2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 207

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Table 207
Registered nurses per 100,000 population, United States, 2004

Population group		U.S. population^a	Registered nurse^b	Rate
Total		285,691,501	2,909,357	1018.4
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	40,459,196	48,009	118.7
	Non-Hispanic, White only	192,362,875	2,380,529	1237.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black only	34,142,554	122,495	358.8
	Non-Hispanic, Asian only	11,955,401	84,383	705.8
	Non-Hispanic, NHOPI only	364,656	5,594	1534.0
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN only	1,852,775	9,453	510.2
	Non-Hispanic, Multiple races	3,952,857	41,244	1043.4

^a The U.S. population data are from Census Bureau 2004 American Community Survey.

^b The 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses collected data on the actively licensed registered nurse population as of March 2004.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

Source: National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and the American Community Survey from the U.S. Census for the U.S. population.