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'''Americans''' are the [[Citizenship of the United States|citizens]] and [[United States nationality law|nationals]] of the [[United States|United States of America]].The United States is home to [[Race and ethnicity in the United States|people of many racial and ethnic origins]]; consequently, [[Law of the United States|American law]] does not equate [[nationality]] with [[Race (human categorization)|race]] or [[ethnicity]] but with citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cite.case.law/f3d/502/337/#p341 |title=Fernandez v. Keisler, 502 F.3d 337}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cite.case.law/f-supp-2d/599/772/#footnote_1_3 |title=Robertson-Dewar v. Mukasey, 599 F. Supp. 2d 772}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Permanent Allegiance Law and Legal Definition |url=https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/permanent-allegiance/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The American Diaspora |journal=[[Esquire (magazine)]]}}</ref>

The majority of Americans or their ancestors [[Immigration to the United States|immigrated]] to the United States or are descended from people who were [[Atlantic slave trade]] as [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] within the past five centuries, with the exception of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] population and people from [[Alaska]], [[Hawaii]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], [[Texas]], and formerly the [[Philippines]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Lifshey|first=Adam|title=Subversions of the American Century: Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z17rCgAAQBAJ|year=2015|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-472-05293-6|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z17rCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22the+status+of+filipinos+in+the+philippines+as+american+nationals%22&pg=PA119 119]|quote=the status of Filipinos in the Philippines as American nationals existed from 1900 to 1946|access-date=May 26, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928160538/https://books.google.com/books?id=Z17rCgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite book|author=Rick Baldoz|title=The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898–1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7QUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|date=28 February 2011|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-9109-7|page=174|quote=Recalling earlier debates surrounding Filipinos' naturalization status in the United States, he pointed out that U.S. courts had definitively recognized that Filipinos were American "nationals" and not "aliens".|access-date=May 28, 2018|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923060630/https://books.google.com/books?id=J7QUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030205.html |title=8 FAM 302.5 Special Citizenship Provisions Regarding the Philippines |author= |date=15 May 2020 |website=Foreign Affairs Manual |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=9 Jun 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719010406/https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030205.html |url-status=live }}</ref> who became American through expansion of the country in the 19th century;<ref>Fiorina, Morris P., and Paul E. Peterson (2000). ''The New American Democracy''. London: Longman, p. 97. {{ISBN|0-321-07058-5}};</ref> additionally, [[American Samoa]], the [[United States Virgin Islands]], and [[Northern Mariana Islands]] came under American sovereignty in the 20th century, although American Samoans are only nationals and not citizens of the United States.<ref>U.S. Census Bureau. [https://www.census.gov/population/foreign/about/faq.html Foreign-Born Population Frequently asked Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117174325/https://www.census.gov/population/foreign/about/faq.html |date=November 17, 2015 }} viewed January 19, 2015. The U.S. Census Bureau uses the terms native and native born to refer to anyone born in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.</ref><ref name="American Somoans">* {{cite news |date=March 28, 2018 |title=U.S. nationals born in American Samoa sue for citizenship |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/u-s-nationals-born-american-samoa-sue-citizenship-n860721 |access-date=2018-10-01 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928134312/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/u-s-nationals-born-american-samoa-sue-citizenship-n860721 |url-status=live }}

The majority of Americans or their ancestors [[Immigration to the United States|immigrated]] to the United States or are descended from people who were [[Atlantic slave trade]] as [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] within the past five centuries, with the exception of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] population and people from [[Alaska]], [[Hawaii]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], [[Texas]], and formerly the [[Philippines]],

* {{cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Moises |date=October 11, 2014 |title=How a weird law gives one group American nationality but not citizenship |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-11/how-weird-law-gives-one-group-american-nationality-not-citizenship |access-date=2018-08-24 |publisher=[[Public Radio International]] |archive-date=April 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401190852/https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-11/how-weird-law-gives-one-group-american-nationality-not-citizenship |url-status=live }}</ref>

Despite its multi-ethnic composition,<ref name="DD">Adams, J.Q., and Pearlie Strother-Adams (2001). ''[[iarchive:dealingwithdiver0000adam|Dealing with Diversity]]''. Chicago: Kendall/Hunt. {{ISBN|0-7872-8145-X}}.</ref><ref name="Society in Focus">Thompson, William, and Joseph Hickey (2005). ''Society in Focus''. Boston: Pearson. {{ISBN|0-205-41365-X}}.</ref> the culture of the United States held in common by most Americans can also be referred to as mainstream [[Culture of the United States|American culture]], a [[Western culture]] largely derived from the traditions of [[Northern Europe|Northern]] and [[Western Europe]]an colonists, settlers, and immigrants.<ref name="DD"/> It also includes significant influences of [[African-American culture]].<ref>Holloway, Joseph E. (2005). ''Africanisms in American Culture'', 2d ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp. 18–38. {{ISBN|0-253-34479-4}}. Johnson, Fern L. (1999). ''Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States''. Thousand Oaks, California, London, and New Delhi: Sage, p. 116. {{ISBN|0-8039-5912-5}}.</ref> Westward expansion integrated the [[Louisiana Creole people|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 19th and early 20th centuries from [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Southern Europe]] introduced a variety of new customs. Immigration from [[Africa]], [[History of Asian American immigration|Asia]], and [[Latin America]] has also had impact. A cultural [[melting pot]], or pluralistic [[Salad bowl (cultural idea)|salad bowl]], describes the way in which generations of Americans have celebrated and exchanged distinctive cultural characteristics.<ref name="DD"/>

==Racial and ethnic groups==

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[[File:Largest white alone or in any combination group by county in the United States. US Census 2020.jpg|thumb|275px|European ancestry in the United States by county (self-reported) in 2020]]

People of [[Europe]]an descent, or White Americans (also referred to as [[European Americans]] and Caucasian Americans), constitute the majority of the 331 million people living in the United States, with 191,697,647 people or 61.6% of the population in the [[2020 United States census]].{{efn|Of the foreign-born population from [[Europe]] (4,817 thousand), in 2010, 61.8% were naturalized.<ref name="fbpACS2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |title=The Foreign Born Population in the United States: 2010 |last1=Grieco |first1=Elizabeth M. |last2=Acosta |first2=Yesenia D. |last3=de la Cruz |first3=G. Patricia |last4=Gamino |first4=Christina |last5=Gryn |first5=Thomas |last6=Larsen |first6=Luke J. |last7=Trevelyan |first7=Edward N. |last8=Walters |first8=Nathan P. |date=May 2012 |website=American Community Survey Reports |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209224630/http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}}<ref name=c2010>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/redistricting-supplementary-tables/redistricting-supplementary-table-02.pdf |title=Percentage of Population and Percent Change by Race: 2010 and 2020 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |date=March 2011 |author=Karen R. Humes |author2=Nicholas A. Jones |author3=Roberto R. Ramirez |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813224122/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/redistricting-supplementary-tables/redistricting-supplementary-table-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TWP2010">{{cite web |author=Lindsay Hixson |author2=Bradford B. Hepler |author3=Myoung Ouk Kim |date=September 2011 |title=The White Population: 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-05.pdf |access-date=November 20, 2012 |work=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930074513/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-05.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> They are considered people who trace their ancestry to the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.<ref name=c2010 /> [[Non-Hispanic Whites]], which only account for 57.8% of the population, are the majority in 45 states. There are five [[minority-majority state]]s: [[California]], [[Texas]], [[New Mexico]], [[Nevada]], and [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. whites will soon be the minority in number, but not power – Baltimore Sun|periodical=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0809-minority-majority-20170808-story.html|access-date=2018-01-21|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200616/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0809-minority-majority-20170808-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8902484 |title=Minority population surging in Texas |date=August 18, 2005 |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231232030/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8902484/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] and the five inhabited [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]] have a non-white majority.<ref name=c2010 /> The state with the highest percentage of non-Hispanic White Americans is [[Maine]], while the state with the lowest percentage is [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html |title=Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities, Census Bureau Reports |last1=Bernstein |first1=Robert |date=May 17, 2012 |work=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |access-date=December 16, 2012 |archive-date=May 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518211419/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

People of [[Europe]]an descent, or White Americans (also referred to as [[European Americans]] and Caucasian Americans), constitute the majority of the 331 million people living in the United States, with 191,697,647 people or 61.6% of the population in the [[2020 United States census]].{{efn|Of the foreign-born population from [[Europe]] (4,817 thousand), in 2010, 61.8% were naturalized.<ref name="fbpACS2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |title=The Foreign Born Population in the United States: 2010}}</ref>

Europe is the largest continent that Americans trace their ancestry to, and many claim descent from various [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European ethnic groups]].<ref>Ohio State University. Diversity Dictionary. 2006. September 4, 2006. [http://www.osu.edu/diversity/dictionary.php OSU.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620101442/http://www.osu.edu/diversity/dictionary.php |date=June 20, 2008 }}</ref>

The [[Spaniards]] were the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the continental United States in 1565.<ref name=loc>{{cite web |url=http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_augustin_1.html |title=A Spanish Expedition Established St. Augustine in Florida |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=March 27, 2009 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010022552/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_augustin_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 '''Americans''' are the [[Citizenship of the United States|citizens]] and [[United States nationality law|nationals]] of the [[United States|United States of America]].The United States is home to [[Race and ethnicity in the United States|people of many racial and ethnic origins]]; consequently, [[Law of the United States|American law]] does not equate [[nationality]] with [[Race (human categorization)|race]] or [[ethnicity]] but with citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cite.case.law/f3d/502/337/#p341 |title=Fernandez v. Keisler, 502 F.3d 337}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cite.case.law/f-supp-2d/599/772/#footnote_1_3 |title=Robertson-Dewar v. Mukasey, 599 F. Supp. 2d 772}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Permanent Allegiance Law and Legal Definition |url=https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/permanent-allegiance/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The American Diaspora |journal=[[Esquire (magazine)]]}}</ref>
-The majority of Americans or their ancestors [[Immigration to the United States|immigrated]] to the United States or are descended from people who were [[Atlantic slave trade]] as [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] within the past five centuries, with the exception of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] population and people from [[Alaska]], [[Hawaii]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], [[Texas]], and formerly the [[Philippines]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Lifshey|first=Adam|title=Subversions of the American Century: Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z17rCgAAQBAJ|year=2015|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-472-05293-6|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z17rCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22the+status+of+filipinos+in+the+philippines+as+american+nationals%22&pg=PA119 119]|quote=the status of Filipinos in the Philippines as American nationals existed from 1900 to 1946|access-date=May 26, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928160538/https://books.google.com/books?id=Z17rCgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite book|author=Rick Baldoz|title=The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898–1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7QUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|date=28 February 2011|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-9109-7|page=174|quote=Recalling earlier debates surrounding Filipinos' naturalization status in the United States, he pointed out that U.S. courts had definitively recognized that Filipinos were American "nationals" and not "aliens".|access-date=May 28, 2018|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923060630/https://books.google.com/books?id=J7QUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030205.html |title=8 FAM 302.5 Special Citizenship Provisions Regarding the Philippines |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 May 2020 |website=Foreign Affairs Manual |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=9 Jun 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719010406/https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030205.html |url-status=live }}</ref> who became American through expansion of the country in the 19th century;<ref>Fiorina, Morris P., and Paul E. Peterson (2000). ''The New American Democracy''. London: Longman, p. 97. {{ISBN|0-321-07058-5}};</ref> additionally, [[American Samoa]], the [[United States Virgin Islands]], and [[Northern Mariana Islands]] came under American sovereignty in the 20th century, although American Samoans are only nationals and not citizens of the United States.<ref>U.S. Census Bureau. [https://www.census.gov/population/foreign/about/faq.html Foreign-Born Population Frequently asked Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117174325/https://www.census.gov/population/foreign/about/faq.html |date=November 17, 2015 }} viewed January 19, 2015. The U.S. Census Bureau uses the terms native and native born to refer to anyone born in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.</ref><ref name="American Somoans">* {{cite news |date=March 28, 2018 |title=U.S. nationals born in American Samoa sue for citizenship |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/u-s-nationals-born-american-samoa-sue-citizenship-n860721 |access-date=2018-10-01 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928134312/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/u-s-nationals-born-american-samoa-sue-citizenship-n860721 |url-status=live }}
+The majority of Americans or their ancestors [[Immigration to the United States|immigrated]] to the United States or are descended from people who were [[Atlantic slave trade]] as [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] within the past five centuries, with the exception of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] population and people from [[Alaska]], [[Hawaii]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], [[Texas]], and formerly the [[Philippines]],
-* {{cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Moises |date=October 11, 2014 |title=How a weird law gives one group American nationality but not citizenship |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-11/how-weird-law-gives-one-group-american-nationality-not-citizenship |access-date=2018-08-24 |publisher=[[Public Radio International]] |archive-date=April 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401190852/https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-11/how-weird-law-gives-one-group-american-nationality-not-citizenship |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Despite its multi-ethnic composition,<ref name="DD">Adams, J.Q., and Pearlie Strother-Adams (2001). ''[[iarchive:dealingwithdiver0000adam|Dealing with Diversity]]''. Chicago: Kendall/Hunt. {{ISBN|0-7872-8145-X}}.</ref><ref name="Society in Focus">Thompson, William, and Joseph Hickey (2005). ''Society in Focus''. Boston: Pearson. {{ISBN|0-205-41365-X}}.</ref> the culture of the United States held in common by most Americans can also be referred to as mainstream [[Culture of the United States|American culture]], a [[Western culture]] largely derived from the traditions of [[Northern Europe|Northern]] and [[Western Europe]]an colonists, settlers, and immigrants.<ref name="DD"/> It also includes significant influences of [[African-American culture]].<ref>Holloway, Joseph E. (2005). ''Africanisms in American Culture'', 2d ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp. 18–38. {{ISBN|0-253-34479-4}}. Johnson, Fern L. (1999). ''Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States''. Thousand Oaks, California, London, and New Delhi: Sage, p. 116. {{ISBN|0-8039-5912-5}}.</ref> Westward expansion integrated the [[Louisiana Creole people|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 19th and early 20th centuries from [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Southern Europe]] introduced a variety of new customs. Immigration from [[Africa]], [[History of Asian American immigration|Asia]], and [[Latin America]] has also had impact. A cultural [[melting pot]], or pluralistic [[Salad bowl (cultural idea)|salad bowl]], describes the way in which generations of Americans have celebrated and exchanged distinctive cultural characteristics.<ref name="DD"/>
 ==Racial and ethnic groups==
 {{Main|Race and ethnicity in the United States}}
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 [[File:Largest white alone or in any combination group by county in the United States. US Census 2020.jpg|thumb|275px|European ancestry in the United States by county (self-reported) in 2020]]
-People of [[Europe]]an descent, or White Americans (also referred to as [[European Americans]] and Caucasian Americans), constitute the majority of the 331&nbsp;million people living in the United States, with 191,697,647 people or 61.6% of the population in the [[2020 United States census]].{{efn|Of the foreign-born population from [[Europe]] (4,817 thousand), in 2010, 61.8% were naturalized.<ref name="fbpACS2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |title=The Foreign Born Population in the United States: 2010 |last1=Grieco |first1=Elizabeth M. |last2=Acosta |first2=Yesenia D. |last3=de la Cruz |first3=G. Patricia |last4=Gamino |first4=Christina |last5=Gryn |first5=Thomas |last6=Larsen |first6=Luke J. |last7=Trevelyan |first7=Edward N. |last8=Walters |first8=Nathan P. |date=May 2012 |website=American Community Survey Reports |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209224630/http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}}<ref name=c2010>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/redistricting-supplementary-tables/redistricting-supplementary-table-02.pdf |title=Percentage of Population and Percent Change by Race: 2010 and 2020 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |date=March 2011 |author=Karen R. Humes |author2=Nicholas A. Jones |author3=Roberto R. Ramirez |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813224122/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/redistricting-supplementary-tables/redistricting-supplementary-table-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TWP2010">{{cite web |author=Lindsay Hixson |author2=Bradford B. Hepler |author3=Myoung Ouk Kim |date=September 2011 |title=The White Population: 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-05.pdf |access-date=November 20, 2012 |work=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930074513/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-05.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> They are considered people who trace their ancestry to the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.<ref name=c2010 /> [[Non-Hispanic Whites]], which only account for 57.8% of the population, are the majority in 45 states. There are five [[minority-majority state]]s: [[California]], [[Texas]], [[New Mexico]], [[Nevada]], and [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. whites will soon be the minority in number, but not power – Baltimore Sun|periodical=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0809-minority-majority-20170808-story.html|access-date=2018-01-21|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200616/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0809-minority-majority-20170808-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8902484 |title=Minority population surging in Texas |date=August 18, 2005 |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231232030/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8902484/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] and the five inhabited [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]] have a non-white majority.<ref name=c2010 /> The state with the highest percentage of non-Hispanic White Americans is [[Maine]], while the state with the lowest percentage is [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html |title=Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities, Census Bureau Reports |last1=Bernstein |first1=Robert |date=May 17, 2012 |work=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |access-date=December 16, 2012 |archive-date=May 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518211419/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
+People of [[Europe]]an descent, or White Americans (also referred to as [[European Americans]] and Caucasian Americans), constitute the majority of the 331&nbsp;million people living in the United States, with 191,697,647 people or 61.6% of the population in the [[2020 United States census]].{{efn|Of the foreign-born population from [[Europe]] (4,817 thousand), in 2010, 61.8% were naturalized.<ref name="fbpACS2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |title=The Foreign Born Population in the United States: 2010}}</ref>
-Europe is the largest continent that Americans trace their ancestry to, and many claim descent from various [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European ethnic groups]].<ref>Ohio State University. Diversity Dictionary. 2006. September 4, 2006. [http://www.osu.edu/diversity/dictionary.php OSU.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620101442/http://www.osu.edu/diversity/dictionary.php |date=June 20, 2008 }}</ref>
 The [[Spaniards]] were the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the continental United States in 1565.<ref name=loc>{{cite web |url=http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_augustin_1.html |title=A Spanish Expedition Established St. Augustine in Florida |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=March 27, 2009 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010022552/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_augustin_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>