due to Whites' majority status, 48% of Americans living in poverty are white.[84]

White Americans' educational attainment is the second-highest in the country, after Asian Americans'. Overall, nearly one-third of White Americans had a Bachelor's degree, with the educational attainment for Whites being higher for those born outside the United States: 38% of foreign born, and 30% of native born Whites had a college degree. Both figures are above the national average of 27%.[85]

Gender income inequality was the greatest among Whites, with White men outearning White women by 48%. Census Bureau data for 2005 reveals that the median income of White females was lower than that of males of all races. In 2005, the median income for White American females was only slightly higher than that of African American females.[86]

White Americans are more likely to live in suburbs and small cities than their black counterparts.[87]

### Population by state

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* White American population distribution over time
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#### White Americans of one race or alone from 2000 to 2020

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White American (of one race or alone) population as of 2000, 2010 and 2020 censuses[56][88][89] State  | 2000  | 2010  | 2020  | Growth

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Pop. 2000  | % 2000  | Pop. 2010  | % 2010  | Pop. 2020  | % 2020  | % growth between 2000 and 2010
Alabama | 3,162,808  | 71.1%  | 3,275,394  | 68.5%  | 3,220,452  | 64.1%  | +3.6%
Alaska | 434,534  | 69.3%  | 473,576  | 66.7%  | 435,392  | 59.4%  | +9.0%
Arizona | 3,873,611  | 75.5%  | 4,667,121  | 73.0%  | 4,322,337  | 60.4%  | +20.5%
Arkansas | 2,138,598  | 80.0%  | 2,245,229  | 77.0%  | 2,114,512  | 70.2%  | +5.0%
California | 20,170,059  | 59.5%  | 21,453,934  | 57.6%  | 16,296,122  | 41.2%  | +6.4%
Colorado | 3,560,005  | 82.8%  | 4,089,202  | 81.3%  | 4,082,927  | 70.7%  | +14.9%
Connecticut | 2,780,355  | 81.6%  | 2,772,410  | 77.6%  | 2,395,128  | 66.4%  | -0.3%
Delaware | 584,773  | 74.6%  | 618,617  | 68.9%  | 597,763  | 60.4%  | +5.8%
District of Columbia | 176,101  | 30.8%  | 231,471  | 38.5%  | 273,194  | 39.4%  | +31.4%
Florida | 12,465,029  | 78.0%  | 14,109,162  | 75.0%  | 12,422,961  | 57.7%  | +13.2%
Georgia | 5,327,281  | 65.1%  | 5,787,440  | 59.7%  | 5,555,483  | 51.9%  | +8.6%
Hawaii | 294,102  | 24.3%  | 336,599  | 24.7%  | 333,261  | 22.9%  | +14.4%
Idaho | 1,177,304  | 91.0%  | 1,396,487  | 89.1%  | 1,510,360  | 82.1%  | +18.6%
Illinois | 9,125,471  | 73.5%  | 9,177,877  | 71.5%  | 7,868,227  | 61.4%  | +0.6%
Indiana | 5,320,022  | 87.5%  | 5,467,906  | 84.3%  | 5,241,791  | 77.2%  | +2.8%
Iowa | 2,748,640  | 93.9%  | 2,781,561  | 91.3%  | 2,694,521  | 84.5%  | +1.2%
Kansas | 2,313,944  | 86.1%  | 2,391,044  | 83.8%  | 2,222,462  | 75.6%  | +3.3%
Kentucky | 3,640,889  | 90.1%  | 3,809,537  | 87.8%  | 3,711,254  | 82.4%  | +4.6%
Louisiana | 2,856,161  | 63.9%  | 2,836,192  | 62.6%  | 2,675,652  | 57.1%  | -0.7%
Maine | 1,236,014  | 96.9%  | 1,264,971  | 95.2%  | 1,237,041  | 90.8%  | +2.3%
Maryland | 3,391,308  | 64.0%  | 3,359,284  | 58.2%  | 3,007,874  | 48.7%  | -0.9%
Massachusetts | 5,367,286  | 84.5%  | 5,265,236  | 80.4%  | 4,896,037  | 69.6%  | -1.9%
Michigan | 7,966,053  | 80.2%  | 7,803,120  | 78.9%  | 7,444,974  | 73.9%  | -2.0%
Minnesota | 4,400,282  | 89.4%  | 4,524,062  | 85.3%  | 4,423,146  | 77.5%  | +2.8%
Mississippi | 1,746,099  | 61.4%  | 1,754,684  | 59.1%  | 1,658,893  | 56%  | +0.5%
Missouri | 4,748,083  | 84.9%  | 4,958,770  | 82.8%  | 4,740,335  | 77%  | +4.4%
Montana | 817,229  | 90.6%  | 884,961  | 89.4%  | 916,524  | 84.5%  | +8.3%
Nebraska | 1,533,261  | 89.6%  | 1,572,838  | 86.1%  | 1,538,052  | 78.4%  | +2.6%
Nevada | 1,501,886  | 75.2%  | 1,786,688  | 66.2%  | 1,588,463  | 51.2%  | +19.0%
New Hampshire | 1,186,851  | 96.0%  | 1,236,050  | 92.3%  | 1,216,203  | 88.3%  | +4.1%
New Jersey | 6,104,705  | 72.6%  | 6,029,248  | 68.6%  | 5,112,280  | 55%  | -1.2%
New Mexico | 1,214,253  | 66.8%  | 1,407,876  | 68.4%  | 1,078,927  | 51%  | +15.9%
New York | 12,893,689  | 67.9%  | 12,740,974  | 65.7%  | 11,143,349  | 55.2%  | -1.2%
North Carolina | 5,804,656  | 72.1%  | 6,528,950  | 68.5%  | 6,448,459  | 62.2%  | +12.5%
North Dakota | 593,181  | 92.4%  | 605,449  | 90.0%  | 645,938  | 82.9%  | +2.1%
Ohio | 9,645,453  | 85.0%  | 9,539,437  | 82.7%  | 9,080,688  | 77%  | -1.1%
Oklahoma | 2,628,434  | 76.2%  | 2,706,845  | 72.2%  | 2,514,884  | 63.5%  | +3.0%
Oregon | 2,961,623  | 86.6%  | 3,204,614  | 83.6%  | 3,169,096  | 74.8%  | +8.2%
Pennsylvania | 10,484,203  | 85.4%  | 10,406,288  | 81.9%  | 9,750,687  | 75%  | -0.7%
Rhode Island | 891,191  | 85.0%  | 856,869  | 81.4%  | 782,920  | 71.3%  | -3.8%
South Carolina | 2,695,560  | 67.2%  | 3,060,000  | 66.2%  | 3,243,442  | 63.4%  | +13.5%
South Dakota | 669,404  | 88.7%  | 699,392  | 85.9%  | 715,336  | 80.7%  | +4.5%
Tennessee | 4,563,310  | 80.2%  | 4,921,948  | 77.6%  | 4,990,938  | 72.2%  | +7.9%
Texas | 14,799,505  | 71.0%  | 17,701,552  | 70.4%  | 14,609,365  | 50.1%  | +19.6%
Utah | 1,992,975  | 89.2%  | 2,379,560  | 86.1%  | 2,573,413  | 78.7%  | +19.4%
Vermont | 589,208  | 96.8%  | 596,292  | 95.3%  | 577,751  | 89.8%  | +1.2%
Virginia | 5,120,110  | 72.3%  | 5,486,852  | 68.6%  | 5,208,856  | 60.3%  | +7.2%
Washington | 4,821,823  | 81.8%  | 5,196,362  | 77.3%  | 5,130,920  | 66.6%  | +7.8%
West Virginia | 1,718,777  | 95.0%  | 1,739,988  | 93.9%  | 1,610,749  | 89.8%  | +1.2%
Wisconsin | 4,769,857  | 88.9%  | 4,902,067  | 86.2%  | 4,737,545  | 80.4%  | +2.8%
Wyoming | 454,670  | 92.1%  | 511,279  | 90.7%  | 488,374  | 84.7%  | +12.4%
United States of America | 211,460,626 | 75.1% | 223,553,265 | 72.4% | 204,277,273 | 61.6% | +5.7%
White population by state (includes Hispanics who identify as white)[90] State | Pop. 2016 | % 2016 | Pop. 2017 | % 2017 | percentage
growth | numeric
growth

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|
|
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|
|

Alabama | 3,371,066  | 69.35%  | 3,374,131  | 69.22%  | -0.13%  | +3,065
Alaska | 490,864  | 66.20%  | 486,724  | 65.79%  | -0.41%  | -4,140
Arizona | 5,753,506  | 83.28%  | 5,827,866  | 83.06%  | -0.22%  | +74,360
Arkansas | 2,372,843  | 79.41%  | 2,381,662  | 79.27%  | -0.14%  | +3,740
California | 28,560,032  | 72.68%  | 28,611,160  | 72.37%  | -0.31%  | +51,128
Colorado | 4,837,197  | 87.47%  | 4,894,372  | 87.29%  | -0.18%  | +57,175
Connecticut | 2,891,943  | 80.60%  | 2,879,759  | 80.26%  | -0.34%  | -12,184
Delaware | 667,076  | 70.02%  | 670,512  | 69.70%  | -0.32%  | +3,436
District of Columbia | 305,232  | 44.60%  | 313,234  | 45.14%  | +0.54%  | +8,002
Florida | 16,022,497  | 77.56%  | 16,247,613  | 77.43%  | -0.13%  | +225,116
Georgia | 6,310,426  | 61.18%  | 6,341,768  | 60.81%  | -0.37%  | +31,342
Hawaii | 370,362  | 25.92%  | 366,546  | 25.67%  | -0.25%  | -3,816
Idaho | 1,567,868  | 93.32%  | 1,599,814  | 93.18%  | -0.2%  | +31,946
Illinois | 9,909,184  | 77.20%  | 9,864,942  | 77.06%  | -0.14%  | -44,242
Indiana | 5,679,252  | 85.61%  | 5,690,929  | 85.36%  | -0.25%  | +11,677
Iowa | 2,860,136  | 91.35%  | 2,864,664  | 91.06%  | -0.29%  | +4,528
Kansas | 2,519,340  | 86.64%  | 2,519,176  | 86.47%  | -0.17%  | -164
Kentucky | 3,901,878  | 87.96%  | 3,908,964  | 87.76%  | -0.20%  | +7,086
Louisiana | 2,958,471  | 63.13%  | 2,951,003  | 63.00%  | -0.13%  | -7,468
Maine | 1,261,247  | 94.81%  | 1,264,744  | 94.67%  | -0.14%  | +3,497
Maryland | 3,572,673  | 59.30%  | 3,568,679  | 58.96%  | -0.34%  | -3,994
Massachusetts | 5,575,622  | 81.71%  | 5,576,725  | 81.29%  | -0.42%  | +1,103
Michigan | 7,906,913  | 79.60%  | 7,914,418  | 79.44%  | -0.16%  | +7,505
Minnesota | 4,687,397  | 84.84%  | 4,708,215  | 84.43%  | -0.41%  | +20,818
Mississippi | 1,771,276  | 59.33%  | 1,766,950  | 59.21%  | -0.12%  | -4,326
Missouri | 5,069,869  | 83.23%  | 5,080,444  | 83.10%  | -0.13%  | +10,575
Montana | 926,475  | 89.20%  | 935,792  | 89.08%  | -0.12%  | +9,317
Nebraska | 1,693,622  | 88.78%  | 1,700,881  | 88.58%  | -0.20%  | +7,259
Nevada | 2,208,915  | 75.15%  | 2,235,657  | 74.57%  | -0.58%  | +26,742
New Hampshire | 1,251,836  | 93.77%  | 1,256,807  | 93.59%  | -0.18%  | +4,971
New Jersey | 6,499,057  | 72.38%  | 6,489,409  | 72.06%  | -0.32%  | -9,648
New Mexico | 1,716,662  | 82.31%  | 1,715,623  | 82.16%  | -0.15%  | -1,039
New York | 13,856,651  | 69.85%  | 13,807,127  | 69.56%  | -0.29%  | -49,524
North Carolina | 7,212,423  | 71.01%  | 7,276,995  | 70.83%  | -0.18%  | +64,572
North Dakota | 663,424  | 87.81%  | 661,217  | 87.53%  | -0.28%  | -2,207
Ohio | 9,578,424  | 82.41%  | 9,579,207  | 82.16%  | -0.25%  | +783
Oklahoma | 2,923,751  | 74.56%  | 2,921,390  | 74.32%  | -0.24%  | -2,361
Oregon | 3,569,538  | 87.29%  | 3,607,515  | 87.08%  | -0.21%  | +37,977
Pennsylvania | 10,525,562  | 82.31%  | 10,507,780  | 82.06%  | -0.25%  | -17,782
Rhode Island | 892,287  | 84.37%  | 890,883  | 84.07%  | -0.30%  | -1,404
South Carolina | 3,393,346  | 68.2%  | 3,440,141  | 68.47%  | +0.27%  | +46,795
South Dakota | 733,199  | 85.10%  | 738,554  | 84.92%  | -0.18%  | +5,355
Tennessee | 5,231,987  | 78.68%  | 5,276,748  | 78.57%  | -0.11%  | +44,761
Texas | 22,166,782  | 79.44%  | 22,404,118  | 79.15%  | -0.29%  | +237,336
Utah | 2,774,606  | 91.14%  | 2,820,387  | 90.93%  | -0.21%  | +45,781
Vermont | 589,836  | 94.62%  | 589,163  | 94.47%  | -0.15%  | -673
Virginia | 5,891,174  | 70.01%  | 5,904,472  | 69.71%  | -0.30%  | +13,298
Washington | 5,820,007  | 79.93%  | 5,887,060  | 79.49%  | -0.44%  | +67,053
West Virginia | 1,712,647  | 93.66%  | 1,699,266  | 93.58%  | -0.08%  | -13,381
Wisconsin | 5,049,698  | 87.47%  | 5,060,891  | 87.32%  | -0.15%  | +11,193
Wyoming | 543,224  | 92.87%  | 537,396  | 92.76%  | -0.11%  | -5,828
United States | 248,619,303 | 76.87% | 249,619,493 | 76.64% | -0.23% | +1,000,190

##### Non-Hispanic population

[edit]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of U.S. states by non-Hispanic or Latino white population.

Non-Hispanic white population by state[90] State | Pop. 2016 | % 2016 | Pop. 2017 | % 2017 | percentage
growth | numeric
growth

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|

Alabama | 3,198,381  | 65.80%  | 3,196,852  | 65.58%  | -0.22%  | -1,529
Alaska | 454,651  | 61.31%  | 449,776  | 60.80%  | -0.51%  | -4,875
Arizona | 3,819,881  | 55.29%  | 3,849,130  | 54.86%  | -0.43%  | +29,249
Arkansas | 2,175,521  | 72.80%  | 2,177,809  | 72.49%  | -0.31%  | +2,288
California | 14,797,971  | 37.66%  | 14,696,754  | 37.17%  | -0.49%  | -101,217
Colorado | 3,791,612  | 68.56%  | 3,827,750  | 68.26%  | -0.30%  | +36,135
Connecticut | 2,428,332  | 67.68%  | 2,404,792  | 67.02%  | -0.66%  | -23,540
Delaware | 597,728  | 62.74%  | 599,260  | 62.30%  | -0.44%  | +1,532
District of Columbia | 249,141  | 36.40%  | 255,387  | 36.80%  | +0.40%  | +6,246
Florida | 11,273,388  | 54.57%  | 11,343,977  | 54.06%  | -0.51%  | +70,589
Georgia | 5,499,055  | 53.32%  | 5,507,334  | 52.81%  | -0.51%  | +8,279
Hawaii | 317,026  | 22.19%  | 312,492  | 21.89%  | -0.30%  | -4,534
Idaho | 1,382,934  | 82.32%  | 1,408,294  | 82.02%  | -0.30%  | +25,360
Illinois | 7,915,013  | 61.65%  | 7,849,887  | 61.32%  | -0.33%  | -65,126
Indiana | 5,280,029  | 79.59%  | 5,280,420  | 79.20%  | -0.39%  | +391
Iowa | 2,696,686  | 86.13%  | 2,695,962  | 85.70%  | -0.43%  | -724
Kansas | 2,215,920  | 76.21%  | 2,209,748  | 75.86%  | -0.35%  | -6,172
Kentucky | 3,767,092  | 84.92%  | 3,768,891  | 84.61%  | -0.31%  | +1,799
Louisiana | 2,760,416  | 58.91%  | 2,747,730  | 58.66%  | -0.25%  | -12,686
Maine | 1,243,741  | 93.50%  | 1,246,478  | 93.30%  | -0.20%  | +2,737
Maryland | 3,098,543  | 51.43%  | 3,077,907  | 50.86%  | -0.57%  | -20,636
Massachusetts | 4,972,010  | 72.86%  | 4,953,695  | 72.21%  | -0.65%  | -18,315
Michigan | 7,489,609  | 75.40%  | 7,488,326  | 75.17%  | -0.23%  | -1,283
Minnesota | 4,442,684  | 80.41%  | 4,455,605  | 79.89%  | -0.52%  | +12,921
Mississippi | 1,697,562  | 56.86%  | 1,691,566  | 56.69%  | -0.17%  | -5,996
Missouri | 4,855,156  | 79.71%  | 4,859,227  | 79.48%  | -0.23%  | +4,071
Montana | 897,790  | 86.44%  | 905,811  | 86.23%  | -0.21%  | +8,021
Nebraska | 1,515,494  | 79.44%  | 1,516,962  | 79.00%  | -0.44%  | +1,468
Nevada | 1,465,888  | 49.87%  | 1,470,855  | 49.06%  | -0.81%  | +4,967
New Hampshire | 1,212,377  | 90.81%  | 1,215,447  | 90.52%  | -0.29%  | +3,070
New Jersey | 5,002,866  | 55.72%  | 4,962,470  | 55.10%  | -0.62%  | -40,396
New Mexico | 789,869  | 38.31%  | 783,064  | 37.50%  | -0.81%  | -6,805
New York | 11,047,456  | 55.69%  | 10,972,959  | 55.28%  | -0.41%  | -74,497
North Carolina | 6,447,852  | 63.48%  | 6,486,100  | 63.13%  | -0.35%  | +38,248
North Dakota | 641,945  | 84.96%  | 639,029  | 84.59%  | -0.37%  | -2,916
Ohio | 9,229,932  | 79.41%  | 9,219,577  | 79.08%  | -0.33%  | -10,355
Oklahoma | 2,592,571  | 66.12%  | 2,581,568  | 65.67%  | -0.45%  | -11,003
Oregon | 3,115,656  | 76.25%  | 3,139,685  | 75.79%  | -0.46%  | +24,029
Pennsylvania | 9,841,619  | 76.96%  | 9,796,510  | 76.50%  | -0.44%  | -45,109
Rhode Island | 773,405  | 73.13%  | 768,229  | 72.50%  | -0.63%  | -5,176
South Carolina | 3,165,176  | 63.82%  | 3,203,045  | 63.75%  | -0.07%  | +37,869
South Dakota | 710,509  | 82.47%  | 714,881  | 82.20%  | -0.27%  | +4,372
Tennessee | 4,931,609  | 74.17%  | 4,963,780  | 73.91%  | -0.26%  | +32,171
Texas | 11,862,697  | 42.51%  | 11,886,381  | 42.00%  | -0.51%  | +23,684
Utah | 2,400,885  | 78.86%  | 2,434,785  | 78.49%  | -0.37%  | +33,900
Vermont | 580,238  | 93.08%  | 579,149  | 92.86%  | -0.22%  | -1,089
Virginia | 5,247,231  | 62.36%  | 5,241,262  | 61.88%  | -0.48%  | -5,969
Washington | 5,049,817  | 69.36%  | 5,091,370  | 68.75%  | -0.61%  | +41,553
West Virginia | 1,688,472  | 92.33%  | 1,674,557  | 92.22%  | -0.11%  | -13,915
Wisconsin | 4,710,928  | 81.60%  | 4,713,993  | 81.34%  | -0.26%  | +3,065
Wyoming | 492,235  | 84.16%  | 486,565  | 83.99%  | -0.17%  | -5,670
United States | 197,834,599 | 61.17% | 197,803,083 | 60.73% | -0.44% | -31,516

## Ancestry groups

[edit]

The following table lists all self-reported European and Middle Eastern ancestries with over 50,000 members, according to 2022 estimates from the American Community Survey:[91][92]

Ancestry  | Number in 2022 (Alone)  | Number as of 2022 (Alone or in any combination)  | % Total

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|
|

German | 13,241,923  | 41,137,168  | 12.3%
English | 12,331,696  | 31,380,620  | 9.4%
Irish | 8,649,243  | 30,655,612  | 9.2%
American

(Mostly old-stock white Americans of British descent)

| 14,929,899  | 17,786,214  | 5.3%
Italian | 5,766,634  | 16,009,774  | 4.8%
Polish | 2,658,632  | 8,249,491  | 2.5%
French

(Not including French Canadian)

| 1,360,631  | 6,310,548  | 1.9%
Scottish | 1,555,579  | 5,352,344  | 1.6%
Broadly "European"

(No country specified)

| 3,718,055  | 4,819,541  | 1.4%
Swedish | 740,478  | 3,936,772  | 1.2%
Norwegian | 1,224,373  | 3,317,462  | 1.0%
Dutch | 858,809  | 3,019,465  | 0.9%
Scotch-Irish | 940,337  | 2,524,746  | 0.8%
Arab

(Including Lebanese (583,719), Egyptian (334,574), Syrian (203,282), Palestinian (171,969), Iraqi (164,851), Moroccan (140,196), and all other Arab ancestries)

| 1,502,360  | 2,237,982  | 0.7%
Russian | 747,866  | 2,099,079  | 0.6%
Spanish

(Including responses of "Spaniard," "Spanish," and "Spanish American." Many Hispanos of New Mexico identify as Spanish/Spaniard)

| —  | 1,926,228  | 0.6%
French Canadian | 694,089  | 1,626,456  | 0.5%
Welsh | 293,551  | 1,521,565  | 0.5%
Portugese | 543,531  | 1,350,442  | 0.4%
Hungarian | 390,561  | 1,247,165  | 0.4%
Greek | 486,878  | 1,200,706  | 0.4%
Broadly “British”

(Not further specified)

| 503,077  | 1,196,265  | 0.4%
Czech | 340,768  | 1,188,711  | 0.4%
Ukrainian | 565,431  | 1,164,728  | 0.3%
Danish | 268,019  | 1,127,518  | 0.3%
Broadly "Eastern European"

(Not further specified)

| 566,715  | 951,384  | 0.3%
Broadly "Scandinavian"

(Not further specified)

| 372,673  | 935,153  | 0.3%
Swiss | 196,120  | 847,247  | 0.3%
Finnish | 189,603  | 606,028  | 0.2%
Slovak | 186,902  | 602,949  | 0.2%
Lithuanian | 167,355  | 598,508  | 0.2%
Austrian | 123,987  | 584,517  | 0.2%
Canadian | 249,309  | 542,459  | 0.2%
Iranian | 392,051  | 519,658  | 0.2%
Armenian | 282,012  | 458,841  | 0.1%
Romanian | 251,069  | 450,751  | 0.1%
Broadly "Northern European"

(No country specified)

| 273,675  | 434,292  | 0.1%
Croatian | 128,623  | 389,272  | 0.1%
Belgian | 96,361  | 316,493  | 0.1%
Turkish | 168,354  | 239,667  | 0.07%
Pennsylvania German | 155,563  | 228,634  | 0.07%
"Czechoslovakian"

(Not further specified)

| 79,992  | 227,217  | 0.07%
Albanian | 182,625  | 223,984  | 0.07%
"Yugoslavian"

(Not further specified)

| 129,759  | 198,687  | 0.06%
Serbian | 96,388  | 191,538  | 0.06%
Afghan | 169,255  | 189,493  | 0.06%
Slovene | 48,809  | 153,589  | 0.05%
Israeli | 80,336  | 144,202  | 0.04%
Broadly "Slavic"

(No country specified)

| 57,491  | 140,956  | 0.04%
Bulgarian | 75,386  | 106,896  | 0.03%
Assyrian | 64,349  | 93,542  | 0.03%
Latvian | 33,742  | 91,859  | 0.03%
Cajun | 59,046  | 91,706  | 0.03%
Australian | 37,180  | 88,999  | 0.03%
Macedonian | 39,586  | 65,107  | 0.02%
Basque | 24,219  | 62,731  | 0.02%
Icelandic | 18,978  | 53,415  | 0.02%

## Politics

[edit]

A majority of White Americans have voted for the Republican Party since the 1968 United States presidential election, with the 1964 United States presidential election being the last election when the Democratic Party won a majority of White voters.[citation needed]

In 2012, 88% of Romney voters were non-Hispanic white while 56% of Obama voters were non-Hispanic white.[93] In the 2008 presidential election, John McCain won 55% of non-Hispanic white votes.[94] In the 2010 House election, Republicans won 60% of the non-Hispanic white votes.[95]

Some academics and commentators have argued that Donald Trump's presidential election victory in 2016 is an example of "White backlash".[96][97][98]

Year  | Candidate of
the plurality  | Political
party  | % of
Non-Hispanic White
vote[citation needed] | Result

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|

1980 | Ronald Reagan | Republican Party | 56%  | Won
1984 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 66%  | Won
1988 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 59%  | Won
1992 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 40%  | Lost
1996 | Bob Dole | Republican | 46%  | Lost
2000 | George W. Bush | Republican | 55%  | Won
2004 | George W. Bush | Republican | 58%  | Won
2008 | John McCain | Republican | 55%  | Lost
2012 | Mitt Romney | Republican | 59%  | Lost
2016 | Donald Trump | Republican | 57%  | Won
2020 | Donald Trump | Republican | 58%  | Lost

## Health

[edit]

Main article: Health status of White Americans

## Culture

[edit]

From their earliest presence in North America, White Americans have contributed literature, art, cinema, religion, agricultural skills, foods, science and technology, fashion and clothing styles, music, language, legal system, political system, and social and technological innovation to American culture. White American culture derived its earliest influences from English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish settlers and is quantitatively the largest proportion of American culture.[99] The overall American culture reflects White American culture. The culture has been developing since long before the United States formed a separate country. Much of White American culture shows influences from British culture. Colonial ties to Great Britain spread the English language, legal system and other cultural attributes.[100]

### Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America

[edit]

Three members of the Kennedy political dynasty, John, Robert and Ted Kennedy. All eight of their great-grandparents emigrated from Ireland.

In his 1989 book Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, David Hackett Fischer explores the details of the folkways of four groups of settlers from the British Isles that moved to the American colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries from distinct regions of Britain and Ireland. His thesis is that the culture of each group persisted (albeit in modified form), providing the basis for the modern United States.[101]

According to Fischer, the foundation of America's four regional cultures was formed from four mass migrations from four regions of the British Isles by four distinct ethno-cultural groups. New England's formative period occurred between 1629 and 1640 when Puritans, mostly from East Anglia, settled there, thus forming the basis for the New England regional culture.[102] The next mass migration was of southern English Cavaliers and their working class English servants to the Chesapeake Bay region between 1640 and 1675. This spawned the creation of the American Southern culture.[103]

Then, between 1675 and 1725, thousands of Irish, Cornish, English and Welsh Quakers plus many Germans sympathetic to Quaker ideas, led by William Penn, settled the Delaware Valley. This resulted in the formation of the General American culture, although, according to Fischer, this is really a "regional culture", even if it does today encompass most of the U.S. from the mid-Atlantic states to the Pacific Coast.[104] Finally, a huge number of settlers from the borderlands between England and Scotland, sometimes by way of northern Ireland, migrated to Appalachia between 1717 and 1775. This resulted in the formation of the Upland South regional culture, which has since expanded to the west to West Texas and parts of the American Southwest.[105]

In his book, Fischer brings up several points. He states that the U.S. is not a country with one "general" culture and several "regional" cultures, as is commonly thought. Rather, there are only four regional cultures as described above, and understanding this helps one to more clearly understand American history as well as contemporary American life. Fischer asserts that it is not only important to understand where different groups came from, but when. All population groups have, at different times, their own unique set of beliefs, fears, hopes and prejudices. When different groups moved to America and brought certain beliefs and values with them, these ideas became, according to Fischer, more or less frozen in time, even if they eventually changed in their original place of origin.[106]

## Admixture

[edit]

See also: Race and genetics

### Admixture in non-Hispanic whites

[edit]

White Americans have a mean of 98.6% European, 0.19% sub-Saharan African, and 0.18% Native American ancestry according to a study specifically focusing on customers who took a 23andMe DNA test.[107] However, non-European ancestry in White Americans is highly variable; for example, Black ancestry (2% or greater) is found in over five percent of European Americans in Louisiana and South Carolina, and Native American ancestry (2% or greater) is found in over three percent of European Americans in Louisiana and North Dakota. African ancestry is most common in the South and least common in the Midwest; Native American ancestry is more common in Western states than Eastern states.[108]

Older studies have also been performed. DNA analysis on White Americans by geneticist Mark D. Shriver showed an average of 0.7% sub-Saharan African admixture and 3.2% Native American admixture.[109] The same author, in another study, claimed that about 30% of all White Americans, approximately 66 million people, have a median of 2.3% of Black African admixture.[110] Shriver discovered his ancestry is 10 percent African, and Shriver's partner in DNA Print Genomics, J.T. Frudacas, contradicted him two years later stating "Five percent of European Americans exhibit some detectable level of African ancestry."[111]

In a 2007 study, Gonçalves et al. reported sub-Saharan and Amerindian mtDNA lineages at a frequency of 3.1% (respectively 0.9% and 2.2%) in a sample of 1387 American Caucasians as compared to 62% in white Brazilians (respectively 29% and 33%), 98% for white Colombians (respectively 8% and 90%) and 96% for white Costa Ricans (respectively 7% and 89%).[112] A 2003 study on Y-chromosomes and mtDNA found African admixture in European Americans to be "below the limits of detection".[113]

### Admixture in Hispanic whites

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In contrast to non-Hispanic or Latino whites, whose average European ancestry is 98.6%,[114][115] genetic research has found that the average European admixture among White Hispanic and Latino Americans is 73%, while the average European admixture for Hispanic Americans overall (regardless of their self-identified race) is 65.1%. However, this study only obtained its genetic data from people who took a paid ancestry test from 23andMe, and as such may not be fully representative of the general Hispanic population in the US.[116]

## See also

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* United States portal

* Health status of White Americans
* White demographic decline#United States
* American ancestry
* Anglo
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* European Americans
* Hyphenated American
* List of United States cities by percentage of white population
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* White Americans in Maryland
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* White people in Hawaii
* White trash
* Poor White
* Mountain white

## Notes

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1. ^ Of the foreign-born population from Europe (4,817 thousand), in 2010, 62% were naturalized.[59]

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European emigration
by location|

| Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Botswana
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Kenya
* Malawi
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Reunion
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Asia|

* Pakistan

North America|

* Bahamas
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* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts and Nevis

South America|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Caledonia
* Hawaii
* New Zealand

Historical concepts|

* Apartheid
* Aryan
* Blanqueamiento
* Castas
* Peninsulares
* Criollos
* First white child
* Honorary whites
* Play the white man
* Pre-modern conceptions of whiteness
* Settler colonialism
* White Australia policy
* The White Man's Burden
* White gods

Sociological
phenomena and theories|

* Acting white (Passing as white)
* Missing white woman syndrome
* Skin whitening
* White flight
* White guilt
* White privilege
* Whiteness studies
* Whitewashing in art
* Whitewashing in film
* White savior
* White demographic decline
* Reverse racism

Negative stereotypes of Whites|

* In the United States
* Appalachian stereotypes
* Hillbilly
* Mountain whites
* Poor Whites
* Redlegs
* Rednecks
* White trash
* Karen
* Angry white male
* Becky
* Basic
* White monkey

White identity politics|

* US definitions of whiteness
* One-drop rule
* Alt-right
* Christian Identity
* European New Right
* Great Replacement
* Identitarian movement
* Non-Hispanic whites
* Old Stock
* Americans
* Canadians
* Quebeckers
* White Anglo-Saxon Protestants
* White ethnic
* White genocide conspiracy theory
* White Hispanic
* White identity
* White nationalism
* White pride
* White supremacy

* Light skin
* Commons

White Americans at Wikipedia's sister projects:

* Definitions from Wiktionary
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* Data from Wikidata

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST

National|

* Israel
* United States
* Latvia
* Taiwan

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