Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic whites or whites not of Hispanic or Latino origin are people in the United States, as defined by the Census Bureau, who are of the white race and are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity. Non-Hispanic whites are a subcategory of white Americans, the other being white Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Although generally all nations in Europe have contributed to the white population through emigration to Northern America in the last few centuries, the vast majority of non-Hispanic whites trace their origins to Northwestern Europe while another major source originates in Southern Italy; German, Irish, and English ancestries are the most common.

In the United States, this population was first derived from British, French and Spanish colonization, as well as settlement by other Europeans, such as the Germans and Dutch that began in the 17th century (see History of the United States). Continued growth since the early 19th century is attributed to sustained very high birth rates alongside relatively low death rates among settlers and natives alike as well as periodically massive immigration from European countries, especially Germany, Ireland, England, Italy, Sweden, and Norway, as well as Poland, Russia, and many more countries. In 2011, for the first time in U.S. history, non-Hispanic whites accounted for under half of the births in the country, with 49.6% of total births. At 197.2 million in 2012, non-Hispanic whites comprise 62.8% of the total U.S. population.