Anglo-American
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| Total population | |
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(215.6 million (196.8 million Non-Hispanic whites and 17.8 million English Canadians)) |
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| Throughout the United States and Canada | |
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| English (American, Canadian) |
(215.6 million (196.8 million Non-Hispanic whites and
Anglo-Americans or Anglos are people who are inhabitants of Anglo-America and are referred to as English American and/or an English Canadian. It typically refers to an English-speaking American in distinction to Spanish speakers in the Southwestern states and in Mexico;German speakers (Amish) in North Dakota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; and French speakers in Canada,New England and Louisiana. This usage originated in the discussion of the history of English-speaking people of the United States and the Spanish-speaking people residing in the western United States during the Mexican–American War.
While the term Anglo-American used in regard to ethnicity is frequently used only to refer to people of Caucasian ancestry, it (along with terms like Anglo, Anglic, Anglophone, and Anglophonic) can also be used to denote all English-speaking people and their descendants in the New World, regardless of prior ethnic background, much like Hispanic refers to people of any race. Therefore, a person, for example, of Chinese descent who adopts the American or Canadian culture would have English-speaking "Anglo-American", "Anglic", "Anglophone", "Anglo", or "Anglophonic" children (in contrast to Spanish-speaking Chinese descent people living in Hispanic America, who would be "Hispanic"). Thus, Anglo-American, Anglic-American, Anglophone-American, Anglo, or Anglophonic-American can refer to all those whose families who, regardless of race, have become mainstream English-speaking people in the United States, English Canada, English-speaking areas of the Caribbean, Belize, and Guyana, including those of African descent.
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