An overwhelming majority of whites (91%) place their national identity over their racial identity. This finding is not surprising since whites are the majority racial group in the United States and therefore their identity as whites has historically been connected to what it means to be an American. Only 4% of whites place being white above being American. Blacks and Hispanics are evenly split in where they place their racial and national identity. 45% of blacks think of themselves as black first while 46% think of themselves as American first. Similarly, 42% of Hispanics think of themselves Hispanics first, while 50% think of themselves as American first.     Aren't those numbers based on the number of people surveyed for the study? So the 91% of white people the study has cited is just regarding those who participated in the survey.      Also, I would like to see for myself how the questions are asked and the formatting of the survey itself. Those factors may also effect the answers white people gave on the survey.     Side note; I find it interesting that the writer would qualify the American identity as equal to white identity simply because of majority status.  