TABLE 1.

Single and multiple racial identities of the total and Hispanic population of the United States in 2000

	Racial composition and size of
	Total population		Hispanic population
	Number (thousands)	Percent	Number (thousands)	Percent	Percent Hispanic
Single race	274,119	97.4	32,973	93.6	12.0
White	211,265	75.1	16,831	47.8	8.0
Black	34,405	12.2	642	1.8	1.9
AIAN	2,440	0.9	358	1.0	14.7
Asian	10,150	3.6	99	0.3	1.0
NHOPI	404	0.1	36	0.1	8.8
SOR	15,455	5.5	15,008	42.6	97.1
Multiple race	7,303	2.6	2,268	6.4	31.1
White and Black	789	0.3	80	0.2	10.2
White and AIAN	1,257	0.4	111	0.3	8.8
White and Asian	880	0.3	50	0.1	5.7
White and NHOPI	111	0.0	12	0.0	10.9
White and SOR	2,339	0.8	1,494	4.2	63.9
Black and SOR	461	0.2	162	0.5	35.1
Other multiple race	1,466	0.5	360	1.0	24.5
Total	281,422	100.0	35,241	100.0	12.5

AIAN = American Indian and Alaska Native; NHOPI = Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; SOR = some other race.

SOURCE: 2000 IPUMS .01 File