European American
European American
Benjamin Franklin • Andy Garcia • Marilyn Monroe
Madonna • John F. Kennedy • Kazimierz Pulaski
Total population
European Americans
223,176,991
()
74.20% of the total U.S. population
(including 24 million who are Hispanic or Latino)
Regions with significant populations
Northeast, South, Continental West, Midwest
Languages
Predominantly English • Spanish • German •
French • Italian • Polish • others
Religion
Predominantly Western Christianity •
minorities practice Orthodox Christianity,
Judaism or other faiths
Related ethnic groups
European ethnic groups, White people
A European American (Euro-American) is a
person who resides in the United States and
is either from Europe or is the descendant of
European immigrants or founding colon-
ists.[1] The German (25.5%), Irish (18.1%)
and English Americans (14.3%) alone are the
three largest ethnic groups in the United
States.
Overall, as the largest group, European
Americans have the lowest poverty rate[2]
and the second highest educational attain-
ment levels, median household income,[3]
and median personal income[4] of any racial
demographic in the nation.
Terminology
Use
In 1977, it was proposed that the term
"European American" replace "white" as a ra-
cial label in the U.S. Census.[5]
The term European American is more nar-
row than White American in terms of their of-
ficial usage. The term is different from
Caucasian American, White American, and
Anglo American[6], though "European Amer-
ican" is sometimes used as a synonym for
White American. According to the Texas As-
sociation of Museums, "European American,"
White American, Caucasian American or An-
glo are terms that vary in their preference
depending on the individual and their des-
cent.[7] Anglo-American is a term commonly
used in the southwestern United States in
place of white or European-American, be-
cause of that term combines a number of dis-
tinct ethnicities under a single rubric with
origins in England. The term also has a more
specific reference than either Whit