After whites, the largest ethnic group in the United States is . The chart shows that about 30 percent of the US population is .
The smallest ethnic group listed is .

Cherokee  removal, part of the trail of tears, refers to the  forced  relocation between 1836 and 1839 of thecherokee  nation from  their lands ingeorgia, south carolina, north carolina, tennessee, texas, and alabama to the indian territory (present day oklahoma)  in  the thenwestern united states, and the resultant deaths