Resident population and percentage distribution, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980 to 2003 and projections to 2050 -- Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives,

Indicator 1.1: Population Composition and Growth

Year	Total	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
Table A-1.1. Resident population and percentage distribution, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980 to 2003 and projections to 2050
Number (in thousands)
1980	226,546	180,906	26,142	14,609	3,563	1,326
1985	237,924	184,945	27,738	18,368	5,315	1,558
1990	248,791	188,315	29,304	22,379	6,996	1,797
1995	262,803	193,328	31,590	27,107	8,846	1,932
2000	281,422	195,575	34,313	35,306	10,724	2,097
2001	285,094	196,314	34,811	37,062	11,241	2,130
2002	287,974	196,833	35,205	38,488	11,652	2,155
2003	290,810	197,326	35,593	39,899	12,064	2,180
2005 ¹	287,716	199,414	35,446	38,189	12,497	2,171
2010¹	299,862	201,956	37,483	43,688	14,436	2,300
2015¹	312,268	204,590	39,551	49,255	16,444	2,428
2020¹	324,927	207,145	41,549	55,156	18,527	2,550
2030¹	351,070	210,984	45,567	68,168	23,564	2,787
2040¹	377,350	212,475	49,618	82,692	29,543	3,023
2050¹	403,687	212,991	53,466	98,229	35,760	3,241
Percentage distribution
1980	100.0	79.9	11.5	6.4	1.6	0.6
1985	100.0	77.7	11.7	7.7	2.2	0.7
1990	100.0	75.7	11.8	9.0	2.8	0.7
1995	100.0	73.6	12.0	10.3	3.4	0.7
2000	100.0	69.5	12.2	12.5	3.8	0.7
2001	100.0	68.9	12.2	13.0	3.9	0.7
2002	100.0	68.4	12.2	13.4	4.0	0.7
2003	100.0	67.9	12.2	13.7	4.1	0.7
2005¹	100.0	69.3	12.3	13.3	4.3	0.8
2010¹	100.0	67.3	12.5	14.6	4.8	0.8
2015¹	100.0	65.5	12.7	15.8	5.3	0.8
2020¹	100.0	63.8	12.8	17.0	5.7	0.8
2030¹	100.0	60.1	13.0	19.4	6.7	0.8
2040¹	100.0	56.3	13.1	21.9	7.8	0.8
2050¹	100.0	52.8	13.2	24.3	8.9	0.8
¹ Projected.
NOTE: Figures for the year 2000 are from the Census table "Annual Estimates of the Population," released in 2004, and may differ from other published tabulations. The figures for American Indian/Alaska Natives are for the alone, non-Hispanic population. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000, Population Estimates Program, 1980 to 2000; Population Projections Program, 2001 to 2050; and Annual Estimates of the Population by Sex, Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 (NC-EST2003-03), released June 14, 2004.

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