People of the United States

Americans

George Washington • Abraham Lincoln • John F. Kennedy • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Thomas Edison • Isabel Allende • Charlton Heston • Rosa Parks • Oprah Winfrey • Amelia Earhart • Ellen DeGeneres • S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Total population
(2010) 313,526,820
Regions with significant populations
United States        311,359,000[1]
Mexico 1,200,000 [2]  Canada 688,000 [3]  Brazil 520,000 [3]  Philippines 250,000 [4]  United Kingdom 224,000 [5]  Liberia 160,000 [6]  Israel 100,000 [7]  Germany 99,600 [8]  Hong Kong 60,000 [9]  Australia 56,276 [10]  Japan 52,684 [11]  Costa Rica 40,000 [12]  Norway 33,509 [13]  Lebanon 25,000 [14]  New Zealand 17,751 [15]
Languages
Primarily English, but also Spanish and others
Religion
Mostly Protestantism and Catholicism; other religions with large groups include Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism; New Religious Movements and other faiths can also be found here

The people of the United States, U.S. Americans, or simply Americans or American people, are citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, some Americans don't take their nationality as an ethnicity, but identify themselves with both their nationality and their ancestral origins. Aside from the indigenous Native American population, nearly all Americans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries.^[16]

Due to the multi-ethnic composition, the United States is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of traditions and values.^[17][18] The culture held in common by most Americans is referred to as mainstream American culture, a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of Western European migrants, beginning with the early English and Dutch settlers. German and Irish cultures have also been very influential.^[17] Certain cultural attributes of Igbo, Mandé, Kongo and Wolof slaves from West Africa were adopted by the American mainstream; based more on the traditions of Central African Bantu slaves, a distinct African American culture developed that would also deeply affect the mainstream.^[19] Westward expansion integrated the Creoles and Cajuns of Louisiana and the Hispanos of the Southwest and brought close contact with the culture of Mexico. Large-scale immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from Southern and Eastern Europe introduced many new cultural elements. More recent immigration from Asia, Africa, and especially Latin America has had broad impact. The resulting cultural mix may be described as a homogeneous melting pot, or as a pluralistic salad bowl in which immigrants and their descendants retain distinctive cultural characteristics.^[17]

In addition to the United States, Americans and people of American descent can be found internationally such as in Mexico, Canada, Australia, Brazil and throughout Europe, South America, and the Caribbean. As many as 4 million Americans are estimated to be living abroad.^[3]

References

See also

• American Australian
• American Brazilian
• American Canadians
• Americo-Liberian
• American New Zealander
• Hyphenated American
• Immigration to the United States
• Melting pot

Demographics of the United States Demographic history Economic and social Affluence · Educational attainment · Homeownership · Household income · Immigration · Income inequality · Language · Middle classes · Personal income · Poverty · Social class · Unemployment by state · Wealth Religion Prominent examples: Buddhists · Christians (Catholics, Protestants, etc.) · Hindus · Jews · Muslims · Neopagans · Non-religious · Sikhs Race and ethnicity Americans · Ethnic groups in the United States · American people by ethnic or national origin · History of the United States by ethnic group · American culture by ethnicity · Race and ethnicity in the Census · Maps of American ancestries · 2000 Census · in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Racism White Americans (European Americans, Arab Americans, English Americans, German Americans, White Hispanic and Latino Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Polish Americans, etc.) · Black Americans (African Americans, African immigrants and descendants, Afro-Caribbean/West Indian Americans, etc.) · Asian Americans (Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Japanese Americans, Pakistani Americans, etc.) · Hispanic and Latino Americans (Mexican Americans, Stateside Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Colombian Americans, etc.) · Jewish Americans · Multiracial Americans · Native Americans and Alaska Natives · Pacific Islander Americans (Chamorro Americans, Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, etc.)

Race in the 2000 United States Census "American Indian and Alaskan Native"  "Asian"  "Black or African American"  "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander"  "White"  Two or more races

Asian Americans East Asian Chinese · Japanese · Korean · Mongolian · Taiwanese · Tibetan South Asian† Bangladeshi · Indian · Indo-Caribbean · Nepalese · Pakistani · Sri Lankan · Tamil Southeast Asian Burmese · Cambodian · Filipino · Hmong · Indonesian · Laotian · Mien · Singaporean  · Thai · Vietnamese Other Afro-Asian · Amerasian · Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans · Eurasian † The US Census Bureau considers Afghanistan a South Asian country, but does not classify Afghan Americans as Asian.

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