Table 2c. Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of U.S. population under age 18, by nativity and race/ethnicity with Hispanic and Asian subgroups: 2007

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Table 2c.

Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of U.S. population under age 18, 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	73,912,900	95.2	3,576,500	4.8	100.0
White	41,955,200	98.2	737,100	1.8	20.6
Black	10,565,400	97.3	290,000	2.7	8.1
Hispanic	15,332,000	88.6	1,751,100	11.4	49.0
Mexican	10,616,900	89.3	1,134,400	10.7	31.7
Puerto Rican	1,334,300	89.5	139,700	10.5	3.9
Cuban	328,400	86.0	46,000	14.0	1.3
Dominican	370,200	82.0	66,700	18.0	1.9
Salvadoran	429,600	86.8	56,800	13.2	1.6
Other Central American	558,700	81.3	104,700	18.8	2.9
South American	609,700	74.3	156,800	25.7	4.4
Other Hispanic or Latino	1,084,300	95.8	46,000	4.2	1.3
Asian	2,886,500	76.1	689,700	23.9	19.3
Asian Indian	623,100	77.1	142,600	22.9	4.0
Chinese³	607,600	73.3	162,200	26.7	4.5
Filipino	460,900	76.0	110,800	24.0	3.1
Japanese	84,300	68.2	26,800	31.8	0.8
Korean	287,300	61.2	111,600	38.9	3.1
Vietnamese	372,100	83.7	60,600	16.3	1.7
Other Asian	451,200	83.4	75,000	16.6	2.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	103,900	78.8	22,000	21.2	0.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	558,700	99.6	2,200	0.4	0.1
Two or more races	2,265,300	97.5	57,600	2.5	1.6
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.