Are all Americans foreign immigrants?

The United States is a superpower, and visitors to this country generally pay more attention to economic development and social and political phenomena while ignoring population development. In fact, the population development in the United States is also intriguing. First, the multi-ethnic structure The United States is a multi-ethnic country. According to the 2000 census, the population of single race in the United States was 275 million, accounting for 97.6%; 6.8 million hybrids, accounting for 2.4%. In a single race, the white population is 2 1 1 100 million, accounting for 76.7% of the total population; 34 million blacks, accounting for12.3%; Asians 1024 million, accounting for 3.6%. One race in the United States consists of races from 68 different countries.

The formation of this multi-ethnic situation is mainly attributed to immigration. America is a typical immigrant country. The so-called American Indians and Alaska natives and their descendants are only 465,438+million, accounting for only 1.5% of the total population in China. Most immigrants from other nationalities and their descendants from abroad. From the discovery of the new continent at the end of 15, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Britain and other countries began to immigrate to North America, which opened the door for American immigrants. By 1773, Britain had established 13 colonies. According to statistics, from 1820 to 183 in 2002, there were 68.22 million foreign residents living in the United States, including 38.82 million from Europe, 9.42 million from Asia, 6.5438+0895 million from America, 790,000 from Africa and 240,000 from Oceania. Among Asian countries, the country that immigrated to the United States the most was the Philippines (654.38+6300), followed by China (654.38+4400) and India (950,000).