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This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, the 5 populated U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by race/ethnicity. It includes a sortable table of population by race /ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
The compromise counted three-fifths of each state's slave population toward that state's total population for the purpose of apportioning the U.S. House of Representatives. Even though slaves were denied voting rights, this gave Southern states more U.S. representatives and more presidential electoral votes than if slaves had not been counted.
States in the United States by population growth since 2010 according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2018 Annual Estimate of the Resident Population. [56] States with population growth greater than the United States as a whole are in dark green, states with population growth slower than the United States in light green, and states with declining ...
This is a list of U.S. states by Non-Hispanic whites population. The United States Census Bureau defines non-Hispanic white as white Americans who are not of Hispanic or Latino ancestry (i.e., having ancestry from Spain or Latin America). [1] At 191.6 million in 2020, non-Hispanic whites comprise 57.8% of the total U.S. population. [2] [3]
The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
The OMB states, many federal programs are put into effect based on the race data obtained from the decennial census (i.e., promoting equal employment opportunities; assessing racial disparities in health and environmental risks). Race data is also critical for the basic research behind many policy decisions.
Hawaii is the only state that currently has a minority group making up the plurality of its population. It is also the only state that never had a white non-Hispanic majority [4] although per the 2020 U.S. Census, Asians (at 36.5%), non-Hispanics whites (at 21.6%), and those of mixed race (at 20.0%), have surpassed native Polynesians (its ...
A much higher proportion of Hispanics choose mixed race rather than white in the 2020 census as compared to previous censuses. [10] Hispanics accounted for 51.1% of population growth between 2010-2020 and 56% between 2000 and 2010. [11] The proportion of the population which is Hispanic increased at least slightly in every state.