Table 2b. Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of U.S. population, by nativity and race/ethnicity with Hispanic and Asian subgroups: 2007

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Table 2b.

Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of U.S. population, by nativity and race/ethnicity with Hispanic and Asian subgroups: 2007

			Born outside the United States¹
Race/ethnicity and subgroup	Total population	Born within the United States¹	Number	Percent	Percentage distribution
Total²	301,621,200	86.1	41,820,700	13.9	100.0
White	198,594,500	95.4	9,097,000	4.6	21.8
Black	36,624,900	91.8	3,002,900	8.2	7.2
Hispanic	45,378,600	56.4	19,806,300	43.7	47.4
Mexican	29,189,300	59.5	11,812,300	40.5	28.3
Puerto Rican	4,114,700	64.8	1,448,300	35.2	3.5
Cuban	1,608,800	37.5	1,004,900	62.5	2.4
Dominican	1,198,800	37.9	744,000	62.1	1.8
Salvadoran	1,473,500	33.3	983,400	66.7	2.4
Other Central American	2,059,100	31.2	1,417,000	68.8	3.4
South American	2,500,800	28.9	1,779,000	71.1	4.3
Other Hispanic or Latino	3,233,500	80.9	617,300	19.1	1.5
Asian	13,100,900	30.8	9,064,700	69.2	21.7
Asian Indian	2,578,200	26.3	1,901,000	73.7	4.6
Chinese³	3,022,600	28.2	2,170,100	71.8	5.2
Filipino	2,383,900	29.6	1,678,000	70.4	4.0
Japanese	783,400	56.5	340,900	43.5	0.8
Korean	1,350,500	22.6	1,044,900	77.4	2.5
Vietnamese	1,478,300	32.3	1,000,900	67.7	2.4
Other Asian	1,504,000	38.2	928,900	61.8	2.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	404,200	59.8	162,700	40.2	0.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	2,021,700	98.4	32,300	1.6	0.1
Two or more races	4,785,900	92.6	356,000	7.4	0.9
¹ United States refers to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. ² Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. ³ Excludes Taiwanese. Taiwanese is included in the "Other Asian" category. NOTE: Population estimates may differ from those in other tables due to time of year of estimation. 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, 2007.