Table 1a. Resident population and percentage distribution, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980

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Table 1a.

Resident population and percentage distribution, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980–2005, and projections, 2010 and 2020

Year	Total	White	Total minority	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	More than one race
	Number (in thousands)
1980	226,546	180,906	45,640	26,142	14,609	3,563	1,326	—
1985	237,924	184,945	52,979	27,738	18,368	5,315	1,558	—
1990	248,791	188,315	60,476	29,304	22,379	6,996	1,797	—
1995	262,803	193,328	69,475	31,590	27,107	8,846	1,932	—
2000	281,422	195,575	85,846	34,313	35,306	10,724	2,097	3,406
2001	285,108	196,319	88,789	34,814	37,064	11,245	2,130	3,536
2002	287,985	196,827	91,158	35,201	38,500	11,660	2,155	3,642
2003	290,850	197,340	93,510	35,574	39,935	12,071	2,181	3,750
2004	293,657	197,843	95,814	35,950	41,338	12,459 ¹	2,207	3,861
2005	296,410	198,366	98,044	36,325	42,687	12,826	2,233	3,974
2010 ²	308,936	201,112	107,824	—	—	—	—	—
2020 ²	335,805	205,936	129,869	—	—	—	—	—

	Percentage distribution
1980	100.0	79.9	20.1	11.5	6.4	1.6	0.6	—
1985	100.0	77.7	22.3	11.7	7.7	2.2	0.7	—
1990	100.0	75.7	24.3	11.8	9.0	2.8	0.7	—
1995	100.0	73.6	26.4	12.0	10.3	3.4	0.7	—
2000	100.0	69.5	30.5	12.2	12.5	3.8	0.7	1.2
2001	100.0	68.9	31.1	12.2	13.0	3.9	0.7	1.2
2002	100.0	68.3	31.7	12.2	13.4	4.0	0.7	1.3
2003	100.0	67.8	32.2	12.2	13.7	4.2	0.7	1.3
2004	100.0	67.4	32.6	12.2	14.1	4.2	0.8	1.3
2005	100.0	66.9	33.1	12.3	14.4	4.3	0.8	1.3
2010 ²	100.0	65.1	34.9	—	—	—	—	—
2020 ²	100.0	61.3	38.7	—	—	—	—	—
— Not available. ¹ In 2004, there were 12,068,424 Asians and 398,161 Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders. ² Projected. NOTE: Numbers for the year 2000 are from the Decennial Census. All other years are population estimates. Estimates for 2004 may differ from those in other tables due to time of year of estimation. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Total minority includes all race/ethnicity categories shown except White. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000 and 2004, Population Estimates Program, 1980-2000; Annual Estimates of the Population by Sex, Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 (NC-EST2005-03), released May 10, 2006; and U.S. Interim Projections by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, released March 18, 2004.