1990		2000		Increase
Population	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total population	6,016,425	100.0	6,349,097	100.0	+5.53%
RACE
One race	6,016,425	100.0	6,203,092	97.7
White	5,405,374	89.8	5,367,286	84.5	-0.71%
Black or African American	300,130	5.0	343,454	5.4	+14.44%
American Indian and Alaska Native	12,241	0.2	15,015	0.2	+22.66%
Asian	142,137	2.4	238,124	3.8	+67.53%
Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander	1,255	-	2,489	-	+98.33%
Some other race	155,288	2.6	236,724	3.7
Two or more races	(N/A)	(NA)	146,005	2.3
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	6,016,425	100.0	6,349,097	100.0	+5.53%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	287,549	4.8	428,729	6.8	+49.10%
Mexican	12,703	0.2	22,288	0.4	+75.45%
Puerto Rican	151,193	2.5	199,207	3.1	+31.76%
Cuban	8,106	0.1	8,867	0.1	+9.39%
Other Hispanic or Latino	115,547	1.9	198,367	3.1	+71.68%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,728,876	95.2	5,920,368	93.2	+3.34%
White alone	5,280,292	87.8	5,198,359	81.9	-1.58%

Table 5. Population figures for Massachusetts by race and ethnicity for 1990 and 2000.[i]

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[i] Data from: DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Massachusetts: 1990 and 2000. From: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/tables/dp_ma_1990.xls and http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/tables/dp_ma_2000.xls respectively.