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Revision as of 11:01, 5 November 2008 by 70.254.34.173 (talk) (link fix)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Ethnic group.jpg) .jpg)           Frederick Douglass • Oprah Winfrey • Henry JohnsonCondoleezza Rice • M. L. King, Jr. • Colin Powell Malcolm X • Barack Obama • W. E. B. Du Bois Morgan Freeman • Miles Davis • Ronald McNair | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| African American 37,334,570 12.38% of the total U.S. population Non-Hispanic Black 36,657,280 12.15% of the U.S. population Black Hispanic 677,290 0.23% of the U.S. population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (predominantly Southern) | 38,662,569 |
| Liberia (called Americo-Liberians) | 150,000 |
| United Kingdom (African American Britons) | 30,000 |
| Languages | |
| American English · African American Vernacular English · minorities of Spanish · French · indigenous African languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostly Protestantism or Roman Catholicism) · Islam · Judaism · Buddhism · Atheism · others | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| African-Native Americans · Americo-Liberian
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Footnotes
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau; ; Data Set: 2007 American Community Survey; Survey: 2007 American Community Survey. Retrieved 2008-01-24
- 12.1% of US population, 2005
- "US Census Bureau, racial breakdown of the United States in 2005". Retrieved 2006-11-20.