How many ethnic groups are there in the US?

Answer 1

It is supposed that there are about 150 or more ethnic groups in the United States. However, it is extremely hard to define such number in a melting pot nation like the United States due to multi-ethnic population and annually increasing number of Immigration. Link below is the category of Wikipedia.org, which lists 150 ethnic groups in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States

Answer 2

Well, there are many different ethnic groups in the United States. Did you mean the five largest? They are: # German Americans # Afro-Americans # Irish Americans # English Americans # "American" only (European-Americans that are either very patriotic or not sure of their ancestry)

If you don't count "American", afterward is "White Hispanic" (although this may be an under count due to many Hispanics identifying as "some other race") and then Italian.

but there are 5 different groupings that the Census defines all of the different ethnic groups under:

White American

Includes Americans of European, Middle Eastern and North African descent (such as Arab Americans, German Americans, English Americans and Italian Americans).

Black/African American

Includes anyone of Black African (Sub-Saharan) descent. Some groups in this category are: Afro-Americans whose ancestors came during the slavery period as West African slaves (there's no word to distinguish this group and other African American groups, but it's there), Afro-Jamaican Americans, Afro-Hispanic Americans, Afro-Haitian Americans and Kenyan Americans.

Asian American

Asians are the various peoples of Asia, except for Middle Easterners, who are classified under "White" due to their fair skin regardless of continental origin. This group includes Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Indian Americans, Pakistani Americans, Thai Americans and Lao Americans.

Native Americans

Native Americans are the descendants of the original ethnic groups present in the region before British (and French, Russian and Spanish) colonization. This group includes Athabaskans, Plains Indians, California tribes and Great Basin tribes. There are also many groups within this larger cultural groupings.

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

This group includes the Hawaiian people (also known as "Native Hawaiians"), their Polynesian cousins (Samoans, Fijians, etc.) and all of the peoples of the Pacific.