...White American (often used interchangeably with "Caucasian American"Lee, Sandra S. Mountain, Joanna. Barbara, Koening A. The Meanings of Race in the New Genomics: Implications for Health Disparities Research. Yale University. 2001. Accessed October 26, 2006. and within the United States simply "white"The U.S. Census Bureau, for example, uses "white" rather than "white American." ) is an umbrella term officially employed by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget and other U.S. government for the classification of United States citizens or resident aliens "having origins in any of the original people of Europe, Definition of a White person in US and UK the Middle East, or North Africa". Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

German Americans (16.5%), Irish Americans (11.9%), English Americans (9.0%), Italian Americans (5.8%), Polish Americans (3.3%), French Americans (3.1%), Scottish Americans (1.9%), Dutch Americans (1.6%), Norwegian Americans (1.5%), Swedish Americans (1.4%), Scotch-Irish Americans (1.2%), Russian Americans (1.0%), and Welsh Americans (0.7%) make up 58.9% of the "White" population. U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 Included in the category are White Hispanics representing 9.62%, mainly Mexican Americans. Read full entry

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