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Table 101.30 Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of total resident population and population under 18 years old, by nativity and race/ethnicity (including selected subgroups): 2002, 2007, and 2012
[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
2002                                                      
Total2  280,717 (#) 247,621 (224.1) 88.2 (0.08) 33,096 (224.1) 11.8 (0.08) 100.0 (†) 72,573 (304.2) 69,580 (300.0) 95.9 (0.10) 2,992   (71.4) 4.1   (0.10) 100.0   (†)
White 191,322 (323.7) 184,072 (330.1) 96.2 (0.06) 7,250 (110.2) 3.8 (0.06) 21.9 (0.30) 43,532 (251.5) 42,985 (250.2) 98.7 (0.09) 546   (30.6) 1.3   (0.09) 18.3   (0.93)
Black 33,187 (224.3) 30,838 (217.3) 92.9 (0.18) 2,349 (63.3) 7.1 (0.18) 7.1 (0.19) 10,499 (131.8) 10,307 (130.7) 98.2 (0.18) 193   (18.2) 1.8   (0.18) 6.4   (0.59)
Hispanic 37,933 (237.5) 22,758 (189.6) 60.0 (0.33) 15,175 (157.1) 40.0 (0.33) 45.9 (0.36) 13,078 (146.4) 11,487 (137.6) 87.8 (0.37) 1,592   (52.2) 12.2   (0.37) 53.2   (1.20)
Asian 11,146 (135.7) 3,384 (75.8) 30.4 (0.57) 7,762 (113.9) 69.6 (0.57) 23.5 (0.31) 2,576 (66.3) 1,970 (58.0) 76.5 (1.10) 606   (32.3) 23.5   (1.10) 20.3   (0.96)
Pacific Islander 330 (23.8) 269 (21.5) 81.4 (2.81) 61 (10.3) 18.6 (2.81) (†) 92 (12.6) 87 (12.2) 94.6 (3.09)   (†)   (†)   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native 1,645 (53.0) 1,619 (52.6) 98.4 (0.45) 26 (6.7) 1.6 (0.45) (†) 501 (29.3) 497 (29.2) 99.2 (0.82)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Two or more races 4,501 (87.3) 4,225 (84.6) 93.9 (0.47) 276 (21.8) 6.1 (0.47) 0.8 (0.10) 2,089 (59.7) 2,065 (59.4) 98.9 (0.40) 24   (6.4) 1.1 ! (0.40) 0.8 ! (0.34)
White and Black 968 (40.7) 949 (40.3) 98.0 (0.59) 19 (5.7) 2.0 (0.59) (†) 696 (34.6) 694 (34.5) 99.7 (0.70)   (†)   (†)   (†)
White and Asian 861 (38.4) 749 (35.8) 87.0 (1.50) 112 (13.9) 13.0 (1.50) 0.3 (0.10) 480 (28.7) 469 (28.4) 97.5 (0.93) 12 ! (4.5) 2.5 ! (0.93)   (†)
White and American Indian/
   Alaska Native
1,327 (47.7) 1,323 (47.6) 99.7 (0.50) (†) (†) (†) 359 (24.8) 359 (24.8) 100.0 (0.97) #   (†) #   (†) #   (†)
Other two or more races 1,344 (48.0) 1,204 (45.4) 89.6 (1.09) 140 (15.5) 10.4 (1.09) 0.4 (0.10) 553 (30.8) 543 (30.5) 98.3 (0.78) 10 ! (4.1) 1.7 ! (0.78)   (†)
                                                       
2007                                                      
Total2  301,621 (0.6) 263,573 (90.8) 87.4 (0.03) 38,048 (90.6) 12.6 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 73,913 (67.9) 70,955 (73.2) 96.0 (0.04) 2,958   (26.1) 4.0   (0.04) 100.0   (†)
White 198,595 (86.7) 190,905 (90.4) 96.1 (0.02) 7,689 (40.0) 3.9 (0.02) 20.2 (0.10) 41,955 (53.2) 41,463 (53.3) 98.8 (0.02) 492   (10.1) 1.2   (0.02) 16.6   (0.29)
Black 36,625 (67.6) 33,828 (69.8) 92.4 (0.08) 2,797 (29.4) 7.6 (0.08) 7.4 (0.07) 10,565 (39.0) 10,325 (38.9) 97.7 (0.08) 241   (8.2) 2.3   (0.08) 8.1   (0.27)
                                                       
Hispanic 45,379 (65.9) 27,329 (69.3) 60.2 (0.13) 18,050 (66.7) 39.8 (0.13) 47.4 (0.13) 15,332 (38.4) 13,799 (40.2) 90.0 (0.12) 1,533   (18.5) 10.0   (0.12) 51.8   (0.42)
Mexican 29,189 (70.8) 17,554 (58.5) 60.1 (0.17) 11,635 (62.8) 39.9 (0.17) 30.6 (0.14) 10,617 (38.2) 9,523 (36.1) 89.7 (0.15) 1,094   (17.3) 10.3   (0.15) 37.0   (0.45)
Puerto Rican 4,115 (35.5) 4,067 (35.5) 98.8 (0.08) 48 (3.2) 1.2 (0.08) 0.1 (0.01) 1,334 (18.6) 1,331 (18.6) 99.8 (0.06)   (†) 0.2   (0.06) 0.1   (0.03)
Cuban 1,609 (23.1) 632 (13.8) 39.3 (0.61) 977 (16.6) 60.7 (0.61) 2.6 (0.04) 328 (9.1) 284 (8.5) 86.6 (0.84) 44   (2.9) 13.4   (0.84) 1.5   (0.10)
Dominican 1,199 (23.0) 478 (13.0) 39.9 (0.67) 721 (14.9) 60.1 (0.67) 1.9 (0.04) 370 (10.9) 311 (9.5) 84.0 (0.99) 59   (4.2) 16.0   (0.99) 2.0   (0.14)
Salvadoran 1,473 (24.6) 499 (12.9) 33.9 (0.61) 975 (17.7) 66.1 (0.61) 2.6 (0.05) 430 (10.7) 375 (10.7) 87.3 (0.85) 55   (3.6) 12.7   (0.85) 1.8   (0.12)
Other Central American 2,059 (33.4) 673 (14.3) 32.7 (0.51) 1,386 (25.7) 67.3 (0.51) 3.6 (0.07) 559 (13.9) 463 (12.0) 82.9 (0.85) 96   (5.5) 17.1   (0.85) 3.2   (0.19)
South American 2,501 (32.1) 761 (16.2) 30.5 (0.44) 1,739 (22.8) 69.5 (0.44) 4.6 (0.06) 610 (13.7) 463 (11.7) 76.0 (0.83) 146   (6.0) 24.0   (0.83) 5.0   (0.21)
Other Hispanic or Latino 3,234 (30.8) 2,665 (27.4) 82.4 (0.39) 568 (14.2) 17.6 (0.39) 1.5 (0.04) 1,084 (14.5) 1,049 (14.2) 96.7 (0.24) 36   (2.7) 3.3   (0.24) 1.2   (0.09)
                                                       
Asian 13,101 (41.1) 4,217 (22.8) 32.2 (0.16) 8,884 (37.3) 67.8 (0.16) 23.3 (0.09) 2,886 (18.2) 2,251 (16.0) 78.0 (0.29) 635   (9.6) 22.0   (0.29) 21.5   (0.28)
Asian Indian 2,578 (29.1) 690 (10.5) 26.8 (0.34) 1,888 (24.7) 73.2 (0.34) 5.0 (0.07) 623 (11.6) 486 (9.7) 77.9 (0.81) 137   (6.0) 22.1   (0.81) 4.6   (0.19)
Chinese3  3,023 (28.9) 881 (11.8) 29.2 (0.33) 2,141 (24.2) 70.8 (0.33) 5.6 (0.06) 608 (10.2) 457 (7.9) 75.1 (0.64) 151   (5.0) 24.9   (0.64) 5.1   (0.17)
Filipino 2,384 (30.8) 774 (15.5) 32.5 (0.38) 1,610 (19.8) 67.5 (0.38) 4.2 (0.05) 461 (10.6) 368 (9.8) 79.8 (0.79) 93   (3.9) 20.2   (0.79) 3.2   (0.13)
Japanese 783 (14.0) 459 (10.4) 58.5 (0.79) 325 (8.3) 41.5 (0.79) 0.9 (0.02) 84 (4.5) 60 (3.8) 71.4 (2.32) 24   (2.4) 28.6   (2.32) 0.8   (0.08)
Korean 1,351 (25.2) 326 (9.2) 24.1 (0.44) 1,024 (19.1) 75.9 (0.44) 2.7 (0.05) 287 (8.5) 181 (6.9) 63.0 (1.24) 106   (4.4) 37.0   (1.24) 3.6   (0.14)
Vietnamese 1,478 (28.6) 495 (13.3) 33.5 (0.54) 983 (19.5) 66.5 (0.54) 2.6 (0.05) 372 (10.2) 318 (9.7) 85.5 (0.78) 54   (3.0) 14.5   (0.78) 1.8   (0.10)
Other Asian 1,504 (26.7) 592 (13.9) 39.4 (0.60) 912 (18.5) 60.6 (0.60) 2.4 (0.05) 451 (12.1) 382 (11.2) 84.7 (1.08) 69   (5.2) 15.3   (1.08) 2.3   (0.18)
                                                       
Pacific Islander 404 (10.1) 309 (9.3) 76.4 (1.37) 95 (6.1) 23.6 (1.37) 0.3 (0.02) 104 (4.2) 92 (4.0) 88.8 (1.55) 12   (1.7) 11.2   (1.55) 0.4   (0.06)
American Indian/Alaska Native 2,022 (17.6) 1,998 (18.0) 98.8 (0.11) 24 (2.3) 1.2 (0.11) 0.1 (0.01) 559 (9.8) 557 (9.7) 99.7 (0.08)   (†) 0.3   (0.08) 0.1   (0.01)
Two or more races 4,786 (36.2) 4,561 (33.9) 95.3 (0.16) 225 (8.1) 4.7 (0.16) 0.6 (0.02) 2,265 (20.2) 2,246 (19.6) 99.1 (0.09) 20   (2.1) 0.9   (0.09) 0.7   (0.07)
White and Black 1,301 (21.3) 1,270 (20.8) 97.7 (0.21) 30 (2.8) 2.3 (0.21) 0.1 (0.01) 911 (16.8) 907 (16.6) 99.6 (0.12)   (†) 0.4   (0.12) 0.1   (0.04)
White and Asian 1,026 (13.5) 945 (12.0) 92.1 (0.38) 81 (4.3) 7.9 (0.38) 0.2 (0.01) 556 (8.6) 549 (8.3) 98.6 (0.20) 8   (1.1) 1.4   (0.20) 0.3   (0.04)
White and American Indian/
   Alaska Native
1,278 (16.5) 1,274 (16.4) 99.7 (0.06) 4 (0.8) 0.3 (0.06) # (†) 333 (8.9) 333 (8.9) 100.0 (0.02)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other two or more races 1,181 (16.8) 1,072 (15.6) 90.7 (0.44) 110 (5.5) 9.3 (0.44) 0.3 (0.01) 464 (9.7) 456 (9.5) 98.2 (0.29) 8   (1.4) 1.8   (0.29) 0.3   (0.05)
                                                       
2012                                                      
Total2  313,914 (7.0) 273,176 (98.5) 87.0 (0.03) 40,738 (96.9) 13.0 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 73,632 (26.2) 71,062 (34.1) 96.5 (0.04) 2,571   (26.0) 3.5   (0.04) 100.0   (†)
White 197,276 (17.8) 189,690 (39.4) 96.2 (0.02) 7,586 (37.1) 3.8 (0.02) 18.6 (0.08) 38,765 (7.9) 38,386 (11.7) 99.0 (0.03) 379   (9.9) 1.0   (0.03) 14.8   (0.37)
Black 38,536 (42.7) 35,372 (47.7) 91.8 (0.07) 3,164 (27.6) 8.2 (0.07) 7.8 (0.06) 10,137 (27.5) 9,878 (28.7) 97.4 (0.09) 259   (9.3) 2.6   (0.09) 10.1   (0.35)
                                                       
Hispanic 52,932 (9.8) 34,118 (65.1) 64.5 (0.12) 18,814 (64.3) 35.5 (0.12) 46.2 (0.09) 17,545 (10.0) 16,352 (20.3) 93.2 (0.11) 1,192   (19.8) 6.8   (0.11) 46.4   (0.51)
Mexican 33,972 (69.5) 22,524 (55.6) 66.3 (0.15) 11,449 (61.1) 33.7 (0.15) 28.1 (0.12) 12,171 (30.5) 11,420 (32.9) 93.8 (0.12) 751   (14.8) 6.2   (0.12) 29.2   (0.44)
Puerto Rican 4,930 (41.4) 4,868 (40.6) 98.7 (0.07) 62 (3.5) 1.3 (0.07) 0.2 (0.01) 1,583 (20.6) 1,580 (20.5) 99.8 (0.06) 4   (1.0) 0.2   (0.06) 0.1   (0.04)
Cuban 1,973 (24.7) 863 (16.0) 43.8 (0.53) 1,110 (16.2) 56.2 (0.53) 2.7 (0.04) 414 (10.5) 359 (9.6) 86.7 (0.71) 55   (3.2) 13.3   (0.71) 2.1   (0.12)
Dominican 1,648 (29.0) 725 (18.2) 44.0 (0.69) 924 (18.7) 56.0 (0.69) 2.3 (0.05) 479 (12.9) 406 (12.0) 84.7 (1.00) 74   (5.2) 15.3   (1.00) 2.9   (0.20)
Salvadoran 1,969 (34.3) 792 (17.0) 40.2 (0.47) 1,178 (22.1) 59.8 (0.47) 2.9 (0.05) 587 (14.1) 530 (13.2) 90.3 (0.66) 57   (4.1) 9.7   (0.66) 2.2   (0.16)
Other Central American 2,813 (39.9) 1,093 (20.3) 38.8 (0.43) 1,721 (26.5) 61.2 (0.43) 4.2 (0.06) 807 (16.3) 699 (14.8) 86.7 (0.63) 107   (5.7) 13.3   (0.63) 4.2   (0.21)
South American 3,165 (36.6) 1,153 (17.8) 36.4 (0.38) 2,012 (26.5) 63.6 (0.38) 4.9 (0.06) 758 (13.9) 639 (12.7) 84.2 (0.70) 120   (5.8) 15.8   (0.70) 4.6   (0.22)
Other Hispanic or Latino 2,461 (33.7) 2,102 (30.1) 85.4 (0.37) 359 (10.5) 14.6 (0.37) 0.9 (0.03) 745 (16.1) 720 (15.6) 96.6 (0.31) 26   (2.4) 3.4   (0.31) 1.0   (0.09)
                                                       
Asian 15,387 (27.3) 5,118 (26.9) 33.3 (0.16) 10,269 (29.5) 66.7 (0.16) 25.2 (0.08) 3,256 (15.8) 2,587 (16.0) 79.5 (0.33) 669   (11.2) 20.5   (0.33) 26.0   (0.43)
Asian Indian 3,048 (32.9) 874 (13.0) 28.7 (0.32) 2,174 (26.2) 71.3 (0.32) 5.3 (0.06) 727 (11.6) 590 (9.4) 81.2 (0.70) 137   (6.0) 18.8   (0.70) 5.3   (0.23)
Chinese3  3,466 (31.6) 1,064 (14.4) 30.7 (0.30) 2,402 (23.9) 69.3 (0.30) 5.9 (0.06) 661 (10.8) 503 (8.3) 76.0 (0.70) 159   (5.8) 24.0   (0.70) 6.2   (0.22)
Filipino 2,594 (28.1) 871 (13.5) 33.6 (0.38) 1,723 (21.3) 66.4 (0.38) 4.2 (0.05) 472 (10.5) 379 (9.6) 80.2 (0.91) 93   (4.6) 19.8   (0.91) 3.6   (0.19)
Japanese 775 (14.8) 468 (11.0) 60.5 (0.93) 306 (9.6) 39.5 (0.93) 0.8 (0.02) 73 (4.8) 58 (4.2) 79.9 (2.18) 15   (1.8) 20.1   (2.18) 0.6   (0.07)
Korean 1,465 (24.0) 384 (11.7) 26.2 (0.57) 1,081 (17.4) 73.8 (0.57) 2.7 (0.04) 270 (8.3) 187 (7.0) 69.0 (1.29) 84   (4.1) 31.0   (1.29) 3.3   (0.16)
Vietnamese 1,658 (27.7) 528 (12.0) 31.8 (0.49) 1,130 (20.5) 68.2 (0.49) 2.8 (0.05) 375 (9.8) 323 (9.6) 86.1 (0.79) 52   (3.0) 13.9   (0.79) 2.0   (0.12)
Other Asian 2,381 (32.4) 927 (15.4) 38.9 (0.45) 1,454 (23.6) 61.1 (0.45) 3.6 (0.06) 676 (12.4) 546 (11.0) 80.8 (0.84) 130   (6.4) 19.2   (0.84) 5.0   (0.25)
                                                       
Pacific Islander 487 (11.0) 378 (9.0) 77.6 (1.06) 109 (6.1) 22.4 (1.06) 0.3 (0.01) 127 (4.6) 120 (4.6) 93.9 (0.89) 8   (1.1) 6.1   (0.89) 0.3   (0.04)
American Indian/Alaska Native 2,096 (15.2) 2,077 (15.2) 99.1 (0.10) 19 (2.1) 0.9 (0.10) # (†) 569 (7.3) 567 (7.4) 99.8 (0.08)   (†) 0.2 ! (0.08) 0.1 ! (0.02)
Two or more races 6,592 (54.3) 6,039 (50.3) 91.6 (0.18) 553 (13.4) 8.4 (0.18) 1.4 (0.03) 3,031 (29.0) 2,987 (28.0) 98.5 (0.13) 44   (3.9) 1.5   (0.13) 1.7   (0.15)
White and Black 1,851 (27.7) 1,815 (27.9) 98.1 (0.17) 36 (3.2) 1.9 (0.17) 0.1 (0.01) 1,223 (21.7) 1,220 (21.7) 99.8 (0.05)   (†) 0.2   (0.05) 0.1   (0.02)
White and Asian 1,568 (20.6) 1,342 (17.5) 85.6 (0.47) 226 (8.6) 14.4 (0.47) 0.6 (0.02) 793 (13.4) 768 (12.2) 96.9 (0.36) 25   (3.1) 3.1   (0.36) 1.0   (0.12)
White and American Indian/
   Alaska Native
1,430 (15.9) 1,423 (16.0) 99.5 (0.09) 6 (1.2) 0.5 (0.09) # (†) 380 (7.7) 379 (7.6) 99.7 (0.14)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other two or more races 1,744 (25.3) 1,459 (22.1) 83.7 (0.48) 285 (9.6) 16.3 (0.48) 0.7 (0.02) 636 (13.6) 619 (13.4) 97.5 (0.30) 16   (1.9) 2.5   (0.30) 0.6   (0.07)
†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 Excludes Taiwanese. Taiwanese is included in the "Other Asian" category.
NOTE: 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), 2002, 2007, and 2012. (This table was prepared February 2014.)

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