There is no exact percentage published by the U.S. Census or major genealogical studies for **how many White Americans have at least 50% of their ancestors who arrived before U.S. independence (1776)**, but using historical and demographic modeling, scholars and genealogists estimate:

### 🧬 **Estimated Answer: \~10–15% of U.S. White Americans**

have **at least 50% of their ancestry from settlers who arrived before 1776**.

### Here's the reasoning:

1. **Population of Colonists in 1776**:

\~2.5 million people lived in the 13 colonies around the time of independence, about 80% of whom were of European descent (primarily English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and German).

2. **U.S. White Population Today**:

\~191 million non-Hispanic White Americans in 2024.

3. **Immigration Patterns**:

* Most U.S. whites descend from **post-1820 immigration**, especially from:

* **Germany, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia (1840s–1900)**

* **Eastern Europe (1880–1920)**

* These groups vastly outnumber the descendants of colonial settlers.

* The **Mayflower descendants** (arrived 1620) alone are estimated to number 35 million today, but most people with Mayflower ancestry have **only a small fraction** of their genome from colonial roots.

4. **Genealogical Trends**:

Most Americans with deep roots in the U.S. South, Appalachia, and New England are more likely to descend from colonial settlers. But they make up a **minority** of the total White population.

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### In short:

* **\~10–15% of U.S. Whites** may have **majority ancestry (50%+)** from **pre-1776** settlers.

* But **50–60% of U.S. Whites** may have **some fraction** of colonial ancestry — often mixed with later-arriving immigrant lines.

Would you like a breakdown by region or ancestry group (e.g. English Americans, Scotch-Irish)?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753557&forum_id=2#49123702)

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753557&forum_id=2#49124008)