African Americans

African Americans
Tot population
	40,916,113; 12.7% o the tot U.S. population (2018); 39,715,917 non-Hispanic; 12.3% o the tot U.S. population (2018)
Regions wi signeeficant populations
	Athort the kintra, especially in the Soothren Unitit States as well as urban auries.
Leids
	Inglis (American Inglis dialects an African American Vernacular Inglis); Louisiana Creole French; Gullah
Releegion
	Predominantly Protestants (71%); Minorities: Catholic (5%), Jehovah's Witnesses (2%), Muslim (2%); Irreleegious or unaffiliatit (18%)
Relatit ethnic groups
	Black Hispanic an Latino Americans Other Afro-American fowks o the Americas Black Canadians; Sierra Leone Creole fowk; Americo-Liberians; Foreign-born Afro-Americans; Afro-Laitin Americans

African Americans (alsae referred tae as Black Americans or Afro-Americans^[3]) are an ethnic group o Americans (ceetizens or residents o the Unitit States) wi tot or pairtial ancestry frae ony o the Black racial groups o Africae.^[4]^[5]

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Tot population
40,916,113^[1] 12.7% o the tot U.S. population (2018) 39,715,917 non-Hispanic^[1] 12.3% o the tot U.S. population (2018)^[1]
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Athort the kintra, especially in the Soothren Unitit States as well as urban auries.
Leids
Inglis (American Inglis dialects an African American Vernacular Inglis) Louisiana Creole French Gullah
Releegion
Predominantly Protestants (71%); Minorities: Catholic (5%), Jehovah's Witnesses (2%), Muslim (2%); Irreleegious or unaffiliatit (18%) ^[2]
Relatit ethnic groups
Black Hispanic an Latino Americans Other Afro-American fowks o the Americas Black Canadians Sierra Leone Creole fowk Americo-Liberians Foreign-born Afro-Americans Afro-Laitin Americans