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The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and according to a 2020 U.S. Census Bureau analysis, 50% of U.S. children under the age of 18 are now members of ethnic minority groups. [30] As of 2020, white Americans numbered 235,411,507 or 71% of the population, including people who identified as white in combination with another race.
The table also excludes all mixed raced/multiracial persons from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category. The information on Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, add up to more than 100% as the racial data for Hispanics was not broken out separately in the 2020 Census.
During the American colonial period, British colonial officials conducted censuses in some of the Thirteen Colonies that included enumerations by race. [1] In addition, tax lists and other reports provided additional data and information about the racial demographics of the Thirteen Colonies during this time period.
English: Population pyramid of the United States by race-ethnicity in 2020 Note: White, Black etc. are the Non-Hispanic populations as such. For example, Whites in this instance is relating to Non-Hispanic Whites. Other includes Native Hawaiian's and American Indians
The United States Census has race and ethnicity as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1997. [1] The following median household income data are retrieved from American Community Survey 2021 1-year estimates. In this survey, the nationwide population was 331,893,745 in 2021. [2]
The Interagency Committee agreed, stating that "race" and "ethnicity" were not sufficiently defined and "that many respondents conceptualize 'race' and 'ethnicity' as one and the same underscor[ing] the need to consolidate these terms into one category, using a term that is more meaningful to the American people." [5] The AAA also stated:
According to 2022 US Census Bureau one-year estimates, California's population by race (where Hispanics are allocated to the individual racial categories) was 38.9% White, 15.5% Asian, 19.5% Other Race, 5.4% Black or African American, 1.3% Native American or Alaskan Native, 0.4% Pacific Islander, and 19.0% Mixed race or Multiracial.