Americans
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This article is about the people of the United States of America. For a background on their demonym, see American (word). For other uses, see American (disambiguation) and The Americans (disambiguation). For the legal term, see United States person.
Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States.[13][14] The United States is home to people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, American law does not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but with citizenship and an oath of permanent allegiance.[15][16][17][18]
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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c. 331.4 million[1] (2020 U.S. census) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
American diaspora: c. 2.996 million (by U.S. citizenship)[2][3] | |
Mexico | 799,000+[2][3] |
Colombia | 790,000+[4] |
Philippines | 38,000–300,000[2][3][5] |
Canada | 273,000+[2][3] |
Brazil | 22,000-260,000[2][6] |
United Kingdom | 171,000+[2][3] |
Germany | 153,000+[2][3] |
Australia | 117,000+[2][3] |
France | 100,000+[7] |
Saudi Arabia | 70,000–80,000[8][9] |
Israel | 77,000+[2][3] |
South Korea | 68,000+[2][3] |
Hong Kong | 60,000[10]–85,000[11] |
Japan | 58,000+[2][3] |
Spain | 57,000+[2][3] |
Italy | 54,000+[2][3] |
Bangladesh | 45,000+[2][3] |
Peru | 41,000+[2][3] |
Switzerland | 39,000+[2][3] |
Ireland | 35,000+[2][3] |
Netherlands | 35,000+[2][3] |
India | 33,000+[2][3] |
Languages | |
Majority: American English Minority: Spanish, Indigenous languages and various others | |
Religion | |
Majority: Christianity (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Mormonism and other denominations)[12] Minority: Irreligion, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and various others[12] |
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