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{{Infobox Ethnic group |
{{Infobox Ethnic group |
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|group = African American |
|group = African American |
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|caption = <span style="font-size:90%;">[[Frederick Douglass]]{{•}}[[ |
|caption = <span style="font-size:90%;">[[Frederick Douglass]]{{•}}[[Oprah Winfrey]]{{•}}[[Henry Johnson (Indian Wars soldier)|Henry Johnson]]<br/>[[Condoleezza Rice]]{{•}}[[Martin Luther King, Jr.|M. L. King, Jr.]]{{•}}[[Colin Powell]]<br/>[[Malcolm X]]{{•}}[[Barack Obama]]{{•}}[[W. E. B. Du Bois]]<br/>[[Morgan Freeman]]{{•}}[[Miles Davis]]{{•}}[[Ronald McNair]]</span> |
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|pop = '''African American'''<br/>'''37,334,570'''<ref name=b03002>U.S. Census Bureau; [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-SubjectID=15233308]; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved [[2008-01-24]]</ref><br>12.38% of the total U.S. population</small><br>'''Non-Hispanic Black'''<br>'''36,657,280'''<ref name=b03002>U.S. Census Bureau; [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-SubjectID=15233308]; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved [[2008-01-24]]</ref> <br>12.15% of the U.S. population</small><br>'''Black Hispanic'''<br>'''677,290'''<ref name=b03002>U.S. Census Bureau; [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-SubjectID=15233308]; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved [[2008-01-24]]</ref><br>0.23% of the U.S. population</small> |
|pop = '''African American'''<br/>'''37,334,570'''<ref name=b03002>U.S. Census Bureau; [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-SubjectID=15233308]; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved [[2008-01-24]]</ref><br>12.38% of the total U.S. population</small><br>'''Non-Hispanic Black'''<br>'''36,657,280'''<ref name=b03002>U.S. Census Bureau; [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-SubjectID=15233308]; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved [[2008-01-24]]</ref> <br>12.15% of the U.S. population</small><br>'''Black Hispanic'''<br>'''677,290'''<ref name=b03002>U.S. Census Bureau; [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-SubjectID=15233308]; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved [[2008-01-24]]</ref><br>0.23% of the U.S. population</small> |
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|region1 = [[United States]]<br/><span style="padding-left:3.0em; font-size:80%;">(predominantly [[Southern United States|Southern]])</span> |
|region1 = [[United States]]<br/><span style="padding-left:3.0em; font-size:80%;">(predominantly [[Southern United States|Southern]])</span> |
Revision as of 18:51, 5 November 2008
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Total population | |
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African American 37,334,570[1] 12.38% of the total U.S. population Non-Hispanic Black 36,657,280[1] 12.15% of the U.S. population Black Hispanic 677,290[1] 0.23% of the U.S. population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States (predominantly Southern) | 38,662,569[2][3] |
Liberia (called Americo-Liberians) | 150,000 |
United Kingdom (African American Britons) | 30,000 |
Languages | |
American English · African American Vernacular English · minorities of Spanish · French · indigenous African languages | |
Religion | |
Christianity (mostly Protestantism or Roman Catholicism) · Islam · Judaism · Buddhism · Atheism · others | |
Related ethnic groups | |
African-Native Americans · Americo-Liberian
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Footnotes
- ^ a b c U.S. Census Bureau; [1]; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved 2008-01-24
- ^ 12.1% of US population, 2005
- ^ "US Census Bureau, racial breakdown of the United States in 2005". Retrieved 2006-11-20.