Demographics Of America

[Beorn]

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Population Change, 1990-2000

Between 1990 and 2000, western U.S. states experienced the most rapid population growth. The five states with the largest population growth were all western states: Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. Despite overall net growth in the Great Plains states, many individual counties throughout these states actually experienced population declines. (Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))

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Geographic Variations, 1990-2000

While minority populations continue to grow, America is not quite the ethnic "melting pot" that some make it out to be. Regional differences in racial makeup are still quite pronounced, as this map shows. (Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))

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Hispanic Population, 2000

Twelve and a half percent of U.S. Americans identified themselves as Hispanic, up from 9.0 percent in 1990. "Hispanic ethnicity" includes Mexicans (7.3 percent of the total U.S. population in 2000), Puerto Ricans (1.2 percent), Cubans (0.4 percent), and a host of other Latin and South American ethnicities. (Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))

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African American Population, 2000

African Americans comprise the largest racial minority in the United States, accounting for 12.1 percent of the total population in 2000. They are concentrated largely in the southern states and urban areas. (Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))

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Asian Population, 2000

Asian-Americans include Asian Indians, Chinese, Fillipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and a number of other Asian ethnicities. In 2000, all these groups together accounted for 3.6 percent of the total U.S. population, up from 2.8 percent in 1990. (Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))


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Native American Population, 2000

In 2000, Native Americans made up slightly less than one percent of the total U.S. population. As the maps shows, this population tends to be concentrated in specific geographic areas, often those designated as reservations by the U.S. government, rather than distributed through the nation as a whole. (Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))

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Non-Hispanic White Population, 2000

Non-Hispanic whites account for 69.1 percent of the U.S. population. Because the non-white population is heavily clustered in relatively few counties, the average U.S. county has a population that is 79.6 percent non-Hispanic white. (Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))

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Multiracial Population, 2000

The 2000 U.S. Census allowed people to select multiple races. Around 2.4 percent of surveyed Americans identified themselves as of multiracial. Roughly one-fifth of the people who selected multiple races were Hispanics, reflecting a different conception of "race" among Hispanics.
Multiracial Americans live in a handful of areas - notably, Hawaii, California, Alaska, and Oklahoma, but race combinations are quite distinct.(Source: www.CensusScope.org (http://www.CensusScope.org))

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[Psychonaut]

The thing that instantly struck me is that while the South has the highest concentration of Blacks, we also have some of the lowest rates of mixed race people. Segregation hard at work! :)

[Gooding]

Thank the gods,Psychonaut! :D

[Barreldriver]

And my beloved Tennessee is predominantly white lol

[Vargtand]

Why do they write (None-Hispanic) behind Asian and black? Hispanics are per definition not black.. And most surely not Asian...

[SPQR]

I'm not sure about the asians, but there are hispanic blacks in South America.

Bleh my neighboring county and my own are some of the most dense concentrations of Natives in the country... but I must admit it's better than having a bunch of Negroes running around :D.

[Æmeric]

I'm not sure that Apache & Navajo counties are the most dense in relation to the number of American Indians - they do have the highest percentage in regards to total population, both counties being majority Indian. But it is a sparcely populated area.

[SPQR]

I said "Some of the most dense" for that reason. But there sure is a lot of them

I am curious now though, does anyone have any info on the (non-hispanic) label put after everything?

[Æmeric]

Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a racial catagory. Though the way it is commonly perceived in America is as a race. Hispanics can be White (:rolleyes:) ,though most White Hispanics are not White according to the traditional meaning of that racial definition in America, they can be Black/Negro, Amerindian or mixed race. So Hispanics show up twice in statistics, once as Hispanics & then in one of the racial catagoroes, which skews everything.

[SPQR]

Thank you, that makes sense, that's what I was thinking at first. But as you said it's used twice which causes some confusion...

[SwordoftheVistula]

'Hispanic' is generally associated with 'Mestizos' and natives of central & south america, but some island of the Caribbean, particuarly the Dominican Republic, produce 'black hispanics'. Phillipinos are technically both 'asian' and 'hispanic'.

The 'mixed race' groups seem centered around Native American areas, with 'hispanic' areas being the only other place such relationships are common.

[Æmeric]

Filipinos are not "Hispanic" according to the US Census Bureau definition. Which is odd considering that many have Hispanic surnames but that is more the result of Colonial Bureaucracy then any actual Spanish admixture. But the same could be said of tens of millions of Amerindians in Latin America. Basically to be an Hispanic one much have ancestoral origins in the New World. Which makes me wonder, just who are the Hispanic Asians if they are not Filipinos?

Edit: Go to this page (http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-3.pdf) at the US Census Bureau for information on Hispanics/Latinos in 2000. It does not include Filipinos among any of it's catagories. It is a catagory for individuals from the Hispanic countries of the New World. Actually I'm not certain if it includes persons from Spain. I have heard different opinions on that issue, but very few persons came to the US directly from Spain.

[Isleño]

Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a racial catagory. Though the way it is commonly perceived in America is as a race. Hispanics can be White (:rolleyes:) ,though most White Hispanics are not White according to the traditional meaning of that racial definition in America, they can be Black/Negro, Amerindian or mixed race. So Hispanics show up twice in statistics, once as Hispanics & then in one of the racial catagoroes, which skews everything.

Says who?

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates Program (PEP). Updated annually.

White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, or Caucasian.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates Program (PEP). Updated annually.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_RHI125212.htm

Thanks for reading :thumb001:

[Isleño]

Filipinos are not "Hispanic" according to the US Census Bureau definition. Which is odd considering that many have Hispanic surnames but that is more the result of Colonial Bureaucracy then any actual Spanish admixture. But the same could be said of tens of millions of Amerindians in Latin America. Basically to be an Hispanic one much have ancestoral origins in the New World. Which makes me wonder, just who are the Hispanic Asians if they are not Filipinos?

Edit: Go to this page (http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-3.pdf) at the US Census Bureau for information on Hispanics/Latinos in 2000. It does not include Filipinos among any of it's catagories. It is a catagory for individuals from the Hispanic countries of the New World. Actually I'm not certain if it includes persons from Spain. I have heard different opinions on that issue, but very few persons came to the US directly from Spain.

I agree. The Census Bureau needs to upgrade it cultural definitions. As Hispanic is not a race, only an ethnicity/culture, that would make Filipinos "Hispanic". They have Hispanic surnames (Hispanic meaning Spanish/Spain) and Hispanic cultural traditions and foodways. Therefore, they are a Hispanicized people, making them "Hispanics". I mean if we are going to differentiate away from the true meaning of Hispanic meaning Spanish people (Spaniard), to make it mean Spanish related cultures, then we should include all Hispanicized people. And some Filipinos have Spanish ancestry.

And that's right, if Native Americans and blacks from Latin America are seen as "Hispanics" in the U.S. (those of unmixed or relatively unmixed ancestry), then Filipinos should be considered Hispanics as well, because like the Native Americans and blacks, they are part of the family of related Hispanic cultures. And especially Filipinos of Spanish heritage.

So like I said, they need to upgrade their definition on that one.

Thanks for reading :thumbs up

[Selurong]

What about the Filipinos of Latino descent?

Archbishop Manuel Del Rio from Tulu, Mexico.

Baltazar de Araneta from Acapulco, Mexico.

Monique Lhullier from Brazil (French-Brazilian Mestizos of Cebuano ethnicity hahaha)

Where does the census class all of those! :P

[Selurong]

How about the Children of Lt. David Fagen?
Are they Asian or African?

[LucvHvce]

True, I thought Pine Ridge and one of the Arapaho reservations were among the most densely populated.