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As of 2022, births to White American mothers remain around 50% of the U.S. total, a decline of 3% compared to 2021. [36] In the same time period, births to Asian American and Hispanic women increased by 2% and 6%, respectively. [37] Population pyramid by race and ethnicity of the United States over time from 1900 to 2020
Gender income inequality was the greatest among Whites, with White men outearning White women by 48%. Census Bureau data for 2005 reveals that the median income of White females was lower than that of males of all races. In 2005, the median income for White American females was only slightly higher than that of African American females. [88]
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.
Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]
The White non-Hispanic population remained the largest racial or ethnic group in the United States according to the 2020 census data, accounting for 57.8% of the population, a decline from 63.7% in the 2010 census. The United States Census Bureau defines white to include European Americans, Middle Eastern Americans, and North African Americans. [6]
The Caucasian race (also Caucasoid, [a] Europid, or Europoid) [2] is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race. [3] [4] [5] The Caucasian race was historically regarded as a biological taxon which, depending on which of the historical race classifications was being used, usually included ancient and modern populations from all or parts of ...
OPINION: The growing Christian nationalist Redoubt movement is just the latest example in a long history of plans to make America white ag a in. . Editor’s note: The following article is an op ...
It includes people who indicate their race as "white-skinned people" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish. [30] Black or African American — A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am., or Negro", or ...