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Table 1. United States - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990









(See text for sources, definitions, and explanations) Table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 3 to 5  






    Race    




       




Census year Total population White Black American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut Asian and Pacific Islander Other race Hispanic origin (of any race) White, not of Hispanic origin




(leading dot indicates sub-part)                




NUMBER                




1990 ................................................................................ 248,709,873 199,686,070 29,986,060 1,959,234 7,273,662 9,804,847 22,354,059 188,128,296




. Sample ................................................................................ 248,709,873 199,827,064 29,930,524 2,015,143 7,226,986 9,710,156 21,900,089 188,424,773




1980 ............................................................................... 226,545,805 188,371,622 26,495,025 1,420,400 3,500,439 6,758,319 14,608,673 180,256,366




. Sample ................................................................................ 226,545,805 189,035,012 26,482,349 1,534,336 3,726,440 5,767,668 14,603,683 180,602,838




1970 ............................................................................... 203,211,926 177,748,975 22,580,289 827,255 1,538,721 516,686 (NA) (NA)




. 15% sample/1 ............................................................................... 203,210,158 178,119,221 22,539,362 795,110 1,526,401 230,064 9,589,216 169,023,068




. 5% sample ............................................................................... 203,193,774 178,081,520 22,565,377 (NA) (NA) (NA) 9,072,602 169,615,394




1960/2 ................................................................................ 179,323,175 158,831,732 18,871,831 551,669 980,337 87,606 (NA) (NA)




                 




1960/3 ............................................................................... 178,464,236 158,454,956 18,860,117 508,675 565,443 75,045 (NA) (NA)




1950 ................................................................................ 150,697,361 134,942,028 15,042,286 343,410 321,033 48,604 (NA) (NA)




1940/4 ............................................................................... 131,669,275 118,214,870 12,865,518 333,969 254,918 (X) 1,858,024 116,356,846




. 5% sample/4 ............................................................................... (NA) 118,392,040 (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) 1,861,400 116,530,640




1930 ................................................................................ 122,775,046 110,286,740 11,891,143 332,397 264,766 (X) (NA) (NA)




1920 ................................................................................ 105,710,620 94,820,915 10,463,131 244,437 182,137 (X) (NA) (NA)




1910 ............................................................................... 91,972,266 81,731,957 9,827,763 265,683 146,863 (X) (NA) (NA)




1900 .............................................................................. 75,994,575 66,809,196 8,833,994 237,196 114,189 (X) (NA) (NA)




1890/5 ............................................................................... 62,947,714 55,101,258 7,488,676 248,253 109,527 (X) (NA) (NA)




                 




1890/6 ............................................................................... 62,622,250 54,983,890 7,470,040 58,806 109,514 (X) (NA) (NA)




1880 ............................................................................... 50,155,783 43,402,970 6,580,793 66,407 105,613 Black




1870 ............................................................................... 38,558,371 33,589,377 4,880,009 25,731 63,254 Total Free Slave




1860 .............................................................................. 31,443,321 26,922,537 4,441,830 44,021 34,933 4,441,830 488,070 3,953,760




1850 ............................................................................... 23,191,876 19,553,068 3,638,808 (NA) (NA) 3,638,808 434,495 3,204,313




1840 .............................................................................. 17,063,353 14,189,705 2,873,648 (NA) (NA) 2,873,648 386,293 2,487,355




1830 ............................................................................... 12,860,702 10,532,060 2,328,642 (NA) (NA) 2,328,642 319,599 2,009,043




1820 .............................................................................. 9,638,453 7,866,797 1,771,656 (NA) (NA) 1,771,656 233,634 1,538,022




1810 ............................................................................. 7,239,881 5,862,073 1,377,808 (NA) (NA) 1,377,808 186,446 1,191,362




1800 .............................................................................. 5,308,483 4,306,446 1,002,037 (NA) (NA) 1,002,037 108,435 893,602




1790 ............................................................................. 3,929,214 3,172,006 757,208 (NA) (NA) 757,208 59,527 697,681




 
             




PERCENT
             




1990 ................................................................................ 100.0 80.3 12.1 0.8 2.9 3.9 9.0 75.6




. Sample ................................................................................ 100.0 80.3 12.0 0.8 2.9 3.9 8.8 75.8




1980 ............................................................................... 100.0 83.1 11.7 0.6 1.5 3.0 6.4 79.6




. Sample ................................................................................ 100.0 83.4 11.7 0.7 1.6 2.5 6.4 79.7




1970 ............................................................................... 100.0 87.5 11.1 0.4 0.8 0.3 (NA) (NA)




. 15% sample/1 ............................................................................... 100.0 87.7 11.1 0.4 0.8 0.1 4.7 83.2




. 5% sample ............................................................................... 100.0 87.6 11.1 (NA) (NA) (NA) 4.5 83.5




1960/2 ................................................................................ 100.0 88.6 10.5 0.3 0.5 - (NA) (NA)




                 




1960/3 ............................................................................... 100.0 88.8 10.6 0.3 0.3 - (NA) (NA)




1950 ................................................................................ 100.0 89.5 10.0 0.2 0.2 - (NA) (NA)




1940 ............................................................................... 100.0 89.8 9.8 0.3 0.2 (X) (NA) (NA)




. 5% sample/4 ............................................................................... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) 1.4 88.4




1930 ................................................................................ 100.0 89.8 9.7 0.3 0.2 (X) (NA) (NA)




1920 ................................................................................ 100.0 89.7 9.9 0.2 0.2 (X) (NA) (NA)




1910 ............................................................................... 100.0 88.9 10.7 0.3 0.2 (X) (NA) (NA)




1900 .............................................................................. 100.0 87.9 11.6 0.3 0.2 (X) (NA) (NA)




1890/5 ............................................................................... 100.0 87.5 11.9 0.4 0.2 (X) (NA) (NA)




                 




1890/6 ............................................................................... 100.0 87.8 11.9 0.1 0.2 (X) (NA) (NA)




1880 ............................................................................... 100.0 86.5 13.1 0.1 0.2 Black




1870 ............................................................................... 100.0 87.1 12.7 0.1 0.2 Total Free Slave




1860 .............................................................................. 100.0 85.6 14.1 0.1 0.1 100.0 11.0 89.0




1850 ............................................................................... 100.0 84.3 15.7 (NA) (NA) 100.0 11.9 88.1




1840 .............................................................................. 100.0 83.2 16.8 (NA) (NA) 100.0 13.4 86.6




1830 ............................................................................... 100.0 81.9 18.1 (NA) (NA) 100.0 13.7 86.3




1820 .............................................................................. 100.0 81.6 18.4 (NA) (NA) 100.0 13.2 86.8




1810 ............................................................................. 100.0 81.0 19.0 (NA) (NA) 100.0 13.5 86.5




1800 .............................................................................. 100.0 81.1 18.9 (NA) (NA) 100.0 10.8 89.2




1790 ............................................................................. 100.0 80.7 19.3 (NA) (NA) 100.0 7.9 92.1




Footnotes:












- Rounds to 0.0. (X) Not applicable. (NA) Not available. 1/Hispanic origin based on Spanish language. 2/Includes Alaska and Hawaii.






3/Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. 4/Hispanic origin based on the White population of Spanish mother tongue. Percentages shown based on sample data





prorated to the 100-percent count of the White population and on the 100-percent count of the total population. These estimates are in italics.






See Table E-6 and text. 5/Includes Indian Territory and Indian reservations. 6/Excludes Indian Territory and Indian reservations.






Source: U.S. Census Bureau











Internet Release Date: September 13, 2002