Everything about Americans
People of the United States
Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America. U.S. federal law does not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but rather with citizenship. The U.S. has 37 ancestry groups with more than one million individuals. White Americans form the largest racial and ethnic group at 61.6% of the U.S. population, with non-Hispanic whites making up 57.8% of the population. Hispanic and Latino Americans form the second-largest group and are 18.7% of the American population. Black Americans constitute the country's third-largest ancestry group and are 12.4% of the total U.S. population. Asian Americans are the country's fourth-largest group, composing 6% of the American population. The country's 3.7 million Native Americans account for about 1.1%, and some 574 native tribes are recognized by the federal government. People of American descent can be found internationally. As many as seven million Americans are estimated to be living abroad, and make up the American diaspora. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AmericansA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Healthy Eating Index-2020: Review and Update Process to Reflect the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Leaves of GrassThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans.Cited 5,741 times
- Go sideways: Race and ethnicity in the United StatesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: White AmericansA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans.
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century
Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americans
Racism as a stressor for African Americans: A biopsychosocial model.
Perceiving pervasive discrimination among African Americans: Implications for group identification and well-being.
A simple frailty questionnaire (FRAIL) predicts outcomes in middle aged African Americans
COVID-19 and African Americans
🆕 Influential since 2022
Healthy Eating Index-2020: Review and Update Process to Reflect the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025
Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half
Epigenetic-based age acceleration in a representative sample of older Americans: Associations with aging-related morbidity and mortality
Middle Eastern and North African Americans may not be perceived, nor perceive themselves, to be White
US Physicians’ Knowledge About The Americans With Disabilities Act And Accommodation Of Patients With Disability
đź“š Books worth reading
Leaves of GrassWalt Whitman · 1855
The King in YellowRobert W. Chambers · 1895
The RavenEdgar Allan Poe · 1845
The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway · 1926
BelovedToni Morrison · 1987
MiseryStephen King · 1978
FoundationIsaac Asimov · 1951
Boston Cooking-School cook bookFannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln," · 1896
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