U.S. Population by Race

Profile of General Demographic

Here is a look at the U.S. population, based on the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Census.

Subject	Number 2010	Percent	Number 2000	Percent
Race
One race	299,736,465	97.1	274,595,678	97.6
White	223,553,265	72.4	211,460,626	75.1
Black or African American	38,929,319	12.6	34,658,190	12.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,932,248	0.9	2,475,956	0.9
Asian	14,674,252	4.8	10,242,998	3.6
Asian Indian	2,908,204⁴	0.9	1,678,765	0.6
Chinese	3,520,150⁴	1.1	2,432,585	0.9
Filipino	2,538,325⁴	0.8	1,850,314	0.7
Japanese	756,898⁴	0.2	796,700	0.3
Korean	1,449,876⁴	0.5	1,076,872	0.4
Vietnamese	1,669,447⁴	0.5	1,122,528	0.4
Other Asian¹	2,177,519⁴	0.7	1,285,234	0.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	540,013	0.2	398,835	0.1
Native Hawaiian	156,239⁴	0.1	140,652	—
Guamanian or Chamorro	64,192⁴	0.0	58,240	—
Samoan	108,849⁴	0.0	91,029	—
Other Pacific Islander²	176,737⁴	0.1	108,914	—
Some other race	19,107,368	6.2	15,359,073	5.5
Two or more races	9,009,073	2.9	6,826,228	2.4
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³
White	231,040,398	74.8	216,930,975	77.1
Black or African American	42,020,743	13.6	36,419,434	12.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,220,579	1.7	4,119,301	1.5
Asian	17,320,856	5.6	11,898,828	4.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,225,195	0.4	874,414	0.3
Some other race	21,748,084	7.0	18,521,486	6.6

NOTES: (—) represents zero or rounds to zero; n.a. = not applicable.

1. Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.

2. Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.

3. In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100% because individuals may report more than one race.

4. Numbers and percents for this category are from 2011, American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. Web: www.census.gov .

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