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Table 1a. |
Resident population and percentage distribution, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980–2005, and projections, 2010 and 2020 |
| Year | Total | White | Total minority |
Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
More than one race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (in thousands) | ||||||||
| 1980 | 226,546 | 180,906 | 45,640 | 26,142 | 14,609 | 3,563 | 1,326 | — |
| 1985 | 237,924 | 184,945 | 52,979 | 27,738 | 18,368 | 5,315 | 1,558 | — |
| 1990 | 248,791 | 188,315 | 60,476 | 29,304 | 22,379 | 6,996 | 1,797 | — |
| 1995 | 262,803 | 193,328 | 69,475 | 31,590 | 27,107 | 8,846 | 1,932 | — |
| 2000 | 281,422 | 195,575 | 85,846 | 34,313 | 35,306 | 10,724 | 2,097 | 3,406 |
| 2001 | 285,108 | 196,319 | 88,789 | 34,814 | 37,064 | 11,245 | 2,130 | 3,536 |
| 2002 | 287,985 | 196,827 | 91,158 | 35,201 | 38,500 | 11,660 | 2,155 | 3,642 |
| 2003 | 290,850 | 197,340 | 93,510 | 35,574 | 39,935 | 12,071 | 2,181 | 3,750 |
| 2004 | 293,657 | 197,843 | 95,814 | 35,950 | 41,338 | 12,4591 | 2,207 | 3,861 |
| 2005 | 296,410 | 198,366 | 98,044 | 36,325 | 42,687 | 12,826 | 2,233 | 3,974 |
| 20102 | 308,936 | 201,112 | 107,824 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20202 | 335,805 | 205,936 | 129,869 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Percentage distribution | ||||||||
| 1980 | 100.0 | 79.9 | 20.1 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | — |
| 1985 | 100.0 | 77.7 | 22.3 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 1990 | 100.0 | 75.7 | 24.3 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | — |
| 1995 | 100.0 | 73.6 | 26.4 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 | — |
| 2000 | 100.0 | 69.5 | 30.5 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | 100.0 | 68.9 | 31.1 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 100.0 | 68.3 | 31.7 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 2003 | 100.0 | 67.8 | 32.2 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 100.0 | 67.4 | 32.6 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 100.0 | 66.9 | 33.1 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 20102 | 100.0 | 65.1 | 34.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20202 | 100.0 | 61.3 | 38.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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— Not available. 1 In 2004, there were 12,068,424 Asians and 398,161 Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders. 2 Projected. NOTE: Numbers for the year 2000 are from the Decennial Census. All other years are population estimates. Estimates for 2004 may differ from those in other tables due to time of year of estimation. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Total minority includes all race/ethnicity categories shown except White. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000 and 2004, Population Estimates Program, 1980-2000; Annual Estimates of the Population by Sex, Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 (NC-EST2005-03), released May 10, 2006; and U.S. Interim Projections by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, released March 18, 2004. |
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