British American

British Americans are citizens of the United States whose ancestry stems, either wholly or in part, from one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom.

Number of British Americans

In the 2000 Census, 36.4 million Americans reported British ancestry. These include:

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• 24.5 million English
• 4.9 million Scottish
• 4.3 million Scotch-Irish (Ulster)
• 1.7 million Welsh
• 1 million British (answered "British" as ancestry on the Census)

These figures make British Americans one of the largest "ethnic" groups in the U.S. when counted collectively (although the Census Bureau does not count them collectively, as each of the above is a separate ethnic group, that is English or Scottish or Welsh or Scotch-Irish). The Germans and Irish are the largest self-reported ethnic groups in the nation but British ancestry is considered the most common by experts.

Related Topics:
Germans - Irish

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