If we look at the ethnic composition of the population of the world, Americans are one of the largest nations.The population of the United States, is a relatively multi-ethnic country, allows the American people to occupy the third place in the world.But what is the ethnic composition of the US population?
Initially the US population were Indians, who began to ruthlessly destroy invading in the XVI century European colonizers.For a long time the number of inhabitants in the United States grew only due to immigration, the volumes of which were huge.The bulk of arrivals - the English, Irish and Scots - use the English language, which determined its choice as the state.Although the overall US population migrated from more than 70 countries.
After the Second World War, the US population has increased greatly due to the large influx of people from Latin America.The bulk of the immigrants - Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.At this point, immigration from Europe has decreased, but increased the number of immigrants arriving from Asia.
It should be noted that the number of Mexicans crossing the US border is about 1 million people a year.And not all of them are doing it legally, but the desire to earn a decent driving them to desperate measures.
In general US population is 83% of arrivals and settled immigrants from Europe.The indigenous population - Indians - account for only 0.6% of the total.For the first time brought to the United States as slaves, blacks make up at the moment more than 12% of the total population in the United States.The rest of slightly less than 5% are from Asia and Oceania.
diverse ethnic composition contributes to the life of the country, making it difficult to a common understanding of the American people.However, the US has created a stereotype - the "average American."This draws a portrait of the average American lifestyle.It should be noted that the concept of "average American" is quite a lot smaller constituent elements that characterize the image extensively.In particular, it lists such things as the time allotted for sleep, food and so on. N.
intersection of ethnic groups has a multi-pronged effect on the culture and religion.The US population is mainly professes Christianity.Overall, the country has registered about 260 churches.Among them are large (about 86) have a large number of followers (over 50 thousand).Christianity is mainly represented by Protestantism and Catholicism.The proportion of Orthodox Christianity is much lower.
The last census showed the population of the United States at 280 million people.However, this figure is not accurately reflect the reality, since a large part of the population (estimated - about 6 million people) remains unaccounted for, as is constantly moving on the United States to find a better job.
It should be noted that the US population is characterized by mobility.Statistics show that each year about 20% of the population changed their place of residence, a third of them moved to another state or region.
