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Center for Minority Veterans
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Veterans Census 2000
| VETERANS BY RACE: CENSUS 2000* |
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Race
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Number
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Percent of Total
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| White Alone |
22,573,027 |
85.5% |
| Black Alone |
2,571,981 |
9.7% |
| AIAN ** Alone |
195,871 |
0.7% |
| Asian Alone |
284,297 |
1.1% |
| NHPI *** |
28,592 |
0.1% |
| Other Race Alone |
367,867 |
1.4% |
| 2 or More Races |
382,068 |
1.4% |
| Total |
26,403,703 |
100.0% |
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| Hispanic **** |
1,139,179 |
4.3% |
For further information visit Veterans 2000 Census Brief by selecting this web link: www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-22.pdf
* In Census 2000, the respondent was given a choice to mark more than one race, if applicable. Veterans in categories showing a given race alone chose only that race.
** American Indian or Alaska Native
***Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
**** Hispanics can be of any race
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