British American
Notable British Americans: Benjamin Franklin · Douglas MacArthur · James Monroe Abraham Lincoln · Thomas Paine · James Dean · George Washington · Butch Cassidy · John Adams · Thomas Jefferson
Total population
British 36,564,465 Americans (2000) Estimated up to 18% of US population
Regions with significant populations
Throughout the Entire United States
Languages
American English
Religions
Christian Mainly Protestant, and to a lesser extent Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Britons · English Americans · Scottish Americans · Scots-Irish Americans · Welsh Americans

British Americans are Americans whose ancestry stems, either wholly or in part, from the United Kingdom. Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. James Monroe (April 28 1758 – July 4 1831 was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825 Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Thomas Paine (January 29 1737 &ndash June 8 1809 was an English Pamphleteer, Revolutionary, radical, Inventor, and Intellectual James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Butch Cassidy ( 13 April 1866 – circa November 1908 born Robert LeRoy Parker, was a notorious train robber Bank robber John Adams (October 30 1735 July 4 1826 was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". British people, or Britons, are the native inhabitants of Great Britain and their descendants or citizens of the United Kingdom, of the English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo -Americans although this may have a wider cultural meaning are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry Scottish Americans or Scots Americans are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in Scotland. Scotch-Irish (the historically common term in North America) or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and by some of Canada In the 2000 Census 175 million Americans reported Welsh ancestry, 0 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The term is seldom used by people to refer to themselves (less than 1% chose it in the 2000 census), and is used primarily as a demographic or historical research tool. Terms such as White American or European American or simply American are more commonly used. A European American (Euro-American is a person who resides in the United States and is either from Europe or is the descendant of European immigrants The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

British Americans have English, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Ulster-Scots) and/or Welsh family heritages, or came from Canada where their ancestors were of British descent. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. Ulster Scots, also known as Ullans, Hiberno-Scots, or Scots-Irish, refers to the variety of Scots (sometimes referred to as The Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymro ("Welshman" Cymraes ("Welsh woman" Cymry ("Welshmen/women" Cymry Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Catholic Irish-Americans are not usually categorized as having British ancestry; they do not usually consider themselves as being British Americans. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. Immigrants from Canada of British ancestry tend to call themselves Canadian Americans. A Canadian-American is a person living in the United States who was born in raised in or possesses ancestral ties to Canada. Similarly, most British Americans tend to differentiate to being specifically English, Scottish, Welsh or ethnic minorities (eg. Pakistani Scottish) and do not identify with the UK as a whole, therefore tending not to refer to themselves as British American (see: English American, Scottish American, Welsh American, or Scots-Irish American) and settlers of British heritage from other former British territories like Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa also consider themselves by their nationalities, Australian Americans, New Zealand Americans, and South African-Americans. English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo -Americans although this may have a wider cultural meaning are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry Scottish Americans or Scots Americans are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in Scotland. In the 2000 Census 175 million Americans reported Welsh ancestry, 0 Scotch-Irish (the historically common term in North America) or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and by some of Canada The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa An Australian American is a naturalized American citizen with a significant relationship to Australia such as by being born in Australia, by holding Australian Many recent immigrants to the US from the UK, such as Indians (some 17,000 people), Chinese (some 9,000 people), Mixed Race (some 14,000 people) or Black Caribbeans and or Africans (some 35,000 people), who are not of British ethnicity, more commonly identify with Indian American, Chinese American, Multiracial or African American ancestry as opposed to British American. British Indians (also Indian British or Indian Britons) are citizens of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in the South Asian country British Chinese, including British-born Chinese (often informally referred to as BBC) are people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have migrated Mixed Race was included as an ethnic classification on the UK Census from 2001. See also British African-Caribbean community, Caribbean British Black British is a term which has had different meanings and uses as a racial and political Indian Americans are Americans who are of Indian ancestry The U Chinese Americans ( Chinese: 华裔美国人 are Americans of Chinese descent The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa

British American or American?

Many British Americans have ancestry in America that dates back to colonial times in the 17th and 18th centuries. Those who went to New England are known as Yankees. The term Yankee, sometimes abbreviated to Yank, has a few related meanings often referring to someone of U With their roots being in America for such a long period, many British Americans and a significant number of Irish Americans have begun to think of themselves ancestrally simply as "Americans. " This is especially true in the South. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive

Many other Americans are uncertain about the relative proportions in their own ancestry or have forgotten the origins of their distant ancestors, or prefer to identify with the ethnicity of ancestors who arrived more recently, which provide more distinctive folkways than the general American culture. Great Britain also provided millions of immigrants to America after 1776. They typically assimilated quite rapidly.

Number of British Americans

2000 U. S Census

The Twenty-Second United States Census, 2000, 36. 4 million Americans reported British ancestry. ^[1]

Demographic distribution British Ancestry 1980,1990,2000 of total U.S Population Ancestry 1980 % of U. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the S 1990 % of U. S 2000 % of U. S English 49,598,035 26. English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo -Americans although this may have a wider cultural meaning are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry 34% 32,651,788 13. 1% 24,515,138 8. 7% Scottish 10,048,816 5. Scottish Americans or Scots Americans are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in Scotland. 34% 5,393,581 2. 2% 4,890,581 1. 7% Scots-Irish no data no data 5,617,773 2. Scotch-Irish (the historically common term in North America) or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and by some of Canada 3% 4,319,232 1. 5% Welsh 1,664,598 0. In the 2000 Census 175 million Americans reported Welsh ancestry, 0 88% 2,033,893 0. 8% 1,753,794 0. 6% British no data no data no data no data 1,085,720 0. British people, or Britons, are the native inhabitants of Great Britain and their descendants or citizens of the United Kingdom, of the 4% American no data no data 12,395,999 5. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 0% 20,625,093 7. 3%

Most of the population who stated their ancestry as "American" are said to be of old colonial British stock. British people, or Britons, are the native inhabitants of Great Britain and their descendants or citizens of the United Kingdom, of the

• American 20,625,093 (7. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 3%)

1990 U. S Census

The Twenty-first United States Census, 1990. ^[2]

1980 U. S Census

The Twentieth United States Census, 1980, 61. 3 million (61,311,449) Americans reported British ancestry.
The total U.S population in 1980 was 226,545,805 and was the first census-form that asked peoples ancestry. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An ancestor is a Parent or ( recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i ^[3]

These include: In 1980, the total census reported that British ancestry was (32. 56%) of the total U. S population.

• Scots-Irish

Triple ancestry response:English-Irish-Scotch: 897,316 There are no concrete figures for the Scots-Irish and some group responses were undercounted, but in 1980, 29,828,349 people claimed Irish and another ethnic ancestry. Scotch-Irish (the historically common term in North America) or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and by some of Canada Scotch-Irish (the historically common term in North America) or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and by some of Canada . . These figures make British Americans the largest "ethnic" groups in the U. S. and would have natuarally increased in population with more people of British origin than in 1980. When counted collectively (the Census Bureau does give the choice to count them collectively as one ancestry, and also count them in a separate ethnic group, that is English, Scottish, Welsh or Scots-Irish). In In 2000, Germans and Irish are the largest self-reported ethnic groups in the nation. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate

British ancestry maps

English American, Scottish American, Scots-Irish American, Welsh American
Dark red and brown colours indicate a higher density. English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo -Americans although this may have a wider cultural meaning are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry Scottish Americans or Scots Americans are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in Scotland. Scotch-Irish (the historically common term in North America) or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and by some of Canada In the 2000 Census 175 million Americans reported Welsh ancestry, 0 (see also Maps of American ancestries). The ancestry of the people of the United States is widely varied and includes descendants of Populations from around the World, some presumably extinct

See also

• List of English Americans
• List of Scottish Americans
• List of Welsh Americans
• List of Scots-Irish Americans
• Anglo-Celtic Australian

References

• References

Scholarly sources

• Oscar Handlin, Ann Orlov and Stephan Thernstrom eds. acknowledging their English ancestory (see English American They must in other words Anglo-Celtic Australian is an Ethnic or cultural category used to describe Australians with British and/or Irish ancestral origins Oscar Handlin (born September 29, 1915, Brooklyn) is an American Historian. Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980) the standard reference source for all ethnic groups.
• Rowland Tappan Berthoff. Rowland Tappan Berthoff ( September 20[[ 921]]- March 25[[ 001]] was an American Historian, working in the fields of immigration and social life in the USA British Immigrants in Industrial America, 1790-1950 (1953).
• David Hackett Fischer. David Hackett Fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. Albion's Seed, Four British Folkways In America (1989).

External links

• 1980 U.S Census ancestry lists
• 2000 Census Bureau ancestry figures