The majority of the 295 million American people currently living in the United States descend from World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. It is conventionally considered a continent, which, in this case, is more of a cultural distinction than a geographic one. ( National Geographic, however, officially recognises... European immigrants who have arrived since the establishment of the first colonies. Major components of the European segment of the United States population are descended from immigrants from The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany (15.2 percent), A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales are visible to the east. Ireland is located west of the European landmass, which is part of the continent of Eurasia. Ireland (Éire in Irish) is the... Ireland (10.8 percent), Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England (8.7 percent), The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San... Italy (5.6 percent), Scandinavia is the cultural and historic region of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Scandinavian countries are Norway, Sweden and Denmark, which recognize each other as parts of Scandinavia. The collective label Scandinavia reflects the cultural similarity, and the strong historical ties, between these countries despite their political independence. The terms Fennoscandia... Scandinavia (3.7 percent) and The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania... Poland (3.2 percent) with many immigrants also coming from The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. They speak Slavic languages and reside chiefly in the east of that continent, but are also found in Asia. Ethno-cultural subdivisions One can customarily divide the Slavs into the following subgroups: East Slavs: Russians... Slavic countries. Other significant european immigrant populations came from eastern and southern Europe and French Canada; few immigrants came directly from The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France. A large number of Americans (12.9 percent) are descended from African immigrants, the majority of whom were The word slave has at least two meanings: People who are owned by others, and live to serve them without pay. See slavery. Slavey (pronounced as SLAY-vi) is a First Nations people around the Great Slave Lake. The name of the people was slaves but was changed due to... slaves. These numbers, however, are inaccurate as many citizens listed themselves as "American" on the census (7.2 percent).

Ancestry maps

Note on the images: These maps are self-generated by Wikipedia user Stevey7788 at the The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every ten years (through the U.S. Census), and... U.S. Census Bureau's American Factfinder site ([1] (http://factfinder.census.gov/)). "West Indian," "Arab," and "Sub-saharan African" ancestries are not listed. These maps focus only on the European ancestries of white or Caucasian is originally a geographical term, meaning relative or pertaining to the Caucasus region of eastern Europe. It has in time acquired other specific meanings: in linguistics, the Caucasian languages are a large number of languages spoken in the Caucasus area; often specifically those that have no demonstrated relatives outside... Caucasian Americans.

"American" ancestry

Czech ancestry

Danish ancestry

Dutch ancestry

English ancestry

French ancestry

German ancestry

Greek ancestry

Hungarian ancestry

Irish ancestry

Italian ancestry

Lithuanian ancestry

Norwegian ancestry

Polish ancestry

Russian ancestry

Scotch-Irish ancestry

Scottish ancestry

Slovak ancestry

Swedish ancestry

Welsh ancestry

References

• American Factfinder (http://factfinder.census.gov/)

See also

• The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States