Types of Ethnicity

Browse the documentation below to learn about the available tables, geographies, population groups, and comparison guidance. Visit the Race/Ethnicity and American Indian & Alaska Native Data page for links to access the statistics.

The major ethnic groups that form the core of East Asia are the Han, Joseon, and Yamato. Other ethnic groups of East Asia include the Bai, Hui, Tibetans, Manchus, Ryukyuan, Ainu, Zhuang, and Mongols. The major East Asian language families are the Sinitic, Japonic, and Koreanic families.

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The term refers to a panethnic group that includes diverse populations, which have ancestral origins in East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.

In most regions of the world, this would apply to skin color, hair texture, and facial features. Saldana’s race is black. If you think hard enough about it, I’m sure you would be able to name a few people, who you consider black, who look just like her.

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, ... Black or African American; American Indian or Alaska Native — Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.

Hispanic Americans and Latin Americans (Spanish: hispanos; ) are people in the United States of America who are descendants of the Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries of Latin America and Spain. It is the largest population of Latino Americans and Hispanics outside of Latin America.

Federal policy defines “Hispanic” not as a race, but as an ethnicity. And it prescribes that Hispanics can in fact be of any race. But these census findings suggest that standard U.S. racial categories might either be confusing or not provide relevant options for Hispanics to describe their racial identity.

A) ethnic groups. B) religious groups. C) changes in the majority between religious groups. D) independent armies. E) famine.

PACIFIC ISLANDER USED IN THE 2010 CENSUS. According to OMB, “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander”. refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of. Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

According to OMB, “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

White ethnic is a term used in American sociology to refer to whites who are not of Old Stock American or White Anglo-Saxon Protestant background. They consist of a number of distinct groups, and within the United States make up approximately 9.4% of the population.

White and European Americans constitute the largest racial and ethnic group in the United States, composing 73.1% of the total U.S. population.