What are the 7 ethnic groups?

Categorizing Race and Ethnicity
  • White.
  • Black or African American.
  • American Indian or Alaska Native.
  • Asian.
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
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What are the seven main ethnic groups?

Definitions for Racial and Ethnic Categories
  • American Indian or Alaska Native. ...
  • Asian. ...
  • Black or African American. ...
  • Hispanic or Latino. ...
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. ...
  • White.
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What are 10 different races?

Contents
  • 4.1 White and European Americans.
  • 4.2 Hispanic and Latino Americans.
  • 4.3 Black and African Americans.
  • 4.4 Asian Americans.
  • 4.5 Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
  • 4.6 Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
  • 4.7 Middle Easterners and North Africans.
  • 4.8 Two or more races. 4.8.1 Genetic admixture.
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What are the 6 racial groups?

OMB requires five minimum categories (White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander) for race. OMB permits the Census Bureau to also use a sixth category - Some Other Race. Respondents may report more than one race.
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How many main ethnic groups are there?

Ethnic Groups in America

The US census distinguishes six racial categories: White; Black; American/Alaskan Native; Asian, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; Two or more races, and "other race." In addition, the census asks Americans whether they are of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin.
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Ethnic Groups that contributed to Jamaica’s culture: The Indians, Africans, Chinese



What are the common ethnic groups in America?

Most common ancestries in each U.S. state, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
  • German.
  • African American.
  • Mexican.
  • Italian.
  • American.
  • English.
  • Irish.
  • Japanese.
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How many ethnic groups are in the USA?

While many nations in Africa, Asia, and South America can claim literally hundreds of distinct ethnic groups within its borders, the US Census only recognizes six ethnic categories: white, black, Asian, Amerindian/Alaska native, native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and mixed ethnicity. That's it.
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What are the 10 most common races?

Growing Diversity in America
  • White: 60.1% (Non-Hispanic)
  • Hispanic: 18.5%
  • Black: 12.2%
  • Asian: 5.6%
  • Multiple Races: 2.8%
  • American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.7%
  • Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
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What are the 4 major races?

The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid. This is based on a racial classification made by Carleton S.
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What are the largest ethnic groups?

The world's largest nationality group is Chinese, with Mandarin being the world's most spoken language in terms of native speakers.
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What are the 3 human races?

Abstract. Using gene frequency data for 62 protein loci and 23 blood group loci, we studied the genetic relationship of the three major races of man, Caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid. Genetic distance data indicate that Caucasoid and Mongoloid are somewhat closer to each other than to Negroid.
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What are the 3 big races?

In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.
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What are 16 ethnicities?

The 16 tribes are: Kpelle, Bassa, Dan (Gio), Manop, Kru, Grebo, Mandingo, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Belleh (Kuwaa), and Dei (Dey).
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What are the 5 races?

OMB requires five minimum categories: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
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What is the oldest ethnic group?

A new genomic study has revealed that Aboriginal Australians are the oldest known civilization on Earth, with ancestries stretching back roughly 75,000 years.
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What are the 5 races of men?

Races of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Heroes & Iron • Gold: no labour • Silver: children for 100 years • Bronze: violent, self-destructive • Heroes: age of Theban and Trojan wars • Iron: criminal, impious, constant labour = now - and it will get worse….
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Who created the 5 races?

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) divided the human species into five races in 1779, later founded on crania research (description of human skulls), and called them (1793/1795):
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Can your DNA tell your race?

As for whether race can be found in our genes, the answer is no. Biological ancestry, however (which is distinct from race), is real. Where our forebears came from can be seen in our DNA (to a certain degree), but ancestry does not map onto race, not even close.
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Where are most Americans descended from?

Europe is the largest continent that Americans trace their ancestry to, and many claim descent from various European ethnic groups.
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Is your ethnicity where you were born?

Ethnicity: Your ethnicity refers to your background heritage, culture, religion, ancestry or sometimes the country where you were born.
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What are the main ethnic groups?

Categorizing Race and Ethnicity
  • White.
  • Black or African American.
  • American Indian or Alaska Native.
  • Asian.
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
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What are the four major ethnic groups in America?

The growth of the African American, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian populations is profoundly changing the racial and ethnic makeup of the country's schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods, and it is creating a new multiracial and multicultural heritage in the United States.
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