Flashcards: Demographics of the United States

Arab Americans (Arabic: عَرَبٌ أَمْرِيكِيُّونَ‎‎) are Americans of Arab ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage or identity, who identify themselves as Arab.

The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population.

A majority–minority or minority–majority area is a term used in the United States to refer to a jurisdiction in which one or more racial and/or ethnic minorities (relative to the whole country's population) make up a majority of the local population.

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans (citizens or residents of the United States) with total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.

European Americans (also known as Euro-Americans) are Americans with ancestry from Europe.

The German American ethnic group (German: Deutschamerikaner) consists of Americans who have full or partial German ancestry.

Italian Americans (Italian: italoamericani or italo-americani [ˌitalo.ameriˈkaːni]) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Italy, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.

Mongolian Americans are American citizens who are of full or partial Mongolian ancestry.

Russian Americans are Americans who trace their ancestry to Russia, the Russian Empire, and former Soviet Union.

Cuban Americans (Spanish: Cubanoamericanos) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Cuba.

English Americans, also referred to as Anglo-Americans, are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

United States micropolitan statistical areas (µSA, where the initial Greek letter mu represents "micro-"), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), are labor market areas in the United States centered on an urban cluster (urban area) with a population at least 10,000 but less than 50,000.

American Samoans are Americans of Samoan origin, including those who migrated from the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa to the United States.

Homelessness is a social crisis in the United States of America.

The demographics of Asian Americans describe a heterogeneous group of people in the United States who trace their ancestry to one or more Asian countries.

United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census.

American ethnicity refers to people who self-identify their ethnicity as "American", rather than the more common hyphenated American ancestry groups that make up the majority of the American people (e.g. German-Americans).

The demographics of Filipino Americans describe a heterogeneous group of people in the United States who can trace their ancestry to the Philippines.

("Baby Boomer" redirects here. For the video game, see Baby Boomer (video game). For further information, see Post–World War II baby boom.) Baby boomers are the demographic group born during the post–World War II baby boom, approximately between the years 1946 and 1964.

A Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) is a U.

In the United States and Puerto Rico, the Office of Management and Budget identifies principal cities for each Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) and New England City and Town Area (NECTA).