Description of Table 1.

    This table provides a summary for the United States of the data that are included in the 
Redistricting Data Summary File for states.  Data are shown for the population indicating one race 
and for the population indicating two or more races.  The population of one race is the total of the 
population in the 6 categories of one race.  The population of two or more races is the total of the 
population in the 57 specific combinations of two or more races.  The redistricting files for states 
include data for all 63 groups.

    This table summarizes data from the four detailed tables in the redistricting files for states.

Table 1.  Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin, for All Ages and for 18 Years and Over,
          for the United States:  2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  April 2, 2001

NOTE: Data not adjusted based on the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation.  For information on 
confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see 
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expplu.html.
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                                                |         All ages         |     18 years and over
                                                |--------------------------|-------------------------- 
                                                |             |            |             | Percent of
                                                |             | Percent of |             | population
                                                |             |      total |             |   18 years
Subject                                         |      Number | population |      Number |   and over
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RACE
     Total population                             281 421 906        100.0   209 128 094        100.0
One race                                          274 595 678         97.6   205 158 752         98.1
     White                                        211 460 626         75.1   161 862 337         77.4
     Black or African American                     34 658 190         12.3    23 772 494         11.4
     American Indian and Alaska Native              2 475 956          0.9     1 635 644          0.8
     Asian                                         10 242 998          3.6     7 777 999          3.7
     Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander       398 835          0.1       271 656          0.1
     Some other race                               15 359 073          5.5     9 838 622          4.7
Two or more races                                   6 826 228          2.4     3 969 342          1.9

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
       Total population                           281 421 906        100.0   209 128 094        100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)                   35 305 818         12.5    22 963 559         11.0
Not Hispanic or Latino                            246 116 088         87.5   186 164 535         89.0
  One race                                        241 513 942         85.8   183 468 581         87.7
     White                                        194 552 774         69.1   150 525 687         72.0
     Black or African American                     33 947 837         12.1    23 337 573         11.2
     American Indian and Alaska Native              2 068 883          0.7     1 382 972          0.7
     Asian                                         10 123 169          3.6     7 702 895          3.7
     Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander       353 509          0.1       244 010          0.1
     Some other race                                  467 770          0.2       275 444          0.1
  Two or more races                                 4 602 146          1.6     2 695 954          1.3
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 - Represents zero or rounds to 0.0.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File for states, 
Tables PL1, PL2, PL3, and PL4.