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Table 101.30. Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of total resident population and population under 18 years old, by nativity, race/ethnicity, and selected subgroups: 2003, 2008, and 2013
[Numbers in thousands. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and race/ethnicity Total, all ages Under 18
Total number U.S.-born1 Foreign-born Total number U.S.-born1 Foreign-born
Number Percent Number Percent Percentage distribution Number Percent Number Percent Percentage distribution
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2003                                                          
Total2 283,051 (#) 249,384 (225.9) 88.1 (0.08) 33,668 (225.9) 11.9   (0.08) 100.0   (†) 72,760 (304.9) 69,771 (300.7) 95.9 (0.10) 2,989   (71.3) 4.1   (0.10) 100.0   (†)
White 191,784 (326.1) 184,494 (332.4) 96.2 (0.06) 7,290 (110.5) 3.8   (0.06) 21.7   (0.29) 43,206 (250.9) 42,679 (249.7) 98.8 (0.09) 527   (30.1) 1.2   (0.09) 17.6   (0.91)
Black 33,719 (226.0) 31,300 (218.8) 92.8 (0.18) 2,420 (64.2) 7.2   (0.18) 7.2   (0.18) 10,618 (132.6) 10,378 (131.1) 97.7 (0.19) 240   (20.3) 2.3   (0.19) 8.0   (0.65)
Hispanic 39,274 (241.2) 23,758 (193.5) 60.5 (0.32) 15,516 (158.8) 39.5   (0.32) 46.1   (0.36) 13,561 (149.0) 12,001 (140.6) 88.5 (0.36) 1,559   (51.6) 11.5   (0.36) 52.2   (1.20)
Asian 11,610 (138.4) 3,670 (78.9) 31.6 (0.57) 7,939 (115.2) 68.4   (0.57) 23.6   (0.30) 2,646 (67.1) 2,025 (58.8) 76.5 (1.08) 621   (32.6) 23.5   (1.08) 20.8   (0.97)
Pacific Islander 362 (24.9) 279 (21.9) 76.9 (2.90) 84 (12.0) 23.1   (2.90) 0.2 ! (0.04) 95 (12.8) 87 (12.2) 90.9 (3.86) 9 ! (3.9) 9.1 ! (3.86)   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native 1,855 (56.3) 1,831 (55.9) 98.7 (0.43) 24 (6.4) 1.3 ! (0.43)   (†) 539 (30.4) 538 (30.4) 99.8 (0.79)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Some other race3 576 (31.4) 373 (25.3) 64.8 (2.61) 203 (18.7) 35.2   (2.61) 0.6   (0.10) 228 (19.8) 215 (19.2) 94.0 (2.06) 14 ! (4.9) 6.0 ! (2.06)   (†)
Two or more races 3,871 (81.0) 3,679 (79.0) 95.1 (0.46) 191 (18.1) 4.9   (0.46) 0.6   (0.10) 1,866 (56.5) 1,848 (56.2) 99.0 (0.43) 18 ! (5.6) 1.0 ! (0.43)   (†)
White and Black 976 (40.9) 951 (40.4) 97.5 (0.65) 24 (6.5) 2.5   (0.65)   (†) 711 (34.9) 710 (34.9) 99.9 (0.69)   (†)   (†)   (†)
White and Asian 805 (37.2) 734 (35.5) 91.3 (1.31) 70 (11.0) 8.7   (1.31) 0.2 ! (0.10) 458 (28.0) 449 (27.8) 98.0 (0.86) 9 ! (3.9) 2.0 ! (0.86)   (†)
White and American Indian/
     Alaska Native
1,125 (43.9) 1,123 (43.9) 99.8 (0.55) (†)   (†)   (†) 297 (22.6) 297 (22.6) 100.0 (1.07)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other two or more races 965 (40.7) 871 (38.6) 90.2 (1.25) 94 (12.7) 9.8   (1.25) 0.3 ! (0.10) 401 (26.2) 392 (25.9) 97.8 (0.95) 9 ! (3.9) 2.2 ! (0.95)   (†)
                                                           
2008                                                          
Total2 304,060 (8.9) 266,044 (98.8) 87.5 (0.03) 38,016 (95.7) 12.5   (0.03) 100.0   (†) 73,891 (62.2) 71,088 (66.7) 96.2 (0.04) 2,802   (28.0) 3.8   (0.04) 100.0   (†)
White 198,964 (83.7) 191,190 (93.8) 96.1 (0.03) 7,773 (50.6) 3.9   (0.03) 20.4   (0.11) 41,403 (43.3) 40,917 (44.3) 98.8 (0.03) 486   (11.1) 1.2   (0.03) 17.3   (0.34)
Black 36,774 (66.5) 33,954 (68.8) 92.3 (0.07) 2,821 (27.2) 7.7   (0.07) 7.4   (0.07) 10,249 (36.4) 10,007 (37.3) 97.6 (0.08) 242   (8.3) 2.4   (0.08) 8.6   (0.28)
                                                           
Hispanic 46,822 (71.0) 28,985 (67.1) 61.9 (0.12) 17,837 (63.3) 38.1   (0.12) 46.9   (0.13) 16,002 (36.3) 14,600 (36.3) 91.2 (0.10) 1,402   (17.2) 8.8   (0.10) 50.0   (0.42)
Mexican 30,746 (78.8) 19,375 (61.6) 63.0 (0.15) 11,372 (58.5) 37.0   (0.15) 29.9   (0.14) 11,358 (37.6) 10,372 (35.6) 91.3 (0.13) 985   (16.0) 8.7   (0.13) 35.2   (0.48)
Puerto Rican 4,151 (38.9) 4,105 (38.5) 98.9 (0.08) 46 (3.5) 1.1   (0.08) 0.1   (0.01) 1,368 (18.3) 1,365 (18.2) 99.8 (0.06)   (†) 0.2   (0.06) 0.1   (0.03)
Cuban 1,631 (22.8) 652 (13.3) 39.9 (0.46) 979 (13.7) 60.1   (0.46) 2.6   (0.04) 335 (8.1) 293 (7.6) 87.4 (0.78) 42   (2.8) 12.6   (0.78) 1.5   (0.10)
Dominican 1,334 (24.9) 570 (14.9) 42.7 (0.67) 764 (15.7) 57.3   (0.67) 2.0   (0.04) 418 (11.5) 361 (10.1) 86.2 (0.69) 58   (3.4) 13.8   (0.69) 2.1   (0.12)
Salvadoran 1,560 (26.2) 551 (11.9) 35.3 (0.55) 1,010 (19.8) 64.7   (0.55) 2.7   (0.05) 457 (11.4) 407 (9.9) 89.1 (0.77) 50   (4.0) 10.9   (0.77) 1.8   (0.15)
Other Central American 2,264 (37.0) 765 (17.6) 33.8 (0.52) 1,498 (26.7) 66.2   (0.52) 3.9   (0.07) 628 (16.6) 525 (14.9) 83.6 (0.73) 103   (5.1) 16.4   (0.73) 3.7   (0.17)
South American 2,729 (31.7) 891 (15.6) 32.7 (0.41) 1,838 (23.6) 67.3   (0.41) 4.8   (0.06) 669 (12.5) 526 (11.0) 78.6 (0.79) 143   (6.1) 21.4   (0.79) 5.1   (0.21)
Other Hispanic or Latino 2,407 (30.0) 2,077 (26.5) 86.3 (0.35) 330 (9.7) 13.7   (0.35) 0.9   (0.03) 770 (14.7) 751 (14.6) 97.6 (0.23) 18   (1.8) 2.4   (0.23) 0.7   (0.06)
                                                           
Asian 13,227 (45.6) 4,277 (31.1) 32.3 (0.20) 8,950 (38.2) 67.7   (0.20) 23.5   (0.10) 2,897 (19.1) 2,280 (18.0) 78.7 (0.37) 617   (11.7) 21.3   (0.37) 22.0   (0.34)
Asian Indian 2,482 (31.7) 659 (12.9) 26.6 (0.38) 1,822 (24.5) 73.4   (0.38) 4.8   (0.07) 599 (10.5) 465 (10.5) 77.6 (0.82) 134   (4.9) 22.4   (0.82) 4.8   (0.18)
Chinese4 3,014 (32.5) 917 (14.0) 30.4 (0.31) 2,097 (23.9) 69.6   (0.31) 5.5   (0.06) 606 (11.3) 469 (9.4) 77.3 (0.63) 138   (4.7) 22.7   (0.63) 4.9   (0.16)
Filipino 2,360 (25.3) 771 (14.0) 32.7 (0.50) 1,589 (21.3) 67.3   (0.50) 4.2   (0.06) 452 (9.0) 356 (8.7) 78.7 (1.09) 96   (5.3) 21.3   (1.09) 3.4   (0.18)
Japanese 692 (13.4) 391 (9.2) 56.6 (0.90) 300 (9.0) 43.4   (0.90) 0.8   (0.02) 80 (3.9) 59 (3.3) 73.5 (2.31) 21   (2.2) 26.5   (2.31) 0.8   (0.08)
Korean 1,360 (20.5) 376 (10.0) 27.6 (0.51) 984 (14.7) 72.4   (0.51) 2.6   (0.04) 280 (7.8) 192 (6.3) 68.5 (1.33) 88   (4.6) 31.5   (1.33) 3.1   (0.16)
Vietnamese 1,410 (23.6) 425 (10.7) 30.1 (0.55) 985 (18.0) 69.9   (0.55) 2.6   (0.05) 332 (8.7) 284 (8.1) 85.6 (0.75) 48   (2.6) 14.4   (0.75) 1.7   (0.09)
Other Asian 1,910 (29.5) 737 (15.3) 38.6 (0.45) 1,173 (18.8) 61.4   (0.45) 3.1   (0.05) 548 (12.6) 456 (12.0) 83.3 (0.93) 91   (5.3) 16.7   (0.93) 3.3   (0.18)
                                                           
Pacific Islander 399 (10.6) 302 (9.0) 75.7 (1.22) 97 (5.7) 24.3   (1.22) 0.3   (0.02) 103 (5.2) 91 (4.7) 88.9 (1.87) 11   (2.1) 11.1   (1.87) 0.4   (0.07)
American Indian/Alaska Native 2,003 (19.4) 1,982 (19.6) 98.9 (0.10) 21 (2.0) 1.1   (0.10) 0.1   (0.01) 543 (9.5) 541 (9.6) 99.6 (0.14)   (†) 0.4 ! (0.14) 0.1 ! (0.03)
Some other race3 696 (20.4) 432 (13.6) 62.1 (0.78) 264 (9.6) 37.9   (0.78) 0.7   (0.03) 243 (9.6) 222 (9.0) 91.5 (0.73) 21   (1.9) 8.5   (0.73) 0.7   (0.07)
Two or more races 5,174 (37.5) 4,922 (36.7) 95.1 (0.13) 252 (6.7) 4.9   (0.13) 0.7   (0.02) 2,451 (24.4) 2,430 (24.8) 99.1 (0.09) 21   (2.1) 0.9   (0.09) 0.8   (0.07)
White and Black 1,393 (22.5) 1,360 (22.4) 97.6 (0.20) 34 (2.8) 2.4   (0.20) 0.1   (0.01) 970 (19.7) 967 (19.8) 99.7 (0.08)   (†) 0.3   (0.08) 0.1   (0.03)
White and Asian 1,110 (15.7) 1,015 (14.6) 91.4 (0.37) 95 (4.5) 8.6   (0.37) 0.3   (0.01) 608 (9.9) 598 (10.0) 98.2 (0.21) 11   (1.3) 1.8   (0.21) 0.4   (0.04)
White and American Indian/
     Alaska Native
1,404 (17.9) 1,400 (17.9) 99.7 (0.05) 4 (0.7) 0.3   (0.05) #   (†) 378 (7.8) 377 (7.8) 100.0 (0.04)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other two or more races 1,266 (17.2) 1,148 (16.6) 90.7 (0.37) 118 (4.9) 9.3   (0.37) 0.3   (0.01) 495 (11.0) 488 (11.1) 98.6 (0.24) 7   (1.2) 1.4   (0.24) 0.2   (0.04)
                                                           
2013                                                          
Total2 316,129 (1.8) 274,788 (96.6) 86.9 (0.03) 41,341 (95.8) 13.1   (0.03) 100.0   (†) 73,502 (24.4) 70,982 (34.4) 96.6 (0.04) 2,520   (26.4) 3.4   (0.04) 100.0   (†)
White 197,392 (17.3) 189,707 (39.6) 96.1 (0.02) 7,685 (41.1) 3.9   (0.02) 18.6   (0.09) 38,399 (8.9) 38,008 (12.0) 99.0 (0.03) 391   (10.4) 1.0   (0.03) 15.5   (0.38)
Black 38,851 (39.0) 35,579 (47.4) 91.6 (0.09) 3,272 (35.9) 8.4   (0.09) 7.9   (0.08) 10,060 (24.3) 9,807 (25.0) 97.5 (0.07) 253   (7.3) 2.5   (0.07) 10.0   (0.27)
                                                           
Hispanic 53,964 (10.9) 34,981 (60.4) 64.8 (0.11) 18,983 (60.8) 35.2   (0.11) 45.9   (0.09) 17,688 (8.5) 16,578 (19.4) 93.7 (0.10) 1,110   (17.8) 6.3   (0.10) 44.1   (0.46)
Mexican 34,582 (66.9) 23,081 (53.8) 66.7 (0.15) 11,502 (65.5) 33.3   (0.15) 27.8   (0.13) 12,299 (29.5) 11,609 (29.0) 94.4 (0.12) 690   (14.5) 5.6   (0.12) 27.4   (0.44)
Puerto Rican 5,122 (43.2) 5,041 (42.5) 98.4 (0.08) 81 (4.1) 1.6   (0.08) 0.2   (0.01) 1,588 (19.7) 1,584 (19.7) 99.7 (0.05) 4   (0.9) 0.3   (0.05) 0.2   (0.03)
Cuban 1,986 (20.6) 851 (14.2) 42.9 (0.53) 1,135 (15.3) 57.1   (0.53) 2.7   (0.04) 396 (9.5) 346 (9.0) 87.6 (0.75) 49   (3.2) 12.4   (0.75) 2.0   (0.12)
Dominican 1,788 (31.1) 806 (18.8) 45.1 (0.67) 982 (20.5) 54.9   (0.67) 2.4   (0.05) 524 (12.7) 450 (11.9) 85.9 (0.82) 74   (4.6) 14.1   (0.82) 2.9   (0.18)
Salvadoran 1,975 (33.1) 802 (19.5) 40.6 (0.51) 1,173 (18.4) 59.4   (0.51) 2.8   (0.04) 585 (16.9) 527 (15.5) 90.2 (0.59) 57   (3.9) 9.8   (0.59) 2.3   (0.15)
Other Central American 2,832 (39.6) 1,112 (17.9) 39.3 (0.33) 1,720 (25.9) 60.7   (0.33) 4.2   (0.06) 787 (16.4) 687 (14.5) 87.3 (0.55) 100   (5.0) 12.7   (0.55) 4.0   (0.20)
South American 3,266 (42.2) 1,233 (21.5) 37.8 (0.39) 2,033 (28.0) 62.2   (0.39) 4.9   (0.07) 793 (18.0) 680 (15.7) 85.8 (0.60) 113   (5.7) 14.2   (0.60) 4.5   (0.22)
Other Hispanic or Latino 2,413 (29.2) 2,054 (25.8) 85.1 (0.36) 359 (9.9) 14.9   (0.36) 0.9   (0.02) 716 (14.0) 693 (13.7) 96.8 (0.32) 23   (2.3) 3.2   (0.32) 0.9   (0.09)
                                                           
Asian 15,825 (26.6) 5,283 (28.4) 33.4 (0.16) 10,543 (26.2) 66.6   (0.16) 25.5   (0.08) 3,304 (16.5) 2,607 (18.3) 78.9 (0.32) 697   (10.7) 21.1   (0.32) 27.7   (0.37)
Asian Indian 3,177 (28.7) 904 (13.6) 28.4 (0.33) 2,273 (22.5) 71.6   (0.33) 5.5   (0.05) 765 (11.1) 608 (9.7) 79.4 (0.65) 157   (5.7) 20.6   (0.65) 6.2   (0.22)
Chinese4 3,559 (31.0) 1,098 (16.7) 30.9 (0.34) 2,461 (22.6) 69.1   (0.34) 6.0   (0.06) 649 (11.9) 505 (11.7) 77.8 (0.85) 144   (5.7) 22.2   (0.85) 5.7   (0.22)
Filipino 2,631 (31.1) 880 (17.8) 33.4 (0.43) 1,752 (19.9) 66.6   (0.43) 4.2   (0.05) 467 (9.9) 365 (9.5) 78.2 (0.83) 102   (3.9) 21.8   (0.83) 4.0   (0.16)
Japanese 787 (14.0) 466 (10.6) 59.2 (0.80) 321 (8.3) 40.8   (0.80) 0.8   (0.02) 74 (3.5) 53 (3.2) 71.4 (2.71) 21   (2.3) 28.6   (2.71) 0.8   (0.09)
Korean 1,448 (21.5) 392 (10.6) 27.1 (0.54) 1,056 (16.0) 72.9   (0.54) 2.6   (0.04) 253 (8.1) 176 (6.7) 69.5 (1.27) 77   (3.8) 30.5   (1.27) 3.1   (0.15)
Vietnamese 1,708 (26.3) 557 (11.8) 32.6 (0.50) 1,151 (20.0) 67.4   (0.50) 2.8   (0.05) 394 (10.2) 337 (9.5) 85.4 (0.74) 57   (3.1) 14.6   (0.74) 2.3   (0.12)
Other Asian 2,516 (31.5) 987 (16.6) 39.2 (0.44) 1,529 (22.0) 60.8   (0.44) 3.7   (0.05) 701 (14.1) 563 (12.8) 80.3 (0.88) 138   (6.8) 19.7   (0.88) 5.5   (0.27)
                                                           
Pacific Islander 468 (9.1) 375 (8.7) 80.2 (1.05) 93 (5.2) 19.8   (1.05) 0.2   (0.01) 122 (5.1) 114 (5.2) 93.1 (1.26) 8   (1.5) 6.9   (1.26) 0.3   (0.06)
American Indian/Alaska Native 2,081 (14.0) 2,058 (13.7) 98.9 (0.11) 23 (2.2) 1.1   (0.11) 0.1   (0.01) 574 (8.2) 572 (8.2) 99.8 (0.07)   (†) 0.2 ! (0.07) 0.1 ! (0.02)
Some other race3 640 (17.6) 417 (12.2) 65.2 (0.99) 223 (9.4) 34.8   (0.99) 0.5   (0.02) 219 (8.9) 206 (8.5) 93.8 (0.80) 14   (1.8) 6.2   (0.80) 0.5   (0.07)
Two or more races 6,907 (44.6) 6,387 (44.1) 92.5 (0.16) 520 (11.4) 7.5   (0.16) 1.3   (0.03) 3,135 (23.7) 3,089 (23.1) 98.5 (0.12) 46   (3.7) 1.5   (0.12) 1.8   (0.14)
White and Black 2,008 (25.4) 1,968 (24.9) 98.0 (0.17) 40 (3.5) 2.0   (0.17) 0.1   (0.01) 1,297 (17.1) 1,293 (17.2) 99.6 (0.10) 5   (1.3) 0.4   (0.10) 0.2   (0.05)
White and Asian 1,704 (22.4) 1,476 (22.1) 86.6 (0.45) 228 (7.8) 13.4   (0.45) 0.6   (0.02) 845 (14.7) 821 (14.3) 97.1 (0.25) 24   (2.2) 2.9   (0.25) 1.0   (0.09)
White and American Indian/
     Alaska Native
1,460 (15.4) 1,454 (15.4) 99.6 (0.06) 6 (0.9) 0.4   (0.06) #   (†) 385 (9.0) 385 (9.0) 100.0 (0.02)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other two or more races 1,735 (23.6) 1,489 (22.1) 85.8 (0.44) 246 (8.1) 14.2   (0.44) 0.6   (0.02) 607 (13.1) 591 (12.9) 97.3 (0.38) 16   (2.4) 2.7   (0.38) 0.6   (0.09)
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1 Includes those born in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Marianas, as well as those born abroad to U.S.-citizen parents.
2 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.
3 Respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire.
4 In 2008 only, includes Taiwanese. As of 2013, excludes Taiwanese, which is included in "Other Asian."
NOTE: Resident population includes civilian population and armed forces personnel residing within the United States; it excludes armed forces personnel residing overseas. Data are from the American Community Survey and may differ from data shown in other tables obtained from the Current Population Survey. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2003, 2008, and 2013. (This table was prepared January 2015.)

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