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Population by Race and Hispanic Origin, Federal Census 2000

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

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POPULATION BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
FEDERAL CENSUS 2000 - APRIL 1
  (1)
Race Alone:
Persons Selecting
Only One Race in
Categories 1-61		 (2)
Race in Combination:
Persons Selecting
Two or More Races in
Categories 1-62		 (1)+(2)=(3)
Sum of Race Alone
and
in Combination3
Race
  1. White 4,821,823 181,357 5,003,180
  2. Black or African American 190,267 48,131 238,398
  3. American Indian & Alaska Native 93,301 65,639 158,940
  4. Asian 322,335 73,406 395,741
  5. Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander 23,953 18,808 42,761
  6. Some other race 228,923 58,477 287,400
  7. Mixed Race 213,519    
Total Population 5,894,121   *3
Non-Hispanic by Race
  1. White 4,652,490 149,876 4,802,366
  2. Black or African American 184,631 42,988 227,619
  3. American Indian and Alaska Native 85,396 58,371 143,767
  4. Asian 319,401 68,175 387,566
  5. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 22,779 16,983 39,762
  6. Some other race 11,989 30,798 42,787
  7. Mixed Race 175,926    
Hispanic (of any race) 441,509    
Total Population 5,894,121   *3

1This column adds to the state total population without any duplication of counts.
2Persons selecting two or more races from categories 1 through 6. For example, a person who is "White" and "Black or African American" is included with "White" and with "Black or African American" and is counted twice in this column. Persons are counted in each category they marked.
3Columns 2 and 3 contain duplicate, triplicate, etc., counts. See footnote 2.

Population by Race/Ethnic Categories Hispanic Population by Specific Origin
Total 5,894,121   Hispanic Total 441,509
One Race 5,680,602 Mexican 329,934
  White 4,821,823 Puerto Rican 16,140
  Black or African American 190,267 Cuban 4,501
  American Indian and Alaska Native 93,301 Dominican Republic 661
  Asian: Central American
    Asian Indian 23,992   Costa Rican 818
    Chinese 59,914   Guatemalan 2,773
    Filipino 65,373   Honduran 1,330
    Japanese 35,985   Nicaraguan 871
    Korean 46,880   Panamanian 1,725
    Vietnamese 46,149   Salvadoran 3,987
    Other Asian 44,042   Other Central American 622
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: South American
    Native Hawaiian 4,883   Argentinian 939
    Guamanian or Chamorro 5,823   Brazilian 347
    Samoan 8,049   Chilean 1,229
    Other Pacific Islander 5,198   Colombian 2,189
  Some Other Race 228,923   Ecuadorian 637
    Paraguayan 46
Mixed Race 213,519   Peruvian 1,942
    Uruguayan 111
  Venezuelan 528
  Other South American 487
Other Hispanic 69,692

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