How Wrong We Are

An article in the January 2012 issue of Discover compares the real minority share of the U.S. population with the average American's distorted view of minorities. The data are from 2000, but it is unlikely that Americans are any more attuned to reality now than they were back then.

Non-Hispanic whites
Reality = 69%
What we think = 59%
Blacks
Reality = 12%
What we think = 31%
Hispanics
Reality = 13%
What we think = 25%
Asians
Reality = 4%
What we think = 18%
Jewish
Reality = 3%
What we think = 18%

Source: Discover Magazine, January 2012, How Many Minorities Are There in the USA?