Anglo-America

Anglo-America

Area	19,418,198.6 km2 (7,497,408.4 sq mi)
Population	354,830,825
Pop. density	18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)
Demonym	Anglo-American[1]
Countries	14  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Canada  Dominica  Grenada  Guyana  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago  United States
Dependencies	9  Anguilla  Bermuda  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Falkland Islands  Montserrat  Puerto Rico  Turks and Caicos Islands  United States Virgin Islands
Languages	English variations American English Bahamian English Barbadian English Belizean English Bermudian English Canadian English (French) Caribbean English Jamaican English Guyanese English and others
Time zones	UTC-4 to UTC-10
Largest cities	List of cities in North America, Cities in Guyana

Anglo-America most often refers to a region in the Americas in which English is a main language, and where British culture and the British Empire has had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic and cultural impact.^[2] Anglo-America is distinct from Latin America, a region of the Americas where Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese and French) are prevalent.^[2]

Geographic region

The term Anglo-America frequently refers specifically to the United States and Canada, by far the two most populous English-speaking countries in North America.^[3] Other areas composing the Anglophone Caribbean include territories of the former British West Indies, Belize, Bermuda, and Guyana.

Two notable territories with substantial non-Anglophone majorities are nonetheless often included in Anglo-America for linguistical reasons. In Canada, the francophone province of Quebec, Acadia in New Brunswick and a part of Cochrane District^[4] are sometimes considered part of Anglo-America for cultural, economic, geographical, historical, and political reasons. Similarly, Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico is considered part of Anglo-America because of its status as an unincorporated territory of the United States.^[5] Conversely, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, and Saba are not typically included in Anglo-America, despite their English-speaking majorities, because they are constituent countries or public bodies that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Population sizes, in 2010^[6]

Country	Population	Land area	Pop. density
Anguilla	14,764	91 km2 (35 sq mi)	162.2/km2 (420/sq mi)
Antigua and Barbuda	86,754	442.6 km2 (170.9 sq mi)	196.0/km2 (508/sq mi)
Bahamas	310,426	10,010 km2 (3,860 sq mi)	31.0/km2 (80/sq mi)
Barbados	285,653	430 km2 (170 sq mi)	664.3/km2 (1,721/sq mi)
Belize	314,522	22,806 km2 (8,805 sq mi)	13.9/km2 (36/sq mi)
Bermuda	68,268	54 km2 (21 sq mi)	1,264.2/km2 (3,274/sq mi)
British Virgin Islands	24,939	151 km2 (58 sq mi)	165.2/km2 (428/sq mi)
Canada	34,255,000	9,984,670 km2 (3,855,100 sq mi)	3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi)
Cayman Islands	50,209	264 km2 (102 sq mi)	198.2/km2 (513/sq mi)
Dominica	72,813	751 km2 (290 sq mi)	97.0/km2 (251/sq mi)
Falkland Islands	3,140	12,173 km2 (4,700 sq mi)	0.3/km2 (0.78/sq mi)
Grenada	107,818	344 km2 (133 sq mi)	313.4/km2 (812/sq mi)
Guyana	748,486	196,849 km2 (76,004 sq mi)	3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Jamaica	2,847,232	10,831 km2 (4,182 sq mi)	262.9/km2 (681/sq mi)
Montserrat	5,118	102 km2 (39 sq mi)	50.2/km2 (130/sq mi)
Puerto Rico	3,725,789	9,104 km2 (3,515 sq mi)	409.2/km2 (1,060/sq mi)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,898	261 km2 (101 sq mi)	191.2/km2 (495/sq mi)
Saint Lucia	160,922	606 km2 (234 sq mi)	265.5/km2 (688/sq mi)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,217	389 km2 (150 sq mi)	267.9/km2 (694/sq mi)
Trinidad and Tobago	1,228,691	5,128 km2 (1,980 sq mi)	239.6/km2 (621/sq mi)
Turks and Caicos Islands	23,528	430 km2 (170 sq mi)	104/km2 (270/sq mi)
United States	310,232,863	9,161,966 km2 (3,537,455 sq mi)	33.9/km2 (88/sq mi)
United States Virgin Islands	109,775	346 km2 (134 sq mi)	317.3/km2 (822/sq mi)
Total	354,830,825	19,418,198.6 km2 (7,497,408.4 sq mi)	18.3/km2 (47/sq mi)

Anglo-American

The adjective Anglo-American is used in the following ways:

• to denote the cultural sphere shared by the United Kingdom, the United States and English Canada. For example, "Anglo-American culture is different from French culture." Political leaders including Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan have used the term to discuss the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America.
• to describe relations between Britain and America. For example, "Anglo-American relations became more relaxed after the War of 1812."

Anglo-American ethnic group

As a noun, Anglo-American is a rare term occasionally used to refer to an English American and/or an English Canadian.

Anglo, on the other hand, typically refers to an English-speaking American in distinction to Spanish speakers, especially in the Southwestern states and in Mexico.^[9][10] This usage originated in the discussion of the history of English-speaking people of the United States and the Spanish-speaking people residing in the western United States during the Mexican–American War.

Anglo-American, Anglophone American, Anglic, Anglo

While the term Anglo-American used in regard to ethnicity is frequently used only to refer to people of Caucasian ancestry, it (along with terms like Anglo, Anglic, Anglophone, and Anglophonic) can also be used to denote all English-speaking people and their descendants in the New World, regardless of prior ethnic background, much like Hispanic refers to people of any race. Therefore, a person, for example, of Chinese descent who adopts the American or Canadian culture would have English-speaking "Anglo-American", "Anglic", "Anglophone", "Anglo", or "Anglophonic" children (in contrast to Spanish-speaking Chinese descent people living in Hispanic America, who would be "Hispanic"). Thus, Anglo-American, Anglic-American, Anglophone-American, Anglo, or Anglophonic-American can refer to all those whose families who, regardless of race, have become mainstream English-speaking people in the United States, English Canada, English-speaking areas of the Caribbean, Belize, and Guyana, including African Americans.

Ethnic distribution, in 2010^[6]

Country	Population	Amerindians	Asians	Blacks	Hispanic/ Latino	Multi-ethnic/ dougla/ mulatto	Caucasians	Other
Anguilla	14,764	–	–	90.1%	–	04.6%	03.7%	01.5%
Antigua and Barbuda	86,754	–	–	91%	–	04.4%	01.7%	02.9%
Bahamas	310,426	–	–	85%	–	–	12%	03%
Barbados	285,653	–	01%	93%	–	02.6%	03.2%	0.2%
Belize	314,522	10.6%	–	24.9%	46%		–	09.7%
Bermuda	68,268	–	–	54.8%	–	06.4%	34.1%	04.7%
British Virgin Islands	24,939	–	–	82%	5%	–	06.8%	11.2%
Canada[11]	33,759,742	3.8%	10.8%	2.01%	0.97%	0.3%	83.78%	0.6%
Cayman Islands	50,209	–	–	20%	–	40%	20%	20%
Dominica	72,813	02.9%	–	86.8%	–	08.9%	0.8%	0.7%
Falkland Islands	3,140	–	–	–	5%	–	–	–
Grenada	107,818	–	–	82%	–	18%	–	–
Guyana	748,486	09.1%	43.5%	30.2%	–	16.7%	–	0.5%
Jamaica	2,847,232	–	–	91.2%	–	06.2%	–	02.6%
Montserrat	5,118	–	–	N/A	–	–	N/A	N/A
Puerto Rico	3,725,789	0.5%	0.2%	12.4%	98.5%	11.9%	75.8%	03.1%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,898	–	–	N/A	–	–	N/A	–
Saint Lucia	160,922	–	02.4%	82.5%	–	11.9%	N/A	03.1%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,217	02%	06%	66%	–	19%	04%	03%
Trinidad and Tobago	1,228,691	–	40%	37.5%	–	20.5%	–	02%
Turks and Caicos Islands	23,528	–	–	90%	–	–	–	10%
United States	310,232,863	0.97%	04.8%	12.6%	16.3%	2.9%	72.4%	6.1%
United States Virgin Islands	109,775	–	01.1%	76.2%	22.3%	03.5%	13.1%	06.1%
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Immigration

People from other parts of the world have immigrated to Anglo-America to have a better quality of life, find better employment, and escape famine, poverty, violence and conflict. People from many different ethnic origins in Latin America and more remote places all over the world including the less English-dominant parts of Oceania, continental Europe, Asia and Africa all live in Anglo-America contemporarily.

Standard of living, in 2009^[6]

Country	GDP (PPP) Billions USD	GDP Per Capita USD	Gini[12]	HDI rank
Anguilla	$0.2 billion	12,200	–	–
Antigua and Barbuda	$1.55 billion	18,100	–
Bahamas	$9.09 billion	29,800	–
Barbados	$5.20 billion	18,500	–
Belize	$2.49 billion	08,100	–
Bermuda	$4.50 billion	69,900	–	–
British Virgin Islands	$0.9 billion	38,500	–	–
Canada	$1,300.0 billion	38,400	32.1
Cayman Islands	$2.25 billion	43,800	–	–
Dominica	$0.74 billion	10,200	–
Falkland Islands	$0.12 billion	35,400	–	–
Grenada	$1.16 billion	10,800	–
Guyana	$2.84 billion	03,800	43.2
Jamaica	$23.24 billion	08,200	45.5
Montserrat	$0.30 billion	03,400	–	–
Puerto Rico	$88.00 billion	17,100	–	–
Saint Kitts and Nevis	$0.75 billion	15,200	–
Saint Lucia	$1.75 billion	10,900	–
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$1.55 billion	18,100	–
Trinidad and Tobago	$28.41 billion	23,100	–
Turks and Caicos Islands	$0.22 billion	11,500	–	–
United States	$14,260.0 billion	46,400	45.0
United States Virgin Islands	$1.577 billion	14,500	–	–
Total	–	–	–	–

See also

References

Notes

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