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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003 Robert Bernstein CB03-16 Public Information Office (301) 763-3030/457-3670 (fax) (301) 457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Census Bureau Releases Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released estimates as of July 1, 2001, of the nation's population by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin. They are the first such estimates released by the Census Bureau since Census 2000. The tables include five-year age groups (to 100 and over) and median age by sex, the distribution of each racial group by broad age categories and the number of people of a specific race or of two or more races. The following table provides a summary of basic race and Hispanic-origin estimates.Resident Population Estimates of the United States by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin:
July 1, 2001, and April 1, 2000(In millions, except percentage change)
1The five numbers add to more than the total population because individuals may be of more than one race.
Change 2000 - 2001 July 1, 2001 April 1, 2000 Numerical Percentage Total population 284.8 281.4 3.4 1.2 Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 37.0 35.3 1.7 4.7 One race 280.7 277.5 3.2 1.2 ...White 230.3 228.1 2.2 1.0 .......White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 196.2 195.6 0.6 0.3 ...Black or African-American 36.2 35.7 0.5 1.5 ...American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7 2.7 0.1 2.3 ...Asian 11.0 10.6 0.4 3.7 ...Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.5 0.5 — 3.0 Two or more races 4.1 3.9 0.2 4.6 Race alone or in combination with one or more other races1 White 233.8 231.4 2.3 1.0 Black or African-American 37.7 37.1 0.6 1.7 American Indian and Alaska Native 4.3 4.2 0.1 2.2 Asian 12.5 12.0 0.5 3.8 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.9 0.9 — 3.2-X-