Year

Total
(100%)

White,

non-Hispanic

Black,

non-Hispanic

Hispanic

Asian/Pacific

Islander

American Indian/

Alaska Native

 

 

Total

%

Total

%

Total

%

Total

%

Total

%

1980

226,546

180,906

79.9

26,142

11.5

14,609

6.4

3,563

1.6

1,326

0.6

1985

237,924

184,945

77.7

27,738

11.7

18,368

7.7

5,315

2.2

1,558

0.7

1990

248,791

188,315

75.7

29,304

11.8

22,379

9.0

6,996

2.8

1,797

0.7

1995

262,803

193,328

73.6

31,590

12.0

27,107

10.3

8,846

3.4

1,932

0.7

2000

275,307

196,670

71.5

33,490

12.2

32,479

11.8

10,620

3.8

2,048

0.7

2005*

287,716

199,414

69.3

35,446

12.3

38,189

13.3

12,497

4.3

2,171

0.8

2010*

299,862

201,956

67.3

37,483

12.5

43,688

14.6

14,436

4.8

2,300

0.8

2015*

312,268

204,590

65.5

39,551

12.7

49,255

15.8

16,444

5.3

2,428

0.8

2020*

324,927

207,145

63.8

41,549

12.8

55,156

17.0

18,527

5.7

2,550

0.8

2030*

351,070

210,984

60.1

45,567

13.0

68,168

19.4

23,564

6.7

2,787

0.8

2040*

377,350

212,475

56.3

49,618

13.1

82,692

21.9

29,543

7.8

3,023

0.8

2050*

403,687

212,991

52.8

53,466

13.2

98,229

24.3

35,760

8.9

3,241

0.8

Table 4: Percentage distribution of the resident U.S. population, by race/ethnicity: Selected years 1980 to 2000 and projections to 2050.[i]



[i] From: Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics (U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences NCES 2003–008), The National Center for Education Statistics. Supplemental Table 1.1a, p. 128 and Supplemental Table 1.1c, p. 129 (composite) (On the Web: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/hispanics/, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003008.pdf).  Total in millions.  Original source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000, based on Population Estimates Program and Population Projections Program.  * Projected.