Template:African American ethnicity
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| Total population |
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| African American 42,020,743[1] (13.6% of the US population) |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Predominantly in the Southern United States and in urban areas within the country |
| Languages |
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American English · African American Vernacular English · Gullah language |
| Religion |
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Predominantly Protestant (78%); with Roman Catholic (5%) and Muslim (1%) minorities, and others |
| Related ethnic groups |
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Other Afro-American peoples of the Americas |
Footnotes
- ^ Rastogi, Sonya; Johnson, Tallese D.; Hoeffel, Elizabeth M.; Drewery, Jr., Malcolm P. (September 2011). "The Black Population: 2010" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. p. 3. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
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