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Americans

George Washington	Thomas Jefferson	Martin Luther King, Jr.	Mark Twain	Benjamin Franklin	Abraham Lincoln
Neil Armstrong	Ernest Hemingway	Ronald Reagan	Thomas Edison	Jimi Hendrix	Susan B. Anthony
Elvis Presley	Andy Warhol	Frederick Douglass	Ulysses S. Grant	John F. Kennedy	James Dean
Fred Rogers	Amelia Earhart	Daniel Inouye	Walt Disney	Edgar Allan Poe	Georgia O'Keeffe
Frank Lloyd Wright	Rosa Parks	Marilyn Monroe	Robert Frost	Dr. Seuss	Jane Addams

Languages

Primarily English, but Spanish and others are common

Religion

Christianity (Protestantism, Catholicism, and Mormonism)
Unaffiliated (Agnosticism and Atheism)
Various non-Christian religions (Judaism and others)

Americans are citizens of the United States. They are of many different ethnic groups and religions, due to immigration from all over the world.

Also, there are other groups that did not immigrate to the United States but became American because of American expansion in the late 19th century. These groups are people from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The Philippines is now an independent country.

In addition to the United States, Americans and people of American descent can be found around the world. Three to seven million Americans are estimated to be living outside the United States.

Most Americans are of European descent. The number of Latin Americans and Asians is more than ever. About 13% of Americans are of African descent. People from many cultures, religions and ethnic groups live in the U.S. This is why the United States is called the "Melting Pot".

The United States is a diverse country. Six races are officially recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes: White, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.

The current population of Americans in the U.S. is 329,500,000.