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Table 3.
<br />Responses to the Question on Race by the Alone or in
<br />Combination Categories for the United States: 2000
<br />
<br />Race
<br />
<br />Number of
<br />responses Responses
<br />as percent
<br />of total
<br />population Responses
<br />as percent
<br />of total
<br />responses
<br />All race categories alone or in combination
<br />with one or more other races .............. 288,764,438 102.6 100.0
<br />White alone or in combination ............ 216,930,975 77.1 75.1
<br />Black or African American alone or in
<br />combination ........................... 36,419,434 12.9 12.6
<br />American Indian and Alaska Native alone
<br />or in combination ....................... 4,119,301 1.5 1.4
<br />Asian alone or in combination ............. 11,898,828 4.2 4.1
<br />Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
<br />Islander alone or in combination ......... 874,414 0.3 0.3
<br />Some other race alone or in combination... 18,521,486 6.6 6.4
<br />Note: The total population is equal to the number of respondents. In Census 2000, there
<br />were 281,421,906 respondents. The total of all race categories alone or in combination with
<br />one or more other races is equal to the number of responses,• therefore, it adds to more than
<br />the total population.
<br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary
<br />File, Table PLi.
<br />Table 4.
<br />iA~hite Population for the United States: 2000
<br />Race Percent of total
<br /> Number population
<br />Total population ................................ 281,421,906 100.0
<br />White alone ....................................... 211,460,626 75.1
<br />White in combination with one or more other races .... 5,470,349 1.9
<br />White; American Indian and Alaska Native .......... 1,082,683 0.4
<br />White; Asian .................................... 868,395 0.3
<br />Whfte; Black or African American .................. 784,764 0.3
<br />Whfte; Native Hawaiian and Other Pac'rfic Islander... 112,964 -
<br />All other combinations including White ............. 2,621,543 0.9
<br />White alone or in combination with one or more other
<br />races ................. ........................... 216,930,975 77.1
<br />- Percentage rounds to 0.0.
<br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) Summary
<br />File, Table PLi.
<br />With the exception of the section
<br />on the Some other race population,
<br />each of the following discussions is
<br />restricted to the five race catego-
<br />ries defined by the Office of Man-
<br />agement and Budget. Within the
<br />tables presented in these five sec-
<br />tions, combinations of the OMB
<br />race categories with the Some
<br />other race category are not shown
<br />separately but are included in the
<br />"All other combinations" category.
<br />Because the Some other race cat-
<br />egory is not a standard OMB race,
<br />the data for the Some other race
<br />category, including combinations
<br />with the five standard OMB groups,
<br />are presented and discussed in a
<br />separate section.
<br />The White Population
<br />Table 4 shows the number and per-
<br />centage of respondents to Census
<br />2000 who reported only White, as
<br />well as those who reported White
<br />and at least one other race.
<br />Approximately 21 1.5 million
<br />people, or 75 percent of the total
<br />population, reported only White. An
<br />additional 5.5 million people re-
<br />ported White and at least one other
<br />race. Within this group, the most
<br />common OMB combinations were
<br />"White and American Indian and
<br />Alaska Native" (20 percent of the
<br />population reporting White and one
<br />or more other races), followed by
<br />"White and Asian" (16 percent),
<br />and "White and Black or African
<br />American" (14 percent}. Approxi-
<br />mately 216.9 million people, or
<br />77 percent of the population, re-
<br />ported White alone or in combina-
<br />tion with one or more other races.
<br />The Slack or Agrican
<br />American Populatiion
<br />Table 5 shows the number and per-
<br />centage of respondents to Census
<br />2000 who reported only Black or
<br />African American, as well as those
<br />who reported Black or African
<br />American and at least one other
<br />race.
<br />Approximately 34.7 million people,
<br />or 12 percent of the total popula-
<br />tion, reported only Black or African
<br />American. An additional 1.8 million
<br />people reported Black or African
<br />American and at least one other
<br />race. Within this group, the most
<br />common OMB combinations were
<br />"Black or African American and
<br />White" (45 percent of the popula-
<br />tion reporting Black or African
<br />American and one or more other
<br />races), followed by "Black or
<br />African American and American
<br />Indian and Alaska Native" (10 per-
<br />cent), and "Black or African
<br />American and White and American
<br />Indian and Alaska Native" (6 per-
<br />cent). Approximately 36.4 million
<br />people, or 1 3 percent of the popu-
<br />lation, reported Black or African
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