Table 1.4b. Percentage of population under the age of 18, by race/ethnicity: Various years, 1980 to 2002
Race/ethnicity
1980
1990
1995
2000
2002
Total
28.1
25.7
26.1
25.7
25.3
White
27.0
24.5
24.9
24.4
24.0
Black
35.5
32.3
32.2
31.6
30.9
Hispanic
38.5
35.0
35.7
35.0
33.9
Asian/Pacific Islander
30.4
29.1
29.0
24.8
24.0
American Indian/Alaska Native
39.1
35.8
35.2
34.1
32.2
NOTE: Race groups include persons of Hispanic origin.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1995, 2001 and 2003, based on Population Projections Program, 1980 to 2002.
