white population
European-descended census group
White population refers to the number or proportion of people classified as white within a given area or group.
The term appears primarily in demographic, statistical, and policy contexts: The white population of the county decreased by 12% over the decade.
What counts as "white" varies by country and era—U.S. census categories, for instance, have shifted considerably over time, at various points excluding or including groups like Italians, Jews, and Arabs.
- demographicStatistical population category
- censusOfficial population count
- census dataCollected demographic statistics
- racial makeupPopulation's ancestral composition
- majorityOver half of total
minority · ethnicity · percentage · decline · migration · suburban · suburban sprawl · rural · ancestry · European · immigration · diversity · segregation · ethnic enclave · neighborhood · statistics · birth rate · birthrate
- US demographicsmedian age, age distribution, birth rates, death rates, fertility rates
- demographicsage distribution, gender ratio, ethnic groups, birth rate, census data
- NorthwesternersSeattleites, Portlanders, Oregonians, Washingtonians, tribal nations
white populationBlack population
People identifying as African-descended
people of color · ethnic minorities · minority populations · Hispanic population · Black Americans
white populationmarginalized populations
Groups excluded from mainstream society
minority populations · minorities · minority groups · underrepresented groups · minority communities
white, population, whiter, whitest, whiten, whiteness, whitening, whitened, whites