British Americans
Number of British Americans
Table below shows the results from 1980 when ancestry was first collected by the U.S. census and the 2010 American Community Survey.

British Americans

Section Title: Number of British Americans
Table Section Text: Table below shows the results from 1980 when ancestry was first collected by the U.S. census and the 2010 American Community Survey.

Year	Ancestral origin	Number	% of population

British; totals	61,327,867	31.67%

1980	English	49,598,035	26.34%

Scottish	10,048,816	4.44%

Welsh	1,664,598	0.88%

Northern Irelander	16,418	0.01%

Total	46,816,175	18.8%

1990	English	32,651,788	13.1%

Scottish	5,393,581	2.2%

Scotch-Irish	5,617,773	2.3%

Welsh	2,033,893	0.8%

British	1,119,140	0.4%

Total	36,564,465	12.9%

2000	English	24,515,138	8.7%

Scottish	4,890,581	1.7%

Scotch-Irish	4,319,232	1.5%

Welsh	1,753,794	0.6%

British	1,085,720	0.4%

Total	37,619,881	14.4%

2010	English	25,927,345	8.4%

Scottish	5,460,679	3.1%

Scotch-Irish	3,257,161	1.9%

Welsh	1,793,356	0.6%

British	1,181,340	0.4%

Source:United States Census Bureau.

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In 1980 16,418 Americans reported ‘Northern Islander’.

final_sentence: In 1980 16,418 Americans reported ‘Northern Islander’.