Number of English Americans
| Year | Number |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 49,598,035 |
| 1990 | 32,651,788 |
| 2000 | 24,515,138 |
| 2010 | 25,927,345 |
From the time of the first permanent English presence in the New World until 1900, these immigrants outnumbered all others, therefore the cultural pattern had been firmly established as the American model.
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