Table 2c. Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of U.S. population under age 18, by nativity and race/ethnicity with Hispanic and Asian subgroups: 2005

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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: 2005

Race/ethnicity and subgroup	Total population	Native	Foreign-born
Race/ethnicity and subgroup	Total population	Native	Number	Percent	Percentage distribution
Total ¹	74,148,000	95.7	3,155,000	4.3	100.0
White	42,364,000	98.7	544,000	1.3	17.3
Black	10,608,000	97.7	249,000	2.3	7.9
Hispanic	14,439,000	88.5	1,667,000	11.5	52.8
Mexican	9,862,000	87.9	1,195,000	12.1	37.9
Puerto Rican	1,278,000	99.8	3,000	0.2 !	0.1 !
Dominican	370,000	84.5	57,000	15.5	1.8
Central American	878,000	82.5	153,000	17.5	4.9
South American	557,000	70.8	163,000	29.2	5.2
Other Hispanic or Latino	1,495,000	93.6	96,000	6.4	3.0
Asian	2,813,000	77.4	635,000	22.6	20.1
Asian Indian	560,000	75.9	135,000	24.1	4.3
Chinese	595,000	76.7	138,000	23.3	4.4
Filipino	465,000	78.1	102,000	21.9	3.2
Japanese	96,000	74.8	24,000	25.2	0.8
Korean	261,000	62.0	99,000	38.0	3.1
Vietnamese	364,000	83.5	60,000	16.5	1.9
Other Asian	473,000	83.8	76,000	16.2	2.4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	92,000	90.2	9,000	9.8	0.3 !
American Indian/Alaska Native	583,000	99.4	3,000	0.6	0.1 !
More than one race	1,948,000	99.0	20,000	1.0	0.6
! Interpret data with caution. ¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Births to U.S. citizens outside of U.S. territory are included as native. Population estimates may differ from those in other tables due to time of year of estimation. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2005.