White Americans are Americans who identify as and are perceived to be white people. White Americans constitute the historical and current majority of the people living in the United States, with 72% of the population identifying as white alone totalling 236,475,401 people and 75% identify white fully or multiracial totalling 246,234,076 people. Non-Hispanic Whites totaled about 197,181,177 or about 60.1% of the population in 2019. White Hispanic and Latino Americans totaled about 38,277,289 or about 11.8% of the total population in 2019. European Americans are the largest panethnic group of White Americans and have constituted the majority population of the United States since the nation's founding.