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Minorities in the United States

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Population Change, 1990-2000 (1/8)

Between 1990 and 2000, western U.S. states experienced the most rapid population growth. The five states with the largest population growth were all western states: Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. Despite overall net growth in the Great Plains states, many individual counties throughout these states actually experienced population declines. (Source: www.CensusScope.org)

Geographic Variations, 1990-2000 (2/8)

While minority populations continue to grow, America is not quite the ethnic "melting pot" that some make it out to be. Regional differences in racial makeup are still quite pronounced, as this map shows. (Source: www.CensusScope.org)

Hispanic Population, 2000 (3/8)

Twelve and a half percent of U.S. Americans identified themselves as Hispanic, up from 9.0 percent in 1990. "Hispanic ethnicity" includes Mexicans (7.3 percent of the total U.S. population in 2000), Puerto Ricans (1.2 percent), Cubans (0.4 percent), and a host of other Latin and South American ethnicities. (Source: www.CensusScope.org)

African American Population, 2000 (4/8)

African Americans comprise the largest racial minority in the United States, accounting for 12.1 percent of the total population in 2000. They are concentrated largely in the southern states and urban areas. (Source: www.CensusScope.org)

Asian Population, 2000 (5/8)

Asian-Americans include Asian Indians, Chinese, Fillipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and a number of other Asian ethnicities. In 2000, all these groups together accounted for 3.6 percent of the total U.S. population, up from 2.8 percent in 1990. (Source: www.CensusScope.org)

Native American Population, 2000 (6/8)

In 2000, Native Americans made up slightly less than one percent of the total U.S. population. As the maps shows, this population tends to be concentrated in specific geographic areas, often those designated as reservations by the U.S. government, rather than distributed through the nation as a whole. (Source: www.CensusScope.org)

Non-Hispanic White Population, 2000 (7/8)

Non-Hispanic whites account for 69.1 percent of the U.S. population. Because the non-white population is heavily clustered in relatively few counties, the average U.S. county has a population that is 79.6 percent non-Hispanic white. (Source: www.CensusScope.org)

Multiracial Population, 2000 (8/8)

The 2000 U.S. Census allowed people to select multiple races. Around 2.4 percent of surveyed Americans identified themselves as of multiracial. Roughly one-fifth of the people who selected multiple races were Hispanics, reflecting a different conception of "race" among Hispanics.
Multiracial Americans live in a handful of areas - notably, Hawaii, California, Alaska, and Oklahoma, but race combinations are quite distinct.(Source: www.CensusScope.org)

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