America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
English Most Common Race or Ethnicity in 2020 Census
For the first time ever, respondents to the 2020 Census who reported White as a race could write in more details such as Italian, Palestinian or Cajun.
Together, the English (46.6 million), German (45 million), and Irish (38.6 million) alone or in any combination populations made up over half of the White alone or in combination population in 2020.
The addition of a new write-in area for collecting detailed White responses was one of the improvements made to the 2020 Census race question design. As a result, data are now available from the decennial census for 104 detailed White groups, including Lithuanian, Irish, Libyan, Syrian, Pennsylvania Dutch and Australian.
Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) responses, such as Lebanese and Moroccan, were included with the White category, following the standards set by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in 1997, which classify MENA responses as part of the White racial category.
Continue reading to learn more about:
- U.S. White respondents
- European groups
- The largest detailed White group in most states
- County-level findings
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