Editing Italian Americans (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Americans with Italian Ancestry by state.svg|upright=1.8|thumb|Americans with Italian ancestry by state according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey in 2019]]

In the [[2000 United States census|2000 U.S. census]], Italian Americans constituted the fifth largest [[Racial demographics of the United States#Racial makeup of the U.S. population|ancestry group]] in America with about 15.6 million people, 5.6% of the total U.S. population.<ref name=c2kbr-35>Brittingham, Angela, and G. Patricia De La Cruz (2004). ''[https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf Ancestry: 2000] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20041204015245/http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |date=December 4, 2004 }}'' Washington, D.C.: [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Dept. of Commerce]], Economics and Statistics Administration, [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]].</ref> As of 2006, the U.S. census estimated the Italian American population at 17.8 million persons, or 6% of the population,<ref>[https://www.census.gov "Total Ancestry Reported - Universe: Total Ancestry Categories Tallied for People with One or More Ancestry Categories Reported"], ''[[American Community Survey]]'', U.S. Census Bureau, 2006. Retrieved March 19, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=D&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201&-ds_name=D&-_lang=en "Selected Population Profile in the United States, Total population"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212040306/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=D&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201&-ds_name=D&-_lang=en |date=February 12, 2020 }}, ''American Community Survey'', U.S. Census Bureau, 2006. Retrieved March 19, 2010.</ref> constituting a 14% increase over the six-year period.

In 2010, the [[American Community Survey]] enumerated Americans reporting Italian ancestry at nearly 17.6 million, 5.8% of the U.S. population; in 2015, 17.3 million, 5.5% of the population. A decade thereafter, in 2020, the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] recorded slightly more than 16.5 million Americans reporting full or partial Italian ancestry, about 5.1% of the U.S. population.<ref name="ACS2020">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04006|title=Table B04006 - People Reporting Ancestry - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713211542/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04006|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ACS2015">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?tid=ACSDT5Y2015.B04006|title=Table B04006 - People Reporting Ancestry - 2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713223827/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?tid=ACSDT5Y2015.B04006|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ACS2010">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?tid=ACSDT5Y2010.B04006|title=Table B04006 - People Reporting Ancestry - 2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713222944/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?tid=ACSDT5Y2010.B04006|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref> As ancestry is self-reported, the decline in Italian identification in the 21st century may merely reflect growing [[Americanization (immigration)|Americanization]] and [[cultural assimilation]] of Italian Americans into the broader identity of [[White Americans]], with younger generations increasingly intermixed with other [[European Americans]]: the number of Americans who reported being solely of Italian ancestry alone fell by 928,044—from 7,183,882 in 2010 to 6,652,806 in 2015 to 5,724,762 in 2020.<ref name="single2010">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2010.B04004|title=Table B04004 - People reporting single ancestry - 2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714000405/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2010.B04004|archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="single2015">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2015.B04004|title=Table B04004 - People reporting single ancestry - 2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714003119/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2015.B04004|archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="single2020">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04004|title=Table B04004 - People reporting single ancestry - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713234528/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04004|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref> However, by contrast, the number of Americans who reported being of Italian ancestry mixed with another ancestry grew by 436,334—from 10,387,926 in 2010 to 10,632,691 in 2015 to 10,824,260 in 2020.<ref name="multi2010">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2010.B04005|title=Table B04005 - People reporting multiple ancestries - 2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713234450/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2010.B04005|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="multi2015">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2015.B04005|title=Table B04005 - People reporting multiple ancestries - 2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713235545/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2015.B04005|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="multi2020">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04005|title=Table B04005 - People reporting multiple ancestries - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713234520/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04005|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref>

<big>'''U.S. states number and percentage Italian American in 2020'''</big><ref name="ACS2020states">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0100000US%240400000&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04006|title=Table B04006 - People Reporting Ancestry - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, All States|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 16, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717015112/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0100000US%240400000&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04006|archive-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ACS2020" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niaf.org/research/2000_census_4.asp |title=Italian American Population in All 50 States |publisher=Niaf.org |access-date=January 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009220932/http://www.niaf.org/research/2000_census_4.asp |archive-date=October 9, 2008 }}</ref><ref>2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates: [https://archive.today/20200212212624/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_DP02&prodType=table "Selected Social Characteristics in the United States"]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{small|{{flagicon|Italy}}Estimated Italian American population by state{{flagicon|USA}}}}
!  style="text-align:center; background:#9dbec3;"|'''State'''
!  style="text-align:center; background:#9dbec3;"|'''Number'''
!  style="text-align:center; background:#9dbec3;"|'''Percentage'''
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Alabama}}
|align="right"|{{nts|78,547}}
|align="right"|1.61%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Alaska}}
|align="right"|{{nts|20,629}}
|align="right"|2.80%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Arizona}}
|align="right"|{{nts|297,383}}
|align="right"|4.15%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Arkansas}}
|align="right"|{{nts|44,534}}
|align="right"|1.48%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|California}}
|align="right"|{{nts|1,414,190}}
|align="right"|3.59%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Colorado}}
|align="right"|{{nts|275,803}}
|align="right"|4.85%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Connecticut}}
|align="right"|{{nts|590,721}}
|align="right"|16.54%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Delaware}}
|align="right"|{{nts|81,036}}
|align="right"|8.37%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|District of Columbia}}
|align="right"|{{nts|27,731}}
|align="right"|3.95%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Florida}}
|align="right"|{{nts|1,222,217}}
|align="right"|5.76%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagcountry|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
|align="right"|{{nts|234,113}}
|align="right"|2.23%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Hawaii}}
|align="right"|{{nts|30,019}}
|align="right"|2.11%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Idaho}}
|align="right"|{{nts|54,112}}
|align="right"|3.08%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Illinois}}
|align="right"|{{nts|726,216}}
|align="right"|5.71%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Indiana}}
|align="right"|{{nts|180,628}}
|align="right"|2.70%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Iowa}}
|align="right"|{{nts|63,176}}
|align="right"|2.01%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Kansas}}
|align="right"|{{nts|62,266}}
|align="right"|2.14%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Kentucky}}
|align="right"|{{nts|90,775}}
|align="right"|2.03%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Louisiana}}
|align="right"|{{nts|200,407}}
|align="right"|4.30%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Maine}}
|align="right"|{{nts|76,133}}
|align="right"|5.68%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Maryland}}
|align="right"|{{nts|291,816}}
|align="right"|4.83%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Massachusetts}}
|align="right"|{{nts|825,642}}
|align="right"|12.01%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Michigan}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|452,303}}
|align="right"|4.53%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Minnesota}}
|align="right"|{{nts|124,817}}
|align="right"|2.23%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Mississippi}}
|align="right"|{{nts|53,122}}
|align="right"|1.78%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Missouri}}
|align="right"|{{nts|204,254}}
|align="right"|3.34%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Montana}}
|align="right"|{{nts|38,075}}
|align="right"|3.59%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Nebraska}}
|align="right"|{{nts|49,349}}
|align="right"|2.57%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Nevada}}
|align="right"|{{nts|158,170}}
|align="right"|5.22%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|New Hampshire}}
|align="right"|{{nts|137,322}}
|align="right"|10.13%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|New Jersey}}
|align="right"|{{nts|1,353,075}}
|align="right"|15.23%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|New Mexico}}
|align="right"|{{nts|46,352}}
|align="right"|2.21%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagcountry|New York (state)}}
|align="right"|{{nts|2,320,549}}
|align="right"|11.89%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|North Carolina}}
|align="right"|{{nts|334,430}}
|align="right"|3.20%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|North Dakota}}
|align="right"|{{nts|8,767}}
|align="right"|1.15%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Ohio}}
|align="right"|{{nts|715,494}}
|align="right"|6.13%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Oklahoma}}
|align="right"|{{nts|69,023}}
|align="right"|1.75%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Oregon}}
|align="right"|{{nts|154,010}}
|align="right"|3.69%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Pennsylvania}}
|align="right"|{{nts|1,430,006}}
|align="right"|11.18%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Rhode Island}}
|align="right"|{{nts|172,852}}
|align="right"|16.34%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|South Carolina}}
|align="right"|{{nts|153,895}}
|align="right"|3.02%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|South Dakota}}
|align="right"|{{nts|10,732}}
|align="right"|1.22%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Tennessee}}
|align="right"|{{nts|152,739}}
|align="right"|2.26%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Texas}}
|align="right"|{{nts|523,680}}
|align="right"|1.83%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Utah}}
|align="right"|{{nts|86,754}}
|align="right"|2.75%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Vermont}}
|align="right"|{{nts|45,447}}
|align="right"|7.28%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Virginia}}
|align="right"|{{nts|332,213}}
|align="right"|3.90%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagcountry|Washington (state)}}
|align="right"|{{nts|255,671}}
|align="right"|3.40%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|West Virginia}}
|align="right"|{{nts|77,548}}
|align="right"|4.29%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|align="right"|{{nts|200,205}}
|align="right"|3.45%
|-
|border = "1"|{{flag|Wyoming}}
|align="right"|{{nts|18,338}}
|align="right"|3.15%
|- class="sortbottom" bgcolor="lightgrey"
|border = "1"|'''{{flag|United States}}'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|16,549,022}}'''
|align="right"|'''5.07%'''
|}

===U.S. communities with the most residents of Italian ancestry===
The top 20 U.S. communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Italian ancestry are:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the most Italian place in the United States. It's in New Jersey.|url=https://www.italianamericanstudies.net:443/blogs/welcome-to-the-most-italian-place-in-the-united-states-its-in-new-jersey|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=Italian American Studies Association|language=en}}</ref>

# [[Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey|Fairfield, New Jersey]] 50.3%
# [[Johnston, Rhode Island]] 49.5%
# [[North Branford, Connecticut]] 43.9%
# [[East Haven, Connecticut]] 43.6%
# [[Hammonton, New Jersey]] 43.2%
# [[Ocean Gate, New Jersey]] 42.6%
# [[East Hanover Township, New Jersey|East Hanover, New Jersey]] 41.3%
# [[North Haven, Connecticut]] 41.2%
# [[Cedar Grove, New Jersey]] 40.8%
# [[Wood-Ridge, New Jersey]] 40.6%
# [[North Providence, Rhode Island]] 38.9%
# [[Dunmore, Pennsylvania]] 38.9%
# [[Newfield, New Jersey]] 38.8%
# [[Saugus, Massachusetts]] 38.5%
# [[Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Jenkins, Pennsylvania]] 38.4%
# [[West Pittston, Pennsylvania]] 37.9%
# [[Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Old Forge, Pennsylvania]] 37.8%
# [[Lowellville, Ohio]] 37.5%
# [[Hughestown, Pennsylvania]] 37.5%
# [[Prospect, Connecticut]] 37.5%

===U.S. places named for Italian Americans===
* [[Busti, New York]] (Town and village name)

=== Socioeconomic Status/Demographics ===
In 2023 Italian Americans had a Per Capita Income of $55,349, higher than $43,313 which is the Per Capita Income for the Total Population and higher than $50,675 for all White Americans.<ref name="Explore Census Data">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=American%20Community%20Survey&t=001:451:541:543 |access-date=December 29, 2024 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

In terms of education Italian Americans are significantly more educated than the Total Population. 96.2% have attained High School Graduate and 46.1% have attained a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref name="Explore Census Data"/>

67% of the population are in the labor force, with 52.1% working in&nbsp;management, business, science, and arts occupations, but the community also has a large population working in sales and office occupations.<ref name="Explore Census Data"/> In terms of industry, a large number of Italian Americans work in&nbsp;Educational services, and health care and social assistance as well as Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services and Retail trade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5YSPT2021.DP03?t=001:543&d=ACS+5-Year+Estimates+Selected+Population+Data+Profiles |access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>