FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003
Robert Bernstein CB03-16
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Census Bureau Releases Population Estimates
by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released estimates as of
July 1, 2001, of the nation's population by age, sex, race and Hispanic
origin. They are the first such estimates released by the Census Bureau
since Census 2000.
The tables include five-year age groups (to 100 and over) and median age
by sex, the distribution of each racial group by broad age categories and
the number of people of a specific race or of two or more races. The
following table provides a summary of basic race and Hispanic-origin
estimates.
Resident Population Estimates of the United States by Race and
Hispanic or Latino Origin:
July 1, 2001, and April 1, 2000
(In millions, except percentage change)
|
Change 2000 - 2001 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
July 1,
2001
|
April 1, 2000 |
Numerical |
Percentage | |
|
Total population |
284.8 |
281.4 |
3.4 |
1.2 |
|
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
37.0 |
35.3 |
1.7 |
4.7 |
|
One race |
280.7 |
277.5 |
3.2 |
1.2 |
|
...White |
230.3 |
228.1 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
|
.......White alone, not Hispanic or
Latino |
196.2 |
195.6 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
|
...Black or African-American |
36.2 |
35.7 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
|
...American Indian and Alaska Native |
2.7 |
2.7 |
0.1 |
2.3 |
|
...Asian |
11.0 |
10.6 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
|
...Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander |
0.5 |
0.5 |
— |
3.0 |
|
Two or more races |
4.1 |
3.9 |
0.2 |
4.6 |
|
Race alone or in combination with one or more other
races1 | ||||
|
White |
233.8 |
231.4 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
|
Black or African-American |
37.7 |
37.1 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
|
American Indian and Alaska Native |
4.3 |
4.2 |
0.1 |
2.2 |
|
Asian |
12.5 |
12.0 |
0.5 |
3.8 |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
0.9 |
0.9 |
— |
3.2 |