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Table 1b. |
Percentage distribution of the resident population, by race/ethnicity, region, and state: 2008 |
| Region and state | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Two or more races |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 65.6 | 12.2 | 15.4 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Northeast | 70.7 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 5.1 | # | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Connecticut | 73.8 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 3.4 | # | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Maine | 95.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | # | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Massachusetts | 79.2 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 4.9 | # | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| New Hampshire | 93.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | # | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| New Jersey | 61.7 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 7.6 | # | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| New York | 60.0 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 6.9 | # | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 81.4 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 2.4 | # | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Rhode Island | 78.8 | 5.0 | 11.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Vermont | 95.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | # | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Midwest | 79.2 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 2.4 | # | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Illinois | 64.7 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 4.3 | # | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Indiana | 83.2 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 1.3 | # | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Iowa | 90.3 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 1.6 | # | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Kansas | 80.3 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Michigan | 77.5 | 14.0 | 4.1 | 2.3 | # | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Minnesota | 85.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | # | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Missouri | 82.1 | 11.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Nebraska | 84.1 | 4.3 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| North Dakota | 89.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | # | 5.4 | 1.1 |
| Ohio | 82.5 | 11.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | # | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| South Dakota | 86.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.7 | # | 8.2 | 1.3 |
| Wisconsin | 85.1 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 2.0 | # | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| South | 62.0 | 18.8 | 14.8 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Alabama | 68.4 | 26.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | # | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Arkansas | 75.6 | 15.5 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Delaware | 68.3 | 20.4 | 6.8 | 2.8 | # | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| District of Columbia | 33.1 | 53.1 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| Florida | 60.3 | 15.0 | 21.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Georgia | 58.1 | 29.6 | 8.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Kentucky | 87.8 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | # | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Louisiana | 61.9 | 31.7 | 3.4 | 1.4 | # | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Maryland | 57.7 | 28.8 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Mississippi | 58.7 | 37.0 | 2.2 | 0.8 | # | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| North Carolina | 67.2 | 21.2 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Oklahoma | 71.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 3.9 |
| South Carolina | 65.2 | 28.1 | 4.1 | 1.2 | # | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Tennessee | 77.1 | 16.5 | 3.7 | 1.3 | # | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Texas | 47.4 | 11.3 | 36.5 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Virginia | 67.0 | 19.5 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| West Virginia | 93.5 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | # | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| West | 54.7 | 4.6 | 27.9 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Alaska | 65.7 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 14.8 | 4.4 |
| Arizona | 58.4 | 3.5 | 30.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 1.4 |
| California | 42.3 | 6.0 | 36.6 | 12.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| Colorado | 71.0 | 3.8 | 20.2 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Hawaii | 24.9 | 2.8 | 8.7 | 38.4 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 16.1 |
| Idaho | 85.1 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Montana | 87.9 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 1.6 |
| Nevada | 57.1 | 7.3 | 25.7 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| New Mexico | 41.7 | 2.1 | 44.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 1.3 |
| Oregon | 80.0 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| Utah | 81.7 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Washington | 75.5 | 3.4 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Wyoming | 86.8 | 1.1 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 |
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# Rounds to zero. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Table 4: Estimates of the Population by Race and Hispanic Origin for the United States and States: July 1, 2008 (SC-EST2008-04), released May 14, 2009, retrieved May 15, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/SC-EST2008-04.html. | |||||||
