Table 4.
Distribution of the United States population by race and ethnicity in 1980 and 2010, and growth from 1980 to 2010
| Race and ethnic group |
Population (thousands) |
Percentage | Growth between 1980 and 2010 |
Distribution of growth between 1980 and 2010 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2010 | 1980 | 2010 | Thousands | % | ||
| Total | 226,546 | 308,746 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 82,200 | 36.3 | 100.0 |
| White | 188,372 | 223,553 | 83.2 | 72.4 | 35,182 | 18.7 | 42.8 |
| Black | 26,495 | 38,929 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 12,434 | 46.9 | 15.1 |
| Native American | 1,420 | 2,932 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1,512 | 106.4 | 1.8 |
| Asian | 3,500 | 15,214 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 11,714 | 334.6 | 14.3 |
| Other single race | 6,758 | 19,107 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 12,349 | 182.7 | 15.0 |
| Several races | – | 9,009 | – | 2.9 | 9,009 | – | 11.0 |
| Hispanic | 14,609 | 50,478 | 6.5 | 16.4 | 35,869 | 245.5 | 43.6 |
| Non-hispanic o/w White |
211,937 180,256 |
258,268 196,818 |
93.6 79.6 |
83.7 63.8 |
46,331 16,561 |
21.9 9.2 |
56.4 20.2 |
Note: Dashes indicate that the category did not exist in the statistics for the corresponding year.
Source: Authors calculations based on census data, available from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/index.html, accessed on 29 February 2012.