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)

and note that some birdshit guys have AZN husbands too

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

On my black side, we know we been here at least 400, but have traced back to our slaves.

Get the fuck out of here, foreigner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753557&forum_id=2],#49125748)

Son, my white side was slavers, CSA officers and killers. Same blood flows true to this day.

They have even documented our killing ways in New York Times going back to antebellum days...

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22352896/aquilla_whittaker-ballard#view-photo=154168579

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753557&forum_id=2],#49125984)

Indians are low t retards

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753557&forum_id=2],#49125843)

all birdshits outside NE have to go back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5753557&forum_id=2],#49126131)