African-American vs nonwhite

African-American

noun
  • A black American. 

  • Any black person. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people. 

  • An American who is of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. 

  • American and black. 

  • Of Black African descent. 

nonwhite

noun
  • A person who is not white. 

adj
  • Not associated with white people. 

  • Not belonging to the white race. 

  • Not white in color. 

How often have the words African-American and nonwhite occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )