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Number of Persons by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity for SEER Participants (2000 Census Data1)

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  Total Population2 White3 Black3 American Indian / Alaska Native3 Asian3 Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3 Other Race3 Two or More Races Chinese3,4 Filipino3,4 Japanese3,4 Hispanic5
Total US 281,421,906 211,460,626 34,658,190 2,475,956 10,242,998 398,835 15,359,073 6,826,228 2,432,585 1,850,314 796,700 35,305,818
Total SEER 73,869,655 49,492,549 7,872,174 1,044,137 5,455,680 278,584 7,030,756 2,695,775 1,280,159 1,274,841 565,430 14,271,987
SEER % of US 26.2 23.4 22.7 42.2 53.3 69.8 45.8 39.5 52.6 68.9 71.0 40.4
SEER 9 % of US 9.5 9.0 8.8 13.2 19.4 45.6 7.7 14.5 21.9 25.3 37.6 7.8
SEER 13 % of US 13.8 11.8 11.9 21.0 35.0 54.4 24.7 23.0 40.4 44.2 55.7 21.8
SEER 17 % of US 26.2 23.4 22.7 31.8 53.3 69.8 45.8 39.5 56.2 68.9 71.0 40.4
Northeast
Connecticut 3,405,565 2,780,355 309,843 9,639 82,313 1,366 147,201 74,848 19,172 7,643 4,196 320,323
New Jersey 8,414,350 6,104,705 1,141,821 19,492 480,276 3,329 450,972 213,755 100,355 85,245 14,672 1,117,191
South
Atlanta 2,914,587 1,588,734 1,039,151 7,030 123,117 1,350 100,263 54,942 20,863 4,592 4,027 229,427
Kentucky 4,041,769 3,640,889 295,994 8,616 29,744 1,460 22,623 42,443 5,397 3,106 3,683 59,939
Louisiana 4,468,976 2,856,161 1,451,944 25,477 54,758 1,240 31,131 48,265 7,474 4,504 1,519 107,738
Rural Georgia 119,588 63,917 53,603 209 334 24 740 761 25 49 17 1,840
North Central
Detroit 4,043,467 2,784,071 1,011,038 13,375 101,386 979 45,190 87,428 17,396 11,864 6,312 118,641
Iowa 2,926,324 2,748,640 61,853 8,989 36,635 1,009 37,420 31,778 6,161 2,272 1,474 82,473
West
Hawaii 1,211,537 294,102 22,003 3,535 503,868 113,539 15,147 259,343 56,600 170,635 201,764 87,699
New Mexico 1,819,046 1,214,253 34,343 173,483 19,255 1,503 309,882 66,327 3,979 2,888 1,964 765,386
Seattle-Puget
Sound		 4,045,707 3,253,688 169,042 57,340 289,373 20,679 94,541 161,044 54,050 60,259 30,762 213,215
Utah 2,233,169 1,992,975 17,657 29,684 37,108 15,145 93,405 47,195 8,045 3,106 6,186 201,559
San Francisco-
Oakland		 4,123,740 2,340,035 396,908 22,635 791,663 26,243 338,983 207,273 346,093 204,241 43,207 733,249
San Jose-
Monterey		 2,393,183 1,356,968 65,282 18,629 464,406 8,043 367,498 112,357 120,099 90,418 32,708 685,372
Los Angeles 9,519,338 4,637,062 930,957 76,988 1,137,500 27,053 2,239,997 469,781 329,352 260,158 111,349 4,242,213
Remainder of
California6		 17,835,387 11,835,994 870,735 215,094 1,303,944 55,622 2,735,763 818,235 185,098 363,861 101,590 5,305,722
Arizona7 255,879 -- -- 255,879 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Alaska7 98,043 -- -- 98,043 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1 Source: U.S. Bureau of Census, Census 2000, Summary File 1, Table DP-1.
2 Total Population equals the sum of the White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Other Race, and Two or More Races columns. Note that only the American Indian/Alaska Native populations are covered in the SEER areas of Arizona and Alaska.
3 Since each person could report multiple races in the 2000 Census, race-specific counts and percentages in this table are based on persons self-reporting only one race.
4 The Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese populations are also included within the "Asian" population.
5 Hispanic ethnicity is tabulated independently of race, so Hispanic persons may be of any race.
6 Remainder of California calculated by subtracting the number for San Francisco-Oakland, San Jose-Monterey and Los Angeles from the California state totals.
7 Only the American Indian/Alaska Native populations within these states are covered by SEER.

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