Table 1b. Percentage distribution of the resident population, by race/ethnicity, region, and state: 2008

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Table 1b.

Percentage distribution of the resident population, by race/ethnicity, region, and state: 2008

Region and state	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races


United States	65.6	12.2	15.4	4.4	0.1	0.8	1.5
Northeast	70.7	11.1	11.7	5.1	#	0.2	1.1
Connecticut	73.8	9.3	0.2	3.4	#	1.2	12.0
Maine	95.3	1.0	1.3	0.9	#	0.6	1.0
Massachusetts	79.2	5.9	8.6	4.9	#	0.2	1.2
New Hampshire	93.1	1.1	2.6	1.9	#	0.2	1.0
New Jersey	61.7	13.1	16.3	7.6	#	0.2	1.1
New York	60.0	14.8	16.7	6.9	#	0.3	1.2
Pennsylvania	81.4	10.3	4.8	2.4	#	0.1	1.0
Rhode Island	78.8	5.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	0.4	1.3
Vermont	95.2	0.8	1.4	1.1	#	0.4	1.1

Midwest	79.2	10.2	6.4	2.4	#	0.6	1.2
Illinois	64.7	14.5	15.2	4.3	#	0.2	1.1
Indiana	83.2	8.9	5.2	1.3	#	0.2	1.1
Iowa	90.3	2.5	4.2	1.6	#	0.3	1.0
Kansas	80.3	5.9	9.1	2.2	0.1	0.9	1.6
Michigan	77.5	14.0	4.1	2.3	#	0.5	1.4
Minnesota	85.4	4.4	4.1	3.5	#	1.1	1.4
Missouri	82.1	11.3	3.2	1.4	0.1	0.4	1.4
Nebraska	84.1	4.3	7.9	1.7	0.1	0.9	1.2
North Dakota	89.6	1.0	2.1	0.7	#	5.4	1.1
Ohio	82.5	11.8	2.6	1.6	#	0.2	1.3
South Dakota	86.1	1.1	2.6	0.7	#	8.2	1.3
Wisconsin	85.1	5.9	5.1	2.0	#	0.9	1.1

South	62.0	18.8	14.8	2.5	0.1	0.7	1.2
Alabama	68.4	26.2	2.9	0.9	#	0.5	1.0
Arkansas	75.6	15.5	5.6	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.3
Delaware	68.3	20.4	6.8	2.8	#	0.3	1.3
District of Columbia	33.1	53.1	8.6	3.3	0.1	0.3	1.4
Florida	60.3	15.0	21.0	2.2	0.1	0.3	1.2
Georgia	58.1	29.6	8.0	2.8	0.1	0.3	1.2
Kentucky	87.8	7.6	2.4	1.0	#	0.2	1.0
Louisiana	61.9	31.7	3.4	1.4	#	0.6	1.0
Maryland	57.7	28.8	6.7	5.0	0.1	0.3	1.5
Mississippi	58.7	37.0	2.2	0.8	#	0.5	0.8
North Carolina	67.2	21.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	1.1	1.1
Oklahoma	71.4	7.7	7.6	1.7	0.1	7.7	3.9
South Carolina	65.2	28.1	4.1	1.2	#	0.4	1.0
Tennessee	77.1	16.5	3.7	1.3	#	0.3	1.1
Texas	47.4	11.3	36.5	3.3	0.1	0.4	1.1
Virginia	67.0	19.5	6.8	4.8	0.1	0.3	1.6
West Virginia	93.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	#	0.2	0.9

West	54.7	4.6	27.9	8.6	0.5	1.5	2.3
Alaska	65.7	3.9	6.1	4.4	0.6	14.8	4.4
Arizona	58.4	3.5	30.1	2.3	0.1	4.1	1.4
California	42.3	6.0	36.6	12.1	0.3	0.5	2.1
Colorado	71.0	3.8	20.2	2.5	0.1	0.7	1.6
Hawaii	24.9	2.8	8.7	38.4	8.6	0.4	16.1
Idaho	85.1	0.7	10.2	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.5
Montana	87.9	0.6	3.0	0.6	0.1	6.2	1.6
Nevada	57.1	7.3	25.7	6.0	0.5	1.1	2.3
New Mexico	41.7	2.1	44.9	1.2	0.1	8.6	1.3
Oregon	80.0	1.8	11.0	3.6	0.3	1.2	2.3
Utah	81.7	1.0	12.0	1.9	0.7	1.2	1.5
Washington	75.5	3.4	9.8	6.6	0.4	1.4	2.8
Wyoming	86.8	1.1	7.7	0.7	0.1	2.3	1.3
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Table 4: Estimates of the Population by Race and Hispanic Origin for the United States and States: July 1, 2008 (SC-EST2008-04), released May 14, 2009, retrieved May 15, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/SC-EST2008-04.html.