![]() ![]() The first United States census in 1790 classed residents as free White people (divided by age and sex), all other free persons (reported by sex and color), and enslaved people. Virgin Islands is mostly African American. American Samoa has a high percentage of Pacific Islanders, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are mostly Asian and Pacific Islander, Puerto Rico is mostly Hispanic/Latino, and the U.S. territories is fairly homogeneous, though each comprises a different primary ethnic group. The latter region is home to 42% of Hispanic and Latino Americans, 46% of Asian Americans, 48% of American Indians and Alaska Natives, 68% of Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, 37% of the "two or more races" population (Multiracial Americans), and 46% of those self-designated as "some other race". A plurality or majority of the other official groups reside in the West. Ĭurrently, 55% of the African American population lives in the South. At the same time, the region with the smallest share of white Americans is the South, which comprise 53%. Non-Hispanic whites make up 79% of the Midwest's population, the highest proportion of any region. White Americans are the majority in every census-defined region ( Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) and in every state except Hawaii, but contribute the highest proportion of the population in the Midwest, at 85% per the Population Estimates Program (PEP) or 83% per the American Community Survey (ACS). The Census Bureau also classified respondents as either Hispanic or Latino, identifying as an ethnicity, which comprises the minority group in the nation. ![]() The 2000 census and 2010 American Community Survey inquired about the "ancestry" of residents, whilst the 2020 census allowed people to enter their “origins”. The United States also recognizes the broader notion of ethnicity. The most recent United States census recognized seven racial categories ( White, Black, Latino, Asian, Native American/ Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. ![]() The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. Population pyramid by race/ethnicity in 2020 ![]()
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