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Currently there are over 44 million Hispanics in the
US, with that number expected to surpass 100 million by 2050. The
current population of 44 million plus makes US Hispanics the 3rd largest
Hispanic population in the world, behind Mexico (106 million), and
Colombia (43 million). Source:
DiversityJobs.com
German-Americans
"With
22 %, German-Americans represent the largest ethnic group in America
today (according to the 1990 Census). Some prominent examples include
Albert Einstein, Levi Strauss, Henry Kissinger, and Werner von Braun."
Source:
German Language Guide
Greek
Americans
"The 2000 United States Census lists
1,153,307 Greek-Americans. States with the largest Greek-American
communities include: New York- 159,763, California- 125,284,
Illinois- 95,064,Massachusetts- 78,172,Florida- 76,908" Source:Greeks in America
Irish-Americans
" 4.8
million "Total number of immigrants from Ireland admitted for lawful
permanent residence since fiscal year 1820, the earliest year for
which official immigration records exist. By fiscal year 1870, about
half of these immigrants were admitted for lawful permanent
residence. Only Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Mexico have
had more immigrants admitted for permanent residence to the United
States than Ireland."
Source:
US Census Bureau
Italian-Americans "In the 2000
U.S. Census, Italian
Americans constituted the sixth largest
ancestry group in America
with about 15.6 million people (5.6% of the total U.S. population).[3]
Sicilian Americans
are a subset of numerous Americans of regional Italian ancestries."
Source:
Wikipedia
Polish-Americans "A Polish American
is an
American citizen of
Polish
descent. There are around 10 million Americans of Polish descent.
Two notable Polish-American communities are located in
Chicago, Illinois and
Buffalo, New York." Source:
Wikipedia
Hispanic-Americans "More than one in eight
people in the United States are of Hispanic origin.
In 2002, there were 37.4 million Latinos [Hispanics] in the
civilian non-institutional population"
Source:
US Census
Bureau