Americans

Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States. The United States is home to people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, American law does not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but with citizenship and an oath of permanent allegiance.

This article is about the people of the United States of America. For a background on their demonym, see American (word). For other uses, see American (disambiguation) and The Americans (disambiguation). For the legal term, see United States person.

Americans
Total population
c. 331.4 million
(2020 U.S. census)
Regions with significant populations
American diaspora:
c. 2.996 million (by U.S. citizenship)
Mexico799,000+
Colombia790,000+
Philippines38,000–300,000
Canada273,000+
Brazil22,000-260,000
United Kingdom171,000+
Germany153,000+
Australia117,000+
France100,000+
Saudi Arabia70,000–80,000
Israel77,000+
South Korea68,000+
Hong Kong  60,000–85,000
Japan58,000+
Spain57,000+
Italy54,000+
Bangladesh45,000+
Peru41,000+
Switzerland39,000+
Ireland35,000+
Netherlands35,000+
India33,000+
Languages
Majority:
American English
Minority:
Spanish, Indigenous languages and various others
Religion
Majority:
Christianity (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Mormonism and other denominations)
Minority:
Irreligion, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and various others
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