White Americans
White Americans are citizens of the United States who are white people. This is the largest and most common ethnic group in the country.[source?]
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| Total population | |
 300,832,540 (2022) broadest definition [1]43% of the estimated total U.S. population 284,904,818 (2022) (one race)[1] | |
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In 2010, 70% of the people living in the United States said they were white. About 60% of the United States population was white people who were not Hispanic.[source?]
The white American population includes European Americans and non-European people such as Arabs, North Africans, Jews, Persians and other Middle Eastern people. It also includes Hispanic groups such as Spaniards, Spanish Mexicans and Spanish Cubans.[2][3]
The white population in the United States has been getting smaller. More white people have died than have been born in most states.[4]
Most white Americans are of English (46.6 million), German (45 million), and Irish (38.6 million) ancestry.
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