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Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin |
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Understanding
Race and Hispanic Origin Data from Census 2000
Hispanic
Origin in Census 2000
Discussion
of Specific Race Groups in Census 2000
Hispanic
Origin by Race in Census 2000
How
are the race categories used in Census 2000 defined?
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Every census must adapt
to the decade in which it is administered. New technologies emerge
and change the way the U.S. Census Bureau collects and processes data.
More importantly, changing lifestyles and emerging sensitivities among
the people of the United States necessitate modifications to the questions
that are asked. One of the most important changes for Census 2000
was the revision of the questions on race and Hispanic origin to better
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Understanding Race and Hispanic Origin Data from Census
2000 |
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The 1990 census questions
on race and Hispanic origin were changed for Census 2000. The Federal
government considers race and Hispanic origin to be two separate and
distinct concepts. For Census 2000, the questions on race and Hispanic
origin were asked of every individual living in the United States.
The question on Hispanic origin asked respondents if they were Spanish,
Hispanic, or Latino.1 The question on race asked respondents
to report the race or races they considered themselves to be. Both
questions are based on self-identification. The question on Hispanic
origin for Census 2000 was similar to the 1990 census question, except
for its placement on the questionnaire. For Census 2000, the question
on Hispanic origin was asked directly before the question on race.
For the 1990 census, the order was reversed — the question on
race preceded questions on age and marital status, which were followed
by the question on Hispanic origin.
The question on race for Census 2000 was different from the one
for the 1990 census in several ways. Most significantly, respondents
were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to
indicate their racial identities.2 Because of these changes, the
Census 2000 data on race are not directly comparable with data from
the 1990 census or earlier censuses. Caution must be used when interpreting
changes in the racial composition of the U.S. population over time.
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Census 2000 used established Federal guidelines to collect
and present data on race and Hispanic origin.
How are the race categories used
in Census 2000 defined?
"White" refers to people having origins
in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North
Africa. It includes people who indicated their race or races as
"White" or wrote in entries such as Irish, German, Italian,
Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.
"Black or African American" refers
to people having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
It includes people who indicated their race or races as "Black,
African Am., or Negro," or wrote in entries such as African
American, Afro American, Nigerian, or Haitian.
"American Indian and Alaska Native"
refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of
North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain
tribal affiliation or community attachment. It includes people who
indicated their race or races by marking this category or writing
in their principal or enrolled tribe, such as Rosebud Sioux, Chippewa,
or Navajo.
"Asian" refers to people having origins
in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,
or the Indian subcontinent. It includes people who indicated their
race or races as "Asian Indian," "Chinese,"
"Filipino," "Korean," "Japanese,"
"Vietnamese," or "Other Asian," or wrote
in entries such as Burmese, Hmong, Pakistani, or Thai.
"Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander"
refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people
who indicated their race or races as "Native Hawaiian,"
"Guamanian or Chamorro," "Samoan," or "Other
Pacific Islander," or wrote in entries such as Tahitian, Mariana
Islander, or Chuukese.
"Some other race" was included in Census
2000 for respondents who were unable to identify with the five Office
of Management and Budget race categories. Respondents who provided
write-in entries such as Moroccan, South African, Belizean, or a
Hispanic origin (for example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban) are
included in the Some other race category.Census 2000 adheres
to the Federal standards for collecting and presenting data on race
and Hispanic origin as established by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in October 1997.
The OMB defines Hispanic or Latino as "a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish
culture or origin regardless of race." In data collection
and presentation, Federal agencies are required to use a minimum
of two ethnicities: "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not
Hispanic or Latino."
Starting with Census 2000, the OMB requires Federal agencies to
use a minimum of five race categories:
• White;
• Black or African American;
• American Indian or Alaska Native;
• Asian; and
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
For respondents unable to identify with any of these five race
categories, the OMB approved including a sixth category —
"Some other race" — on the Census 2000 questionnaire.
The category Some other race is used in Census 2000 and a few other
Federal data collection activities. As discussed later, most respondents
who reported Some other race are Hispanic.
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Hispanic Origin in Census 2000 |
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According to Census 2000, 281.4 million people resided in the United
States, and 35.3 million, or about 13 percent, were Latino (see
Table 1). The remaining 246.1 million people,
or 87 percent, were not Hispanic.
Table 1. |
Population by Race and
Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2000 |
Race and Hispanic or Latino |
Number |
% |
RACE |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
One race |
274,595,678 |
97.6 |
White |
211,460,626 |
75.1 |
Black or African American |
34,658,190 |
12.3 |
American Indian and Alaska Native |
2,475,956 |
0.9 |
Asian |
10,242,998 |
3.6 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific |
398,835 |
0.1 |
Some other race |
15,359,073 |
5.5 |
Two or more races |
6,826,228 |
2.4 |
HISPANIC OR LATINO |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
Hispanic or Latino |
35,305,818 |
12.5 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
246,116,088 |
87.5 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Tables
PL1 and PL2. |
The overwhelming majority of the U.S. population reported
only one race.
In Census 2000, nearly 98 percent of all respondents reported only
one race (see Table 1). The largest group
reported White alone, accounting for 75 percent of all people living
in the United States. The Black or African American alone population
represented 12 percent of the total. Just under 1 percent of all
respondents indicated only American Indian and Alaska Native. Approximately
4 percent of all respondents indicated only Asian. The smallest
race group was the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
population, representing 0.1 percent of the total population. The
remainder of the "one race" respondents — 5.5
percent of all respondents — indicated only Some other race.3
Only 2.4 percent of all respondents reported two or more
races.
The Two or more races category represents all respondents who reported
more than one race. The six race categories of Census 2000 can be
put together in 57 possible combinations of two, three, four, five,
or six races (see Table 2). Less than 3 percent of the total population
reported more than one race. Of the 6.8 million respondents who
reported two or more races, 93 percent reported exactly two. The
most common combination was "White and Some other race,"
representing 32 percent of the Two or more races population.4 This
was followed by "White and American Indian and Alaska Native,"
representing 16 percent, "White and Asian," representing
13 percent, and "White and Black or African American,"
representing 11 percent. Of all respondents reporting exactly two
races, 47 percent included Some other race as one of the two. Of
all respondents who reported more than one race, 7 percent indicated
three or more. Most of these (90 percent) reported three races.
Table 2. |
Population of Two or More Races,
Including All Combinations, for the United States: 2000 |
Race |
Number |
% |
Two or more races |
6,826,228 |
100 |
Two races |
6,368,075 |
93.3 |
White; Black or African American |
784,764 |
11.5 |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native |
1,082,683 |
15.9 |
White; Asian |
868,395 |
12.7 |
White; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
112,964 |
1.7 |
White; Some other race |
2,206,251 |
32.3 |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native |
182,494 |
2.7 |
Black or African American; Asian |
106,782 |
1.6 |
Black or African American; Native Hawaiian
and Other Pacific Islander |
29,876 |
0.4 |
Black or African American; Some other race |
417,249 |
6.1 |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian |
52,429 |
0.8 |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
7,328 |
0.1 |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Some
other race |
93,842 |
1.4 |
Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
138,802 |
2 |
Asian; Some other race |
249,108 |
3.6 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;
Some other race |
35,108 |
0.5 |
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Three races |
410,285 |
6 |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native |
112,207 |
1.6 |
White; Black or African American; Asian |
21,166 |
0.3 |
White; Black or African American; Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
2,938 |
- |
White; Black or African American; Some other
race |
43,172 |
0.6 |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native;
Asian |
23,766 |
0.3 |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native;
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
4,843 |
0.1 |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native;
Some other race |
29,095 |
0.4 |
White; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander |
89,611 |
1.3 |
White; Asian; Some other race |
34,962 |
0.5 |
White; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander; Some other race |
8,364 |
0.1 |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native; Asian |
5,798 |
0.1 |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
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998 |
- |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native; Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . |
7,023 |
0.1 |
Black or African American; Asian; Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
5,309 |
0.1 |
Black or African American; Asian; Some other
race |
8,069 |
0.1 |
Black or African American; Native Hawaiian
and Pacific Islander; Some other race |
2,167 |
- |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian;
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
3,063 |
- |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian;
Some other race |
2,544 |
- |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race |
586 |
- |
Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander; Some other race |
4,604 |
0.1 |
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Four races |
38,408 |
0.6 |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native; Asian |
10,672 |
0.2 |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
988 |
- |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native; Some other race |
4,645 |
0.1 |
White; Black or African American; Asian;
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
2,128 |
- |
White; Black or African American; Asian;
Some other race |
1,376 |
- |
White; Black or African American; Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race |
325 |
- |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native;
Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. |
6,450 |
0.1 |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native;
Asian; Some other race |
1,099 |
- |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native;
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race |
309 |
- |
White; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander; Some other race |
7,932 |
0.1 |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
750 |
- |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native; Asian; Some other race |
334 |
- |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;
Some other race |
111 |
- |
Black or African American; Asian; Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race |
1,082 |
- |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian;
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
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207 |
- |
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Five races |
8,637 |
0.1 |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
6,611 |
0.1 |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Some other race |
724 |
- |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian Other Pacific Islander;
Some other race |
68 |
- |
White; Black or African American; Asian;
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race |
379 |
- |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native;
Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other
race |
639 |
- |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian Other Pacific Islander;
Some other race |
216 |
- |
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Six races |
823 |
- |
White; Black or African American; American
Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander; Some other race |
823 |
- |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1. |
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Discussion of Specific Race Groups in Census 2000
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The next six sections
discuss the results of Census 2000 for the White, Black or African
American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian
and Pacific Islander, and Some other race populations. Numbers and
percentages are presented in three ways: (1) for the race alone category,
(2) for the race in combination category, and (3) for the race alone
or in combination category.
With the exception of the section on the Some other race population,
each of the following discussions is restricted to the five race
categories defined by the Office of Management and Budget. Within
the tables presented in these five sections, combinations of the
OMB race categories with the Some other race category are not shown
separately but are included in the "All other combinations"
category. Because the Some other race category is not a standard
OMB race, the data for the Some other race category, including combinations
with the five standard OMB groups, are presented and discussed in
a separate section.
The White Population
Table 4 shows the number and percentage of respondents
to Census 2000 who reported only White, as well as those who reported
White and at least one other race.
Approximately 211.5 million people, or 75 percent of the total
population, reported only White. An additional 5.5 million people
reported White and at least one other race. Within this group, the
most common OMB combinations were "White and American Indian
and Alaska Native" (20 percent of the population reporting
White and one or more other races), followed by "White and
Asian" (16 percent), and "White and Black or African
American" (14 percent). Approximately 216.9 million people,
or 77 percent of the population, reported White alone or in combination
with one or more other races.
Table 4 |
White Population for the United
States: 2000 |
Race |
Number |
% |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
White alone |
211,460,626 |
75.1 |
White in combination with one or more other
races |
5,470,349 |
1.9 |
White; American Indian and Alaska Native |
1,082,683 |
0.4 |
White; Asian |
868,395 |
0.3 |
White; Black or African American |
784,764 |
0.3 |
White; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
112,964 |
- |
All other combinations including White |
2,621,543 |
0.9 |
White alone or in combination with one or
more other races |
216,930,975 |
77.1 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1. |
The Black or African American Population
Table 5 shows the number and percentage of respondents
to Census 2000 who reported only Black or African American, as well
as those who reported Black or African American and at least one
other race.
Approximately 34.7 million people, or 12 percent of the total population,
reported only Black or African American. An additional 1.8 million
people reported Black or African American and at least one other
race. Within this group, the most common OMB combinations were "Black
or African American and White" (45 percent of the population
reporting Black or African American and one or more other races),
followed by "Black or African American and American Indian
and Alaska Native" (10 percent), and "Black or African
American and White and American Indian and Alaska Native"
(6 percent). Approximately 36.4 million people, or 13 percent of
the population, reported Black or African American alone or in combination
with one or more other races.
Table 5 |
Black or African
American Population for the United States: 2000 |
Race |
Number |
% |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
Black or African American alone |
34,658,190 |
12.3 |
Black or African American in combination
with one or more other races |
1,761,244 |
0.6 |
Black or African American; White |
784,764 |
0.3 |
Black or African American; American Indian
and Alaska Native |
182,494 |
0.1 |
Black or African American; White; American
Indian and Alaska Native |
112,207 |
- |
Black or African American; Asian |
106,782 |
- |
All other combinations including Black or
African American |
574,997 |
0.2 |
Black or African American alone or in combination
with one or more other races |
36,419,434 |
12.9 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1. |
The American Indian and Alaska Native Population
Table 6 shows the number and percentage of respondents
to Census 2000 who reported only American Indian and Alaska Native,
as well as those who reported American Indian and Alaska Native
and at least one other race.
Approximately 2.5 million people, or 0.9 percent of the total population,
reported only American Indian and Alaska Native. An additional 1.6
million people reported American Indian and Alaska Native and at
least one other race. Within this group, the most common OMB combinations
were "American Indian and Alaska Native and White" (66
percent of the population reporting American Indian and Alaska Native
and one or more other races), followed by "American Indian
and Alaska Native and Black or African American" (11 percent),
and "American Indian and Alaska Native and White and Black
or African American" (7 percent). Approximately 4.1 million
people, or 1.5 percent of the population, reported American Indian
and Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more other
races.5
Table 6 |
American Indian
and Alaska Native Population for the United States: 2000 |
Race |
Number |
% |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone |
2,475,956 |
0.9 |
American Indian and Alaska Native in combination
with one or more other races |
1,643,345 |
0.6 |
American Indian and Alaska Native; White
|
1,082,683 |
0.4 |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Black
or African American |
182,494 |
0.1 |
American Indian and Alaska Native; White;
Black or African American |
112,207 |
- |
American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian |
52,429 |
- |
All other combinations including American
Indian and Alaska Native |
213,532 |
0.1 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone
or in combination with one or more other races |
4,119,301 |
1.5 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1. |
The Asian Population
Table 7 shows the number and percentage of respondents
to Census 2000 who reported only Asian, as well as those who reported
Asian and at least one other race.
Approximately 10.2 million people, or 3.6 percent of the total
population, reported only Asian. An additional 1.7 million people
reported Asian and at least one other race. Within this group, the
most common OMB combinations were "Asian and White"
(52 percent of the population reporting Asian and one or more other
races), followed by "Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander" (8 percent), and "Asian and Black or African
American" (6 percent). Approximately 11.9 million people,
or 4.2 percent of the population, reported Asian alone or in combination
with one or more other races.6
Table 7 |
Asian Population
for the United States: 2000 |
Race |
Number |
% |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
Asian alone |
10,242,998 |
3.6 |
Asian in combination with one or more other
races |
1,655,830 |
0.6 |
Asian; White |
868,395 |
0.3 |
Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
138,802 |
- |
Asian; Black or African American |
106,782 |
- |
Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander; White |
89,611 |
- |
All other combinations including Asian |
452,240 |
0.2 |
Asian alone or in combination with one or
more other races |
11,898,828 |
4.2 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1. |
The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population
Table 8 shows the number and percentage of respondents to Census
2000 who reported only Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
as well as those who reported Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander and at least one other race.
Approximately 399,000 people, or 0.1 percent of the total population,
reported only Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. An additional
476,000 people reported Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
and at least one other race.7 Within this group, the most common
combinations were "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
and Asian" (29 percent of the population reporting Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander and one or more other races),
followed by "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander and
White" (24 percent), and "Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander and Asian and White" (19 percent). Approximately
874,000 people, or 0.3 percent of the population, reported Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination with
one or more other races.
Table 8 |
Native Hawaiian
and Other Pacific Islander Population for the United States:
2000 |
Race |
Number |
% |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
alone |
398,835 |
0.1 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
in combination with one or more other races |
475,579 |
0.2 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;
Asian |
138,802 |
- |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;
White |
112,964 |
- |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;
Asian; White |
89,611 |
- |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;
Black or African American |
29,876 |
- |
All other combinations including Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
104,326 |
- |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
alone or in combination with one or more other races |
874,414 |
0.3 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1. |
The Some Other Race Population
Table 9 shows the number and percentage of respondents
to Census 2000 who reported only Some other race, as well as those
who reported Some other race and at least one other race.
Approximately 15.4 million people, or about 5 percent of the total
population, reported only Some other race. An additional 3.2 million
people reported Some other race and at least one other race. Within
this group, the most common combinations were "Some other
race and White" (70 percent of the population reporting Some
other race and one or more other races), followed by "Some
other race and Black or African American" (13 percent), and
"Some other race and Asian" (8 percent). Approximately
18.5 million people, or 7 percent of the total population, reported
Some other race alone or in combination with one or more other races.
Table 9 |
Some Other Race
Population for the United States: 2000 |
Race |
Number |
% |
Total population |
281,421,906 |
100 |
Some other race alone |
15,359,073 |
5.5 |
Some other race in combination with one
or more |
3,162,413 |
1.1 |
other races |
2,206,251 |
0.8 |
Some other race; White |
417,249 |
0.1 |
Some other race; Black or African American |
249,108 |
0.1 |
Some other race; Asian |
93,842 |
- |
Some other race; American Indian and Alaska |
195,963 |
0.1 |
Native |
18,521,486 |
6.6 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1. |
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Hispanic Origin by Race in Census 2000 |
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Nine out of ten Hispanics reported White alone or Some other race
alone. Nearly half (48 percent) of Hispanics reported only White,
while approximately 42 percent reported only Some other race, when
responding to the question on race (see Table 10). Less than 4 percent
of Latinos reported Black or African American alone, American Indian
and Alaska Native alone, Asian alone, or Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone. In contrast, 79 percent of the non-Hispanic
population reported only White and 0.2 percent reported only Some
other race. About 19 percent of all non-Hispanics reported only
one of the remaining race categories. Of all race and Hispanic origin
combinations, the group reporting as only White and non-Hispanic
was the largest, representing 69 percent of the total population.
Table 10 |
Hispanic and Not Hispanic Population
by Race for the United States: 2000 |
Race |
Hispanic or Latino |
Number |
% of Hispanic |
% of US |
Total |
35,305,818 |
100 |
12.5 |
One race |
33,081,736 |
93.7 |
11.8 |
White |
16,907,852 |
47.9 |
6 |
Black or African American |
710,353 |
2 |
0.3 |
American Indian and Alaska Native |
407,073 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
Asian |
119,829 |
0.3 |
- |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
45,326 |
0.1 |
- |
Some other race |
14,891,303 |
42.2 |
5.3 |
Two or more races |
2,224,082 |
6.3 |
0.8 |
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Race |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
Number |
% of Non-Hispanic |
% of US |
Total |
246,116,088 |
100 |
87.5 |
One race |
241,513,942 |
98.1 |
85.8 |
White |
194,552,774 |
79.1 |
69.1 |
Black or African American |
33,947,837 |
13.8 |
12.1 |
American Indian and Alaska Native |
2,068,883 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
Asian |
10,123,169 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
353,509 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Some other race |
467,770 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Two or more races |
4,602,146 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Tables
PL1 and PL2. |
Approximately 6 percent of all Hispanics reported two or more races,
compared with just under 2 percent of non-Hispanics. Among the 2.2
million Latinos who reported more than one race, 1.8 million (81
percent) reported only two races, one of which was Some other race.
Of the 6.8 million respondents reporting two or more races, nearly
one-third (2.2 million or 33 percent) were Hispanic.
The overwhelming majority (97 percent) of the 15.4 million people
who reported Some other race alone were Latino, while the remaining
3 percent were not Hispanic (see Table 11). However, of all combinations
of two or more races that included Some other race, only 59 percent
were Hispanic. A large majority (90 percent) of the Some other race
alone or in combination population was also Hispanic.
Table 11 |
Some Other Race Population by
Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2000 |
Hispanic or Latino |
Some other race alone |
Number |
% |
Total |
15,359,073 |
100 |
Hispanic or Latino |
14,891,303 |
97 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
467,770 |
3 |
|
Hispanic or Latino |
Some other race in combination
with one or more other races |
Number |
% |
Total |
3,162,413 |
100 |
Hispanic or Latino |
1,859,538 |
58.8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
1,302,875 |
41.2 |
|
Hispanic or Latino |
Some other race alone or in
combination with one or more other races |
Number |
% |
Total |
18,521,486 |
100 |
Hispanic or Latino |
16,750,841 |
90.4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
1,770,645 |
9.6 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Tables
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Endnotes
1Hispanics may be of
any race. The terms "Hispanic" and "Latino"
are used interchangeably in this report.
2 Other changes included terminology
and formatting changes, such as spelling out "American"
instead of "Amer." for the American Indian and Alaska
Native category and adding "Native" to the Hawaiian
response category. In the layout of the Census 2000 questionnaire,
the Asian response categories were alphabetized and grouped together,
as were the Pacific Islander categories after the Native Hawaiian
category. The three separate American Indian and Alaska Native identifiers
in the 1990 census (i.e., Indian (Amer.), Eskimo, and Aleut) were
combined into a single identifier in Census 2000. Also, American
Indians and Alaska Natives could report more than one tribe.
3 The Some other race alone category
consists predominantly (97.0 percent) of people of Hispanic origin,
and is not a standard OMB race category.
4 The Two or more races categories
are denoted by quotations around the combinations with the conjunction
and in bold and italicized print to indicate the separate race groups
that comprise the particular combination.
5 The size of the American Indian and
Alaska Native population – alone or in combination –
is just one dimension of this population covered by Census 2000.
The wide diversity of the specific American Indian and Alaska Native
populations delineated by Census 2000 will be discussed in a future
report.
6 The size of the Asian population
— alone or in combination — is just one dimension of
this population covered by Census 2000. The wide diversity of the
specific Asian populations delineated by Census 2000 will be discussed
in a future report.
7 The size of the Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander population — alone or in
combination — is just one dimension of this population covered
by Census 2000. The wide diversity of the specific Native Hawaiian
and Other Pacific Islander populations delineated by Census 2000
will be discussed in a future report.
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Adapted from U.S. Census Bureau, Overview
of Race and Hispanic Origin, by Elizabeth M. Grieco and Rachel
C. Cassidy, Census 2000 Brief Series.
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