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for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts. Americans Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States Total population 308,745,538[1] 2010 United States Census Regions with significant populations United States 316,603,000[2] current population estimates Mexico 738,100 1,000,000[3][4] Canada 316,350 1,000,000[5][6] Philippines 300,000[7] Israel 200,000[8][9] United Kingdom 139,000 197,143[10][11] Liberia 160,000[12] Costa Rica 130,000[13] South Korea 120,000 158,000[14] France 100,000[15] Germany 99,600[16] People's Republic of China 71,493[17] Brazil 70,000[18] Hong Kong 60,000[19] India 60,000[20] Australia 56,276[21] Japan 51,321[22] Italy 50,000[23] Saudi Arabia 40,000[24] Argentina 37,000[25] Norway 33,509[26] Bahamas 30,000[27] Lebanon 25,000[28] Panama 25,000[29] New Zealand 17,751[30] Honduras 15,000[31] Chile 12,000[32] Republic of China 10,645[33] Bermuda 8,000[34] Kuwait 8,000[35] Languages Primarily English, but also Spanish and others Religion Christian (Protestantism, Catholicism, and Mormonism)[36] Unaffiliated (agnosticism and atheism)[36] Various non-Christian religions (Judaism and others)[36] Americans, or American people, are citizens, or natives, of the United States of America.[37][38] The country is home to people of different national origins. A s a result, Americans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with c itizenship.[39] With the exception of the Native American population, generally all Americans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries.[40] Despite its multi-ethnic composition,[41][42] the culture held in common by most Americans is referred to as mainstream American culture, a Western culture larg ely derived from the traditions of Northern and Western European immigrants.[41] It also includes influences of African-American culture.[43] Westward expansion integrated the Creoles and Cajuns of Louisiana and the Hispanos of the Southwes t and brought close contact with the culture of Mexico. Large-scale immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from Southern and Eastern Europe intro

duced a variety of elements. Immigration from Asia, Africa, and Latin America ha s also had impact. A cultural melting pot, or pluralistic salad bowl, describes the way in which generations of Americans have celebrated and exchanged distinct ive cultural characteristics.[41] In addition to the United States, Americans and people of American descent can b e found internationally. As many as three to seven million Americans are estimat ed to be living abroad, and make up the American diaspora.[44][45][46] Contents [hide] 1 Racial and ethnic groups 1.1 White and European Americans 1.2 Hispanic and Latino Americans 1.3 Black and African Americans 1.4 Asian Americans 1.5 Two or more races 1.6 American Indians and Alaska Natives 1.7 Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 2 National personification 3 Language 4 Religion 5 Culture 6 See also 6.1 American diaspora 6.2 Related articles 7 References Racial and ethnic groups[edit source | editbeta] Main article: Race and ethnicity in the United States See also: Demographics of the United States The United States is a diverse country, racially and ethnically.[47] Six races a re officially recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes: Whi te, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races. "Some othe r race" is also an option in the census and other surveys.[48][49][50] The Unite d States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as "Hispanic or Latino" and "No t Hispanic or Latino", which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racia lly diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation.[48 ][49][51] White and European Americans[edit source | editbeta] Main articles: European American, White American, White Hispanic and Latino Amer icans, Arab American, and Jewish American People of European descent or whites constitute the majority of the 308 million people living in the United States, with 74.8% of the population in the 2010 Uni ted States Census.[52][53] They are people who trace their ancestry to the origi nal peoples of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.[52] Of those reporting to be White American, 7,487,133 reported to be Multiracial; with largest combin ation being White and Black.[53] Additionally, there are 29,184,290 White Hispan ics or Latinos.[53] White Americans are the majority in 46 of the 50 states, wit h the exception of Hawaii.[54] Non-Hispanic Whites are the majority in 46 states ; the four minority-majority states are California, Texas, New Mexico, and Hawai i.[52] In addition, the District of Columbia has a non-white majority.[52] The s tate with the highest percentage of non-Hispanic White Americans is Maine.[55] The largest continental ancestral group of Americans are Europeans who have orig ins in any of the original peoples of Europe. This includes people via African, North American, Caribbean, Central American or South American and Oceanian natio ns which have a large European diaspora.[56] The Spanish were the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the United States.[57] Martn de Argelles born 1566, San Agustn, La Florida, was the first person of European descent born in what is now the United States.[ 58] Twenty-one years later, Virginia Dare born 1587 Roanoke Island in present-da y North Carolina, was the first child born in the Thirteen Colonies to English p

arents. In 2009, German Americans (16.5%), Irish Americans (11.9%), and English American s (9.0%) were the three largest self-reported ancestry groups in the United Stat es, collectively comprising 37.4% of the population.[59] Overall, as the largest group, European Americans have the lowest poverty rate[6 0] and the second highest educational attainment levels, median household income ,[61] and median personal income[62] of any racial demographic in the nation. Population by ancestry group[63][64] Rank Ancestry group Percentage Of total estimated population Pop. estimates Albert EinsteinJohn Fitzgerald " Jack" KennedyGeorge Washington John BasiloneStephen Gary "Steve" WozniakPaul Revere Samuel "Sam" HoustonThomas Alva EdisonNorma Jeane Mortenson 1 German 15.68% 48,503,828 2 Irish 11.37% 35,186,074 3 English 8.52% 26,349,212 4 American 6.75% 20,875,080 5 Italian 5.65% 17,488,984 6 Polish 3.12% 9,660,864 7 French (except Basque) 2.87% 8,891,224 8 Scottish 1.79% 5,562,022 9 Dutch 1.51% 4,687,636 10 Norwegian 1.45% 4,491,712 White and European American (total) 231,040,398 2010 United States Census[53] 2009-2011 American Community Survey Albert Einstein (Jewish/German), John F. Kennedy (Irish), George Washington (English) John Basilone (Italian), Steve Wozniak (Polish), Paul Revere (French) Sam Houston (Scottish), Thomas Edison (Dutch), Marilyn Monroe (Norwegian) Hispanic and Latino Americans[edit source | editbeta] Main article: Hispanic and Latino Americans Hispanic or Latino Americans (of any race) make up the largest ethnic minority i n the United States and form the second largest group after non-Hispanic Whites in the United States, making up 16.3% of the population, according to the 2010 U nited States Census.[65][66] Hispanic/Latino Americans are very racially diverse, and as a result form an eth nic category, rather than a race.[67][68][69][70] People of Spanish or Hispanic descent have lived in what is now the United State s since the founding of St. Augustine, Florida in 1565 by Pedro Menendez de Avil es. In the State of Texas, Spaniards first settled the region in the late 1600s and formed a unique cultural group known as Tejanos. Hispanics have served with distinction in the United States military since the A merican Revolution when General Bernardo de Glvez provided arms and rations to th e Continental Army and afterwards engaged in military campaigns against the Brit ish.[71] Population by national origin[72][73] Rank National origin Percentage Of total population Pop. Cesar ChavezHumbert Roque VersaceFlix Ismael Rodrg uez Mendigutia Anita PageAl HorfordDaphne Zuniga 1 Mexican 10.29% 31,798,258 2 Puerto Rican 1.49% 4,623,716 3 Cuban 0.57% 1,785,547 4 Salvadoran 0.53% 1,648,968 5 Dominican 0.45% 1,414,703 6 Guatemalan 0.33% 1,044,209 All other 2.64% 8,162,193 Hispanic and Latino American (total) 16.34% 50,477,594 2010 United States Census Cesar Chavez (Mexican), Humbert Roque Versace (P uerto Rican), Flix Rodrguez (Cuban)

Anita Page (Salvadoran), Al Horford (Dominican), Daphne Zuniga (Guatemalan) Black and African Americans[edit source | editbeta] Main articles: African American and Black Hispanic and Latino Americans African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and fo rmerly as American Negroes) are citizens or residents of the United States who h ave origins in any of the black populations of Africa.[74] According to the Offi ce of Management and Budget, the racial category include those who self-identify as African American, Sub-Saharan Africans, and Afro-Caribbeans.[75] According t o the 2009 American Community Survey, there were 38,093,725 blacks in the United States, which represented 12.4% of the population. In addition, there were 37,1 44,530 non-Hispanic blacks, which represented 12.1% of the population.[76] This number increased to 42 million according to the 2010 United States Census, when including Multiracial African Americans,[75] making up 14% of the total populati on of the United States.[77] African Americans make up the second largest race i n the United States, but the third largest group after White Americans and Hispa nic or Latino Americans (of any race);[65] the majority of the population (55%) live in the South, while compared to 2000 Census there is a decrease of African Americans in the Northeast and Midwest.[77] Most African Americans are the direct descendants of captive Africans who surviv ed the slavery era within the boundaries of the present United States, although some are or are descended from immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American or South American nations.[78] As an adjective, the term is usually spelled Afri can-American.[79] More recent immigrants from Africa may, or may not, self-ident ify as "African-American";[80][81] and may experience conflict with American-bor n African-Americans.[82][83][84][85] The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. The Englis h settlers treated these captives as indentured servants and released them after a number of years. This practice was gradually replaced by the system of race-b ased slavery used in the Caribbean.[86] All the American colonies had slavery, b ut it was usually the form of personal servants in the North (where 2% of the pe ople were slaves), and field hands in plantations in the South (where 25% were s laves);[87] by the beginning of the American Revolutionary War 1/5th of the tota l population was enslaved.[88] During the revolution, some would serve in the Co ntinental Army or Continental Navy,[89][90] while others would serve the British Empire in Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment, and other units.[91] By 1804, the northern states (north of the Mason-Dixon Line) had abolished slavery.[92] Howev er, slavery would persist until the end of the American Civil War and the passag e of the thirteenth amendment.[93] Following the end of the Reconstruction Era, which saw the first African American representation in Congress,[94] African Ame ricans became subject to Jim Crow laws,[95] legislation that would persist until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act due to the Ci vil Rights Movement.[96] Population by Ancestry Group[64] Rank Ancestry Group Percentage Of total estimated population Pop. Estimates Dred ScottFrederick Augustus Was hington BaileyMartin Luther King, Jr. Colin Luther PowellWilliam Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du BoisLevardis Robert Ma rtyn Burton, Jr. Kareem Abdul-JabbarJohn Arthur JohnsonShirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm 1 Jamaican 0.31% 986,897 2 Haitian 0.28% 873,003 3 Nigerian 0.08% 259,934 4 Trinidadian and Tobagonian 0.06% 193,233 5 Ghanaian 0.03% 94,405 6 Barbadian 0.01% 59,236 Subsaharan African (total) 0.92% 2,864,067 West Indian (total) (except Hispanic groups) 0.85% 2,633,149 Black and African Americans (total) 42,020,743 2010 United States Census[75] 2009-2011 American Community Survey Dred Scott, Frederick Douglass, Martin L

uther King, Jr. Colin Powell (Jamaican), W. E. B. Du Bois (Haitian & Ghanaian), LeVar Burton (Ni gerian) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Trinidadian and Tobagonian), Jack Johnson (Ghanaian), Shirl ey Chisholm (Barbadian) Asian Americans[edit source | editbeta] Main articles: Asian American and Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans Another significant population is the Asian American population, comprising 17.3 million in 2010, or 5.6% of the U.S. population.[97][98] California is home to 5.6 million Asian Americans, the greatest number in any state;[99] in Hawaii, As ian Americans make up the highest proportion of the population (57 percent).[99] Asian Americans live across the country, yet are heavily urbanized, with signif icant populations in the Greater Los Angeles Area, New York metropolitan area, a nd the San Francisco Bay Area.[100] They are by no means a monolithic group. The largest sub-groups are immigrants o r descendants of immigrants from Cambodia, Mainland China, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Asians overall h ave higher income levels than all other racial groups in the United States, incl uding whites, and the trend appears to be increasing in relation to those groups .[101] Additionally, Asians have a higher education attainment level than all ot her racial groups in the United States.[102][103] For better or worse, the group has been called a model minority.[104][105][106] While Asian American have been in what is now the United States since before the Revolutionary War,[107][108][109] relatively large waves of Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese immigration did not begin until the mid-to-late 19th century.[109] Immigration and significant population growth continue to this day.[110] Due to a number of factors, Asian Americans have been stereotyped as "perpetual foreign ers".[111][112] Asian ancestries[97] Rank Ancestry Percentage Of total population Pop. Anna May WongJose CalugasKalpana Chawla Margaret Denise QuigleySeo Jae-pilEllison Onizuka 1 Chinese 1.2% 3,797,379 2 Filipino 1.1% 3,417,285 3 Indian 1.0% 3,188,538 4 Vietnamese 0.5% 1,737,665 5 Korean 0.5% 1,707,027 6 Japanese 0.4% 1,304,599 Other Asian 0.9% 2,799,448 Asian American (total) 5.6% 17,320,856 2010 United States Census Anna May Wong (Chinese), Jose Calugas (Filipino) , Kalpana Chawla (Indian) Maggie Q (Vietnamese), Seo Jae-pil (Korean), Ellison Onizuka (Japanese) Two or more races[edit source | editbeta] Main article: Multiracial American The U.S. has a growing multiracial identity movement. Multiracial Americans numb ered 7.0 million in 2008, or 2.3% of the population;[98] by the 2010 census the Multiracial increased to 9,009,073, or 2.9% of the total population.[113] They c an be any combination of races (White, Black or African American, Asian, America n Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, "Some othe r race") and ethnicities.[114] The largest population of Multiracial Americans w ere those of White and African American descent, with a total of 1,834,212 selfidentifying individuals.[113] Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, is biracial with his mother being of English and Irish descent and his father b eing of Kenyan birth;[115][116] however, Obama only self-identifies as being Afr ican American.[117][118] American Indians and Alaska Natives[edit source | editbeta] Main article: Native Americans in the United States See also: Blood quantum laws and Bureau of Indian Affairs According to the 2010 Census, there are 5.2 million people who are American Indi

an or Alaska Native alone, or in combination with one or more races; they make u p 1.7% of the total population.[119] According to the Office of Management and B udget (OMB), a "American Indian or Alaska Native" is a person whose ancestry hav e origins in any of the original peoples of North, Central, or South America.[11 9] 2.3 million individuals who are American Indian or Alaskan Native are multira cial;[119] additionally the plurality of American Indians reside in the Western United States (40.7%).[119] Collectively and historically this race has been kno wn by several names;[120] as of 1995, 50% of those who fall within the OMB defin ition prefer the term "American Indian", 37% prefer "Native American" and the re mainder have no preference or prefer a different term altogether.[121] Native Americans, whose ancestry are indigenous to the Americas, originally migr ated to the two continents between 10,000-45,000 years ago.[122] These Paleoamer icans spread throughout the two continents and evolved into hundreds of distinct cultures during the pre-Columbian era.[123] Following the first voyage of Chris topher Columbus,[124] the European colonization of the Americas began, with St. Augustine, Florida becoming the first permanent European settlement in the conti nental United States.[125] From the 16th through the 19th centuries, the populat ion of Native Americans declined in the following ways: epidemic diseases brough t from Europe;[126] genocide and warfare at the hands of European explorers and colonists,[127][128][129] as well as between tribes;[130][131] displacement from their lands;[132] internal warfare,[133] enslavement;[134] and intermarriage.[1 35][136] Population by selected tribal groups[119][137] Rank National origin Percentage Of total population Pop. Florence Owens ThompsonNavajo Code TalkersPushma taha Charles Albert "Chief" BenderSitting BullGeronimo 1 Cherokee 0.26% 819,105 2 Navajo 0.1% 332,129 3 Choctaw 0.06% 195,764 4 Mexican American Indian 0.05% 175,494 5 Chippewa 0.05% 170,742 6 Sioux 0.05% 170,110 All other 1.08% 3,357,235 American Indian (total) 1.69% 5,220,579 2010 United States Census Florence Owens Thompson (Cherokee), Code talkers (Navajo), Pushmataha (Choctaw) Chief Bender (Chippewa), Sitting Bull (Sioux), Geronimo (Apache) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders[edit source | editbeta] Main article: Pacific Islands American As defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Office of Management and B udget, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are "persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. "[138] Previously called Asian Pacific American, along with Asian Americans begi nning in 1976, this was changed in 1997.[139] As of the 2010 United States Censu s there are 1.2 million who reside in the United States, and make up 0.4% of the nation's total population, of whom 56% are multiracial.[140] 14% of the populat ion have at least a bachelors degree,[140] and 15.1% live in poverty, below the poverty threshold.[140] As compared to the 2000 United States Census this popula tion grew by 40%;[138] and 71% live in the West; of those over half (52%) live i n either Hawaii or California, with no other states having populations greater t han 100,000.[138] The largest concentration of Native Hawaiians and other Pacifi c Islanders, is Honolulu County in Hawaii,[140] and Los Angeles County in the co ntinental United States.[138] Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander by ancestries[138] Rank Ancestry Percentage Pop. Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohol a KahanamokuDwayne Douglas Johnson Sonny SandovalSione Sonasi "Bo" Po'uha 1 Hawaiian 0.17% 527,077 2 Samoan 0.05% 184,440

3 Chamorro 0.04% 147,798 4 Tongan 0.01% 57,183 Other Pacific Islanders 0.09% 308,697 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (total) 0.39% 1,225,195 2010 United States Census Duke Kahanamoku (Hawaiian), Dwayne Johnson (Samo an) Sonny Sandoval (Chamorro), Sione Pouha (Tongan) National personification[edit source | editbeta]

"Uncle Sam" is a national personification of the United States. The image bears resemblance to the real Samuel Wilson. The female personification is "Columbia". A national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation or its people; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda. Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States and sometimes more specifically of the American government, with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812. He is depicted as a stern elderly white man with white ha ir and a goatee beard, and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of flag of the United States for example, typically a top hat with red and white stripes and white stars on a blue band, and red and white striped trousers. Columbia is a poetic name for the Americas and the feminine personification of t he United States of America, made famous by African-American poet Phillis Wheatl ey during the American Revolutionary War in 1776. It has inspired the names of m any persons, places, objects, institutions, and companies in the Western Hemisph ere and beyond. Language[edit source | editbeta] Main articles: Languages of the United States, English language, American Englis h, and English-only movement Languages (2007)[141] English (only) 225.5 million Spanish, incl. Creole 34.5 million Chinese 2.5 million French, incl. Creole 2.0 million Tagalog 1.5 million Vietnamese 1.2 million German 1.1 million Korean 1.1 million English is the de facto national language. Although there is no official languag e at the federal level, some laws such as U.S. naturalization requirements standardi ze English. In 2007, about 226 million, or 80% of the population aged five years and older, spoke only English at home. Spanish, spoken by 12% of the population at home, is the second most common language and the most widely taught second l anguage.[141][142] Some Americans advocate making English the country's official language, as it is in at least twenty-eight states.[143] Both Hawaiian and Engl ish are official languages in Hawaii by state law.[144] While neither has an official language, New Mexico has laws providing for the us e of both English and Spanish, as Louisiana does for English and French.[145] Ot her states, such as California, mandate the publication of Spanish versions of c ertain government documents. The latter include court forms.[146] Several insula r territories grant official recognition to their native languages, along with E nglish: Samoan and Chamorro are recognized by American Samoa and Guam, respectiv ely; Carolinian and Chamorro are recognized by the Northern Mariana Islands; Spa nish is an official language of Puerto Rico. Religion[edit source | editbeta] Main article: Religion in the United States Religion in the United States Religion Percent

Total Christians ? 78.4% Protestant ? 51.3% Roman Catholic ? 23.9% Mormon ? 1.7% Jehovah's Witnesses ? 0.7% Orthodox ? 0.6% other Christian ? 0.3% Total Other Religions ? 4.7% Jewish ? 1.7% Buddhist ? 0.7% Muslim ? 0.6% Hindu ? 0.4% Other faiths ? 1.2% Total Unaffiliated ? 16.1% Agnostic ? 2.4% Atheist ? 1.6% Nothing in particular ? 12.1% Pew Research Center, 2008[36] Religion in the United States has a high adherence level, compared to other deve loped countries, and diversity in beliefs. The First Amendment to the country's Constitution prevents the Federal government from making any "law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The U.S. S upreme Court has interpreted this as preventing the government from having any a uthority in religion. A majority of Americans report that religion plays a "very important" role in their lives, a proportion unusual among developed nations, a lthough similar to the other nations of the Americas.[147] Many faiths have flou

rished in the United States, including both later imports spanning the country's multicultural immigrant heritage, as well as those founded within the country; these have led the United States to become the most religiously diverse country in the world.[148] The majority of Americans (76%) identify themselves as Christians, mostly within Protestant and Catholic denominations, accounting for 51% and 25% of the popula tion respectively.[149] Non-Christian religions (including Buddhism, Hinduism, I slam, and Judaism), collectively make up about 4% to 5% of the adult population. [149][150][151] Another 15% of the adult population identifies as having no reli gious belief or no religious affiliation.[149] According to the American Religio us Identification Survey, religious belief varies considerably across the countr y: 59% of Americans living in Western states (the "Unchurched Belt") report a be lief in God, yet in the South (the "Bible Belt") the figure is as high as 86%.[1 49][152] Several of the original Thirteen Colonies were established by settlers who wishe d to practice their own religion without discrimination: the Massachusetts Bay C olony was established by English Puritans, Pennsylvania by Irish and English Qua kers, Maryland by English and Irish Catholics, and Virginia by English Anglicans . Although some individual states retained established religious confessions wel l into the 19th century, the United States was the first nation to have no offic ial state-endorsed religion.[153] Modeling the provisions concerning religion wi thin the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the framers of the Constitution rejected any religious test for office, and the First Amendment specifically de nied the federal government any power to enact any law respecting either an esta blishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise, thus protecting any reli gious organization, institution, or denomination from government interference. T he decision was mainly influenced by European Rationalist and Protestant ideals, but was also a consequence of the pragmatic concerns of minority religious grou ps and small states that did not want to be under the power or influence of a na tional religion that did not represent them.[154] The First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. is the largest Catholic church in the United States.

Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah is the largest temple of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island is America's oldest surviving synagogue .

Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, California is one of the largest Buddhist te mples in the western hemisphere.

The Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan is the largest mosque in Nor th America.

Hindu Temple at Malibu, California Culture[edit source | editbeta] Main article: Culture of the United States American Shepherd with his horse and dog. The development of the culture of the United States of America has been marked b y a tension between two strong sources of inspiration: European ideals, especial ly British; and domestic originality, such as Jeffersonian democracy.[155][156] Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was perhaps the first influent ial domestic cultural critique by an American. American culture encompasses traditions, ideals, customs, beliefs, values, arts, folklore and innovations developed both domestically and imported via colonizat ion and immigration. Prevalent ideas and ideals which evolved domestically such as important national holidays, uniquely American sports, proud military traditi on, and innovations in the arts and entertainment give a strong sense of nationa l pride among the population as a whole. See also[edit source | editbeta] American diaspora[edit source | editbeta] Amerasian American Australian American Brazilian American Canadians American Mexican American New Zealander Americo-Liberian Related articles[edit source | editbeta] American ethnicity American studies Ancestry of the people of the United States Emigration from the United States Hispanic and Latino Americans Hyphenated American Immigration to the United States North Americans in Chile Race and ethnicity in the United States Stereotypes of Americans References[edit source | editbeta] ^ "U.S. Census Bureau Announces 2010 Census Population Counts Apportionment Coun ts Delivered to President" (Press release). United States Census Bureau. Decembe r 21, 2010. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2012. ^ "U.S. POPClock Projection". U.S. Census Bureau. Figure updated automatically. ^ People live in Mexico, INEGI, 2010 ^ Smith, Dr. Claire M. (August 2010). "These are our Numbers: Civilian Americans Overseas and Voter Turnout". OVF Research Newsletter. Overseas Vote Foundation. Retrieved December 11, 2012. "Previous research indicates that the number of U. S. Americans living in Mexico is around 1 million, with 600,000 of those living in Mexico City." ^ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% samp le data". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. June 10, 2010. Retrieved Febr uary 17, 2013. "Ethnic origins Americans Total responses 316,350" ^ Barrie McKenna (June 27, 2012). "Tax amnesty offered to Americans in Canada". The Globe and Mail (Ottawa). Retrieved December 17, 2012. "There are roughly a m illion Americans in Canada many with little or no ties to the United States." ^ "U.S. Relations With the Philippines". Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affair

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