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How many ethnic groups are there in the world?
Those results measured 650 ethnic groups in 190 countries. One thing the Harvard Institute authors did with all that data was measure it for what they call ethnic fractionalization.
What are the 5 ethnic groups?
OMB requires that race data be collectd for a minimum of five groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
Which ethnic group is the largest in the world?
The world’s largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, with Mandarin being the world’s most spoken language in terms of native speakers. The world’s population is predominantly urban and suburban, and there has been significant migration toward cities and urban centres.
What is the smallest ethnic group in the world?
The smallest major race group was Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.5 million), which represented 0.2 percent of the total population. The remainder of respondents who reported only one race, 19.1 million people (6 percent of all respondents), were classified as “some other race” alone.
Who is the richest ethnic group in America?
Detailed ancestry
| Rank | Group | Income (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Americans | 135,809 |
| 2 | Taiwanese Americans | 102,405 |
| 3 | Australian Americans | 100,856 |
| 4 | Filipino Americans | 100,273 |
What race earns most money?
In the United States, despite the efforts of equality proponents, income inequality persists among races and ethnicities. Asian Americans have the highest median income, followed by White Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans.
What is the poorest ethnic group in the US?
As of 2010 about half of those living in poverty are non-Hispanic white (19.6 million). Non-Hispanic white children comprised 57% of all poor rural children. In FY 2009, African American families comprised 33.3% of TANF families, non-Hispanic white families comprised 31.2%, and 28.8% were Hispanic.
What is a Hispanic country?
Hispanic countries are: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
By the nature of the concept, ethnic groups tend to be divided into subgroups, which may themselves be or not be identified as independent ethnic groups depending on the source consulted. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Are there ethnic peoples and ethno-linguistic peoples?
In parts of the world where peoples are defined by their language an ethnic peoples list and an ethno-linguistic peoples list are virtually the same.
Where are there different types of people groups?
However in places like South Asia, parts of North Africa and China, where religion, caste and culture are more determinative than language in defining a people group, an ethnic peoples list and an ethno-linguistic list can be quite different.
How many people live in the world today?
World Diversity Patterns. There are more than 6.5 billion people in the world today. Nearly 2/3 of them are Asians living on less than 1/3 of the land. Only about 5% of the world’s people live in North America. Just how many different societies, cultures, and ethnic groups make up the world’s population is not certain.