"Races and ethnic groups in the United States"

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MOST U.S. RESIDENTS ARE DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, SO THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES IS RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE.

THE BREEDS IN THE UNITED STATES DIFFER FROM ETHNIC GROUPS, ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME OVERLAP.

RACES
THE U.S. CENSUS HAS SIX CATEGORIES OF RACE:
THE WHITE MAN IS THE MOST COMMON BREED IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS USUALLY THE OFFSPRING OF IMMIGRANTS FROM EUROPE. WHITES ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 61% OF THE U.S. POPULATION, WITHOUT HISPANICS. TOGETHER WITH WHITE HISPANICS, THEY ACCOUNT FOR 77% OF THE POPULATION.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS - BLACKS, USUALLY DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES BROUGHT FROM AFRICA. THEY ACCOUNT FOR 13% OF THE POPULATION.
ASIAN AMERICANS - DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTRIES IN ASIA, ESPECIALLY CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, SOUTH KOREA AND THE PHILIPPINES. THEY ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION.
NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. TODAY, THEY ARE LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION.
HAWAIIANS AND ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
R&D: HE HAS TWO OR MORE RACES.
OTHER BREEDS: THIS CATEGORY WAS DEFINED IN THE POPULATION CENSUS FOR BREEDS THAT CONSTITUTE A SMALL MINORITY IN THE POPULATION.

ETHNIC GROUPS
WHITES AND ASIANS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, USUALLY ACCORDING TO THEIR COUNTRIES. THE OTHER RACES ARE USUALLY A UNIFORM ETHNIC GROUP.

THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES IS GERMAN-AMERICANS, DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FROM GERMANY DURING THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY. MOST OF THEM LIVE IN THE MIDWEST AND PENNSYLVANIA. THEY COMPRISE ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.

AFTER THAT, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, ABOUT 13%, AND THEN DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO, IRELAND, ENGLAND, ITALY AND POLAND.

HISPANICS ARE A ETHNIC GROUP, NOT A RACE. THESE ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA.

A NEW ETHNIC GROUP WAS DEFINED IN 2014: "AMERICAN MIDDLE EAST". THIS GROUP CONSISTS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, INCLUDING ARABS, ARMENIANS, ERITREANS, KURDS AND MORE. THIS GROUP INVOLVES IMMIGRANTS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CYPRUS, GEORGIA, IRAN, TAJIKISTAN AND TURKEY.

SEE ALSO
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE UNITED STATES

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UNITED STATES: DEMOGRAPHICS
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