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People Group Highlights

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PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	People Cluster	Primary Religion	Language	Total Population

Abenaki, Penobscot	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	English - (eng)	5,020
Acholi	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Acoli - (ach)	2,300
Afro-Seminole	United States	American Peoples	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Afro-American, Hispanic	Ethnic Religions	Afro-Seminole Creole - (afs)	500
Akan, Twi	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Twi - (twi)	6,545
Algonquins	Canada	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Algonquin - (alq)	1,415
Angolan	Angola	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	Portuguese - (por)	2,040
Anuak	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Anuak - (anu)	3,900
Apache, Kiowa	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Kiowa Apache - (apk)	12,000
Apache, Lipan	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Lipan Apache - (apl)	6,205
Apache, Mescalero	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache - (apm)	3,400
Apache, Western	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Western Apache - (apw)	18,964
Arapaho	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Arapaho - (arp)	10,900
Assiniboin	Canada	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Assiniboine - (asb)	5,304
Atsugewi, Pitt River	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	English - (eng)	150
Balanta, Kentohe	Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic	Ethnic Religions	Balanta-Kentohe - (ble)	80
Beninese	Benin	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	French - (fra)	2,665
Black Tai	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tai Dam	Ethnic Religions	Tai Dam - (blt)	10,000
Cakchiquel	Guatemala	American Peoples	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Other Central American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Kaqchikel - (cak)	124,000
Chehalis	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	English - (eng)	875
Cherokee	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Cherokee - (chr)	310,000
Cheyenne	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Cheyenne - (chy)	22,900
Chinook Wawa	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Chinook jargon - (chn)	790
Chipewyan	Canada	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Chipewyan - (chp)	6,900
Chitimacha	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	English - (eng)	404
Chuj	Guatemala	American Peoples	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Maya	Ethnic Religions	Chuj - (cac)	400
Cocopa	Mexico	American Peoples	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Other Central American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Cocopa - (coc)	1,010
Columbia-Wenatchi	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	English - (eng)	700
Cora	Mexico	American Peoples	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Aztec	Ethnic Religions	El Nayar Cora - (crn)	550
Dakota, Sioux	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	North American Indigenous	Ethnic Religions	Dakota - (dak)	129,808
Deaf American	United States	Deaf Peoples	Deaf	Deaf - Generic	Ethnic Religions	American Sign Language - (ase)	1,360,000

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