FIGURE 12.5 U.S. Racial-Ethnic Groups Americans of European Descent German 50,272,000 16.5% Irishb 36,278,000 11.9% 199,491,000 65% English/British 28,630,000 9.4% 17,749,000 5.8% Italian French 11,526,000 3.8% Polish 9,887,000 3.25% Scottishd 9,365,000 3.1% Dutch 4,929,000 1.6% Norwegian 4,643,000 1.5% Swedish 4,390,000 1.4% Russian 3,130,000 1.0% Welsh 1,980,000 0.6% Czech 1,914,000 0.5% Hungarian 1,539,000 0.5% 1,459,000 1,419,000 Danish 0.5% Portuguese 0.5% Greek 1,351,000 0.4% Swiss 997,000 0.3% Others 839,300 0.2% Americans of African, Asian, North, Central, and South American, and Pacific Island Descent Latino 46,944,000 15.4% African American 39,059,000 12.8% Asian Americant 13,549,000 4.5% Native Americang 3,083,000 1.0% 104,743,000 34% Arab 1,546,000 0.5% Claim Two or More Race-Ethnicities 5,167,000 1.7% Overall Total: 4% 8% 12% 16% 20% 309,401,000 Percentage of Americans Source: By the author, Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010:Table 10; 2011:Table 52. 4) Figure 12.5 "U.S. Racial-Ethnic Groups" shows that Americans of Asian, African, and Latino descent comprise 31.5 percent of the United States population, while the largest single group of Americans of European descent is the Germans, at 16.5 percent. Since these minorities comprise such a high percentage of the population, explain why there an equal distribution of these minorities is not seen in politics.
FIGURE 12.5 U.S. Racial-Ethnic Groups Americans of European Descent German 50,272,000 16.5% Irishb 36,278,000 11.9% 199,491,000 65% English/British 28,630,000 9.4% 17,749,000 5.8% Italian French 11,526,000 3.8% Polish 9,887,000 3.25% Scottishd 9,365,000 3.1% Dutch 4,929,000 1.6% Norwegian 4,643,000 1.5% Swedish 4,390,000 1.4% Russian 3,130,000 1.0% Welsh 1,980,000 0.6% Czech 1,914,000 0.5% Hungarian 1,539,000 0.5% 1,459,000 1,419,000 Danish 0.5% Portuguese 0.5% Greek 1,351,000 0.4% Swiss 997,000 0.3% Others 839,300 0.2% Americans of African, Asian, North, Central, and South American, and Pacific Island Descent Latino 46,944,000 15.4% African American 39,059,000 12.8% Asian Americant 13,549,000 4.5% Native Americang 3,083,000 1.0% 104,743,000 34% Arab 1,546,000 0.5% Claim Two or More Race-Ethnicities 5,167,000 1.7% Overall Total: 4% 8% 12% 16% 20% 309,401,000 Percentage of Americans Source: By the author, Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010:Table 10; 2011:Table 52. 4) Figure 12.5 "U.S. Racial-Ethnic Groups" shows that Americans of Asian, African, and Latino descent comprise 31.5 percent of the United States population, while the largest single group of Americans of European descent is the Germans, at 16.5 percent. Since these minorities comprise such a high percentage of the population, explain why there an equal distribution of these minorities is not seen in politics.
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Transcribed Image Text:FIGURE 12.5
U.S. Racial-Ethnic Groups
Americans of
European Descent
German
50,272,000
16.5%
Irish
36,278,000
11.9%
199,491,000
65%
English/British
28,630,000
9.4%
Italian
17,749,000 5.8%
French
11,526,000
3.8%
Polish
9,887,000 3.25%
Scottishd
9,365,000
3.1%
Dutch
4,929,000
1.6%
Norwegian
4,643,000
1.5%
Swedish
4,390,000 1.4%
Russian
3,130,000
1.0%
Welsh
1,980,000
0.6%
Czech
1,914,000
0.5%
Hungarian
1,539,000
0.5%
Danish
1,459,000
0.5%
Portuguese
1,419,000
0.5%
Greek
1,351,000
0.4%
997,000
839,300
Swiss
0.3%
Others
0.2%
Americans of
African, Asian,
North, Central, and
South American,
and Pacific Island
Descent
Latino
46,944,000
15.4%
African American
39,059,000
12.8%
Asian American
13,549,000
4.5%
Native American9
3,083,000
1.0%
104,743,000
34%
Arab
1,546,000
0.5%
Claim Two or More Race-Ethnicities
5,167,000
1.7%
Overall Total:
4%
8%
12%
16%
20%
309,401,000
Percentage of Americans
Source: By the author, Based on Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010:Table 10; 2011:Table 52.
4) Figure 12.5 "U.S. Racial-Ethnic Groups" shows that Americans of Asian,
African, and Latino descent comprise 31.5 percent of the United States
population, while the largest single group of Americans of European descent is
the Germans, at 16.5 percent. Since these minorities comprise such a high
percentage of the population, explain why there an equal distribution of these
minorities is not seen in politics.
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