White Americans are Americans who identify as white people. This group constitutes the majority of the people in the United States. According to the 2020 census, 71%, or 235,411,507 people, were White alone or in combination, and 61.6%, or 204,277,273 people, were White alone. This represented a national white demographic decline from a 72.4% white alone share of the U.S. population in 2010.
President Abraham Lincoln was descended from Samuel Lincoln and was of English and Welsh ancestry.
Gloria Vanderbilt, noted artist and designer, was of Dutch descent.
Three members of the Kennedy political dynasty, John, Robert and Ted Kennedy. All eight of their great-grandparents emigrated from Ireland.
European Americans, or Americans of European descent, are descendants of European settlers and immigrants. This term includes both people who descend from the first European settlers in the area of the present-day United States and people who descend from more recent European arrivals. Since the 17th century, European Americans have been the largest panethnic group in what are now the United States.
Largest white alone or in any combination group by county in the 2020 United States census.
Racial types of European Americans as published in "The American Museum journal" between 1900-1918
The New York City Metropolitan Area is home to the largest European population in the United States.
American cultural icons, apple pie, baseball, and the American flag. All have European influence primarily from the British.