FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                   TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003

Robert Bernstein                                                    CB03-16
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          Census Bureau Releases Population Estimates 
             by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin
                                
  The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released estimates as of
July 1, 2001, of the nation's population by age, sex, race and Hispanic
origin. They are the first such estimates released by the Census Bureau
since Census 2000.

  The tables include five-year age groups (to 100 and over) and median age
by sex, the distribution of each racial group by broad age categories and
the number of people of a specific race or of two or more races. The
following table provides a summary of basic race and Hispanic-origin
estimates.

Resident Population Estimates of the United States by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin:
July 1, 2001, and April 1, 2000

(In millions, except percentage change)

Change 2000 - 2001   
 
July 1, 2001
April 1, 2000
Numerical
Percentage
Total population
284.8
281.4
3.4
1.2
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
37.0
35.3
1.7
4.7
One race
280.7
277.5
3.2
1.2
 ...White
230.3
228.1
2.2
1.0
 .......White alone, not Hispanic or Latino
196.2
195.6
0.6
0.3
 ...Black or African-American
36.2
35.7
0.5
1.5
 ...American Indian and Alaska Native
2.7
2.7
0.1
2.3
 ...Asian
11.0
10.6
0.4
3.7
 ...Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
0.5
0.5
3.0
Two or more races
4.1
3.9
0.2
4.6
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races1
White
233.8
231.4
2.3
1.0
Black or African-American
37.7
37.1
0.6
1.7
American Indian and Alaska Native
4.3
4.2
0.1
2.2
Asian
12.5
12.0
0.5
3.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
0.9
0.9
3.2
1The five numbers add to more than the total population because individuals may be of more than one race.
 
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Public Information Office
(301) 763-3030

Last Revised: January 21, 2003 at 10:29:56 AM

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