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German is the largest ethnic group with about 1/3 of the population claiming German ancestry.

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As of the latest census data, non-Hispanic white Americans are the largest ethnic group in the United States. They make up the majority of the population, followed by Hispanic/Latino Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans.

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Since the term "ethnic group" has no biological foundation, there's no mechanism by which to make that determination. Ethnicity is a combination of ancestral origin, number of generations since Immigration, self-identity, and a host of other considerations. Very few people whose parents were born in the United States belong to a single ethnic group.

Of my own grandparents, one was born in Poland and immigrated as a child; one was conceived in Sweden and born in the US; one was born in the US and had four English grandparents; and the fourth was born in the US and had grandparents who were Native American, French-Canadian, English/Scottish, and German/Irish.

My ethnic group is impossible to determine. I self identify as Polish/American.

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The largest ethnic group in the US is German with over 1/3 of Americans (about 35%) having German heritage.

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