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133 million European-diaspora Americans. 41% of total U.S. population (2017) [1] [a] (as opposed to 235.4 million Americans identifying as White in combination with other races and 204.3 million self-identifying as white) [2] 61.6% of the total U.S. population (2020) Regions with significant populations. Contiguous United States and Alaska.
European Americans: From Immigrants to Ethnics. Rudolph J. Vecoli, Director, Center for Immigration Studies, University of Minnesota. This article will appear in a forthcoming publication of the National Council for Social Studies, which granted permission to have it printed. Ethnicity has exercised a persistent and pervasive influence upon ...
- Rudolph J. Vecoli
- 1972
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Our perception is shaped by our environment. A 100-year old house or church is considered new by Europeans, but old by Americans. I have even heard Americans think that 200 years was 'ancient', a term that for Europeans normally refers to the Ancient World, i.e. the Antiquity, notantiques! Perceptions are reversed when it comes to distances. Europe...
Almost all Europeans have cars with manual gears, while Americans have a marked preference for automatic ones. European cars are also very different in style than their American counterparts. American cars tend to be more massive and squarer, because size matters in the States. Americans have a fondness for (very) long limousines as well as pick-up...
European washing machines normally have only a cold water inlet (the water brought to adequate temperature inside the machine) as opposed to both a hot and a cold water inlet in the USA. European washing machines are almost always loaded from the front, as opposed to the top in the USA. Interestingly, Japan decided to follow the American system.
All Europeans use the metric system (metres, grammes, litres, Celsius, etc.). Although Americans do learn it at school, the vast majority of them still use the old English Imperial system (yards, miles, pounds, Fahrenheit, etc.) for everyday life.
Europeans write the date in the format "Day Month Year", whereas Americans use "Month Day, Year". Americans usually consider that the week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday, while in Europe it always starts on Monday and finishes on Sunday. Most non-English-speaking Europeans use the 24h system, as opposed to the 12h system used in English-spea...
The International Workers' Day(a.k.a. Labour Day or May Day, on 1st May) is a national holiday in (most) European countries, but not in the USA. EU countries also celebrate Europe Day (5th or 9th May), although it is not an official holiday (yet).
Traditions like baby showers and bachelor(ette)'s night with strip-teasers originated in the USA, and even though some made their way to Europe, at least in some countries or social circles, they are still regarded as typically American. For most European this is something they only see in American TV series and movies. The same is true of Thanksgi...
Schools and universities are free in most European countries. Europeans see access to university as a right, while American families often have to save for years for their children to attend one. What is more, universities in most countries around the world have entry exams, while only a few European countries do (like the UK). North Americans have...
Foreign-language learning in Europe is now compulsory in every country since primary (elementary) school. Most Europeans learn 2 to 4 foreign languages, for obvious reasons. Americans usually only speak English (+ their mother tongue for immigrants) because they do not need more in their huge country.
Europeans tend to be more liberal regarding soft drugs, prostitution, alcohol, abortion, or cloning (but interestingly not so for GM food). Americans on the contrary grant greater freedoms when it comes to gun possession, as well as driving a car from a relatively young age (14 to 16 years old, while the norm is 18 years old in Europe).
Many aspects of European-American culture in Minnesota reflects the culture of the general U.S. population, although generational differences impact social practices. The white population is a loosely associated series of subcultures and non-cultures. More than many other cultures, European-Americans tend to value individualism and independence.
Sep 6, 2020 · By 1700, the population increased to 250,900; by 1800, to 5.3 million; and by 1900, to 75.9 million (American Chronology 2019 ). From 1607 until 1890, most immigrants to the United States came from Europe and essentially shared a common European culture. Britain’s American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as ...
- Larry D. Purnell, Eric A. Fenkl
- lpurnell@udel.edu
- 2019
European-Americans About 80 percent of Americans are descended from people of European ethnicity. The short summaries that follow present information on the population, distribution, migration History, and cultural persistence of thirty-seven European ethnic groups in the United States. Appended to some summaries are short lists of publications ...
White Americans. White Americans (also referred to as European Americans) are Americans who identify as white people. This group constitutes the majority of the people in the United States. According to the 2020 census, 71%, or 235,411,507 people, were White alone or in combination, and 61.6%, or 204,277,273 people, were White alone.
