07-17-2001 La Porte Redistricting Committee Regular Meeting

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reported that same race plus one or more other races are combined to create the race alone or in com- bination categories. For example, the White alone or in combination group consists of those respon- dents who reported White alone plus those who reported White combined with one or more other race groups, such as "White and Black or African American," or "White and Asian and American Indian and Alaska Native." Another way to think of the group who re- ported White alone or in combina- tion is as the total number of people who identified entirely or partially as White. This group is also described as people who re- ported White, whether or not they reported any other races. Just as there are six race alone cat- egories, there are six race alone or in combination categories: ^ White alone or in combination; ^ Black or African American alone or in combination; ^ American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination; ^ Asian alone or in combination; ^ Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in com- bination; and ^ Some other race alone or in com- bination. The alone or in combination catego- ries are tallies of responses rather ` tthan respondents. That is, the alone or in combination categories are not mutually exclusive. Indi- viduals who reported two races were counted in two separate and distinct alone or in combination race categories, while those who reported three races were counted in three categories, and so on. For example, a respondent who indi- cated "White and Black or African American" was counted in the White alone or in combination cat- egory as well as in the Black or African American alone or in com- bination category. Consequently, the sum of all alone or in combina- tion categories equals the number of races reported (i.e., responses), which exceeds the total population (see Table 3). In Census 2000, the population in- dicating their race as White, either alone or with at least one other race, was the largest of all the alone or in combination categories and represented over three-fourths (77 percent) of the total popula- tion. The next two largest response categories were the Black or African American alone or in com- bination group, which represented 13 percent of the total population, and the Some other race alone or in combination category, which repre- sented 7 percent of the population. The Asian alone or in combination group represented 4.2 percent. The American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination group rep- resented 1.5 percent. The Native Hawaiian alone or in combination group was the smallest and repre- sented 0.3 percent of the total population. DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC RACE GROUPS IN CENSUS 2000 The next six sections discuss the results of Census 2000 for the White, Black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and Some other race populations. Numbers and per- centages are presented in three ways: (1) for the race alone category, (2) for the race in combi- nation category, and (3) for the race alone or in combination cat- egory. U.s. Census Bureau Figure 2. Percent Distribution of Population of Two or More Races, Showing the Four Two-Race Combinations Identified by the Office of Management ', and Budget: 200©