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”’Non-Hispanic whites”’ or ”’non-Latino whites”’ are Americans who are classified by the [[United States Census]] as “white” and are not of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] heritage.{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68172.htm|title=White persons, percent, 2000|date=4 January 2011|access-date=19 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104065256/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68172.htm|archive-date=4 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|first=U.S. Census|last=Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=19 August 2017}} According the United States Census Bureau, as of July 1, 2022, Non-Hispanic whites make up about 59.3% of [[Demographics of the United States|America’s population]].[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/RHI825221#RHI825221] Which would be an Increase from 57.8% reported in 2021. The [[United States Census Bureau]] defines ”white” to include [[European Americans]], [[Middle Eastern Americans]], and [[North Africans in the United States|North African Americans]].{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |title=Definition of Race Categories Used in the 2010 Census |date=March 2011 |editor1=Karen R. Humes |editor2=Nicholas A. Jones |editor3=Roberto R. Ramirez |publisher=United States Census Bureau |page=3 |access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303135603/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2014}} Americans of European ancestry are divided into various ethnic groups. More than half of the [[White people|white]] population are [[German Americans|German]], [[Irish Americans|Irish]], [[English Americans|English]], [[Italian Americans|Italian]], [[French Americans|French]] and [[Polish Americans|Polish]] Americans. Many Americans are also the product of other European groups that migrated to parts of the US in the 19th and 20th centuries, as the bulk of immigrants from various countries in Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as the Caucasus region, migrated to the United States.

”’Non-Hispanic whites”’ or ”’non-Latino whites”’ are Americans who are classified by the [[United States Census]] as “white” and are not of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] heritage.{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68172.htm|title=White persons, percent, 2000|date=4 January 2011|access-date=19 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104065256/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68172.htm|archive-date=4 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|first=U.S. Census|last=Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=19 August 2017}} According the United States Census Bureau, as of July 1, 2022, Non-Hispanic whites make up about 59.3% of [[Demographics of the United States|America’s population]].[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/RHI825221#RHI825221] The [[United States Census Bureau]] defines ”white” to include [[European Americans]], [[Middle Eastern Americans]], and [[North Africans in the United States|North African Americans]].{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |title=Definition of Race Categories Used in the 2010 Census |date=March 2011 |editor1=Karen R. Humes |editor2=Nicholas A. Jones |editor3=Roberto R. Ramirez |publisher=United States Census Bureau |page=3 |access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303135603/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2014}} Americans of European ancestry are divided into various ethnic groups. More than half of the [[White people|white]] population are [[German Americans|German]], [[Irish Americans|Irish]], [[English Americans|English]], [[Italian Americans|Italian]], [[French Americans|French]] and [[Polish Americans|Polish]] Americans. Many Americans are also the product of other European groups that migrated to parts of the US in the 19th and 20th centuries, as the bulk of immigrants from various countries in Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as the Caucasus region, migrated to the United States.

The Non-Hispanic White population was heavily derived from [[British colonization of the Americas|British]], as well as [[French colonization of the Americas|French]] settlement of the Americas, in addition to [[Human settlement|settlement]] by other Europeans such as the [[German Americans|Germans]] (see [[Pennsylvania Dutch]]), [[Swiss Americans|Swiss]], [[Dutch Americans|Dutch]], [[Austrian Americans|Austrians]], and [[Swedish Americans|Swedes]] that began in the 17th century (see [[History of the…