Thursday, March 24, 2011

Race & Hispanic, 2010 Census

This was a big day for demographers. Not only did the Federal Reserve Board release the long-awaited update on household wealth (see post below), but the Census Bureau released the 2010 population totals by race and Hispanic origin. Here they are (numbers in thousands):

          % change
2010             2000–10
Total population  308,746 9.7
Asians (race alone)  14,674 43.3
Blacks (race alone)  38,929 12.3
Hispanics  50,478 43.0
Non-Hispanic whites  196,818 1.2

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