British Americans facts for kids

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British Americans

Total population
Self-identified as British 1,891,234 (2017) 0.6% of the total U.S. population. Other estimates: 90,573,000 23.3% of the total U.S. population
Regions with significant populations
Throughout the entire United States except parts of the Midwest Predominantly in the South, Northeast and West regions.
Languages
English (American English, British English), Goidelic languages, Scots, Welsh
Religion
Christian Mainly Protestant (especially Baptist, Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker) and to a lesser extent Catholic, Latter-day Saint and Eastern or Oriental Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
English Americans Scottish Americans Welsh Americans Scotch-Irish Americans Manx Americans Cornish Americans Americans British Canadians Gaels Britons Irish Americans Old Stock Americans

British American usually refers to Americans whose ancestral origin originates wholly or partly in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). In the 2017 American Community Survey 1,891,234 individuals or 0.6% of the responses self-identified as British. It is primarily a demographic or historical research category for people who have at least partial descent from peoples of Great Britain and the modern United Kingdom, i.e. English, Scottish, Welsh, Scotch-Irish, Manx and Cornish Americans.

Images for kids

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  British American plurality in light green. (2010)

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  John Trumbull's famous painting, Declaration of Independence. Most of the Founding Fathers had British ancestors.

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  Uncle Sam embracing John Bull, while Britannia and Columbia hold hands and sit together in the background (1898).

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  Founders of Harley-Davidson, from left: William A. Davidson, Walter Davidson, Sr., Arthur Davidson and William S. Harley.