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Decennial Census data
      1990  |   2000
           
  Census 2000   Census 2010
TOTAL POPULATION 33,871,648 100.0%   37,253,956 100.0%
In households 33,051,894 97.6%   36,434,140 97.8%
In group quarters 819,754 2.4%   819,816 2.2%
     
RACE    
White 20,170,059 59.5%   21,453,934 57.6%
Black or African American 2,263,882 6.7%   2,299,072 6.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 333,346 1.0%   362,801 1.0%
Asian 3,697,513 10.9%   4,861,007 13.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 116,961 0.3%   144,386 0.4%
Some other race 5,682,241 16.8%   6,371,372 17.0%
Two or more races 1,607,646 4.7%   1,815,384 4.9%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 10,966,556 32.4%   14,013,719 37.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino 22,905,092 67.6%   23,240,237 62.4%
White 15,816,790 46.7%   14,956,253 40.1%
Black or African American 2,181,926 6.4%   2,163,804 5.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 178,984 0.5%   162,250 0.4%
Asian 3,648,860 10.8%   4,775,070 12.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 103,736 0.3%   128,577 0.3%
Some other race 71,681 0.2%   85,587 0.2%
Two or more races 903,115 2.7%   968,696 2.6%
     
SEX    
Male 16,874,892 49.8%   18,517,830 49.7%
Female 16,996,756 50.2%   18,736,126 50.3%
     
AGE    
Under 5 years 2,486,981 7.3%   2,531,333 6.8%
5 to 17 years 6,762,848 20.0%   6,763,707 18.2%
18 to 64 years 21,026,161 62.1%   23,712,402 63.7%
65 years and over 3,595,658 10.6%   4,246,514 11.4%
Median age 33.3 X   35.2 X
     
HOUSEHOLDS    
Total households 11,502,870 100.0%   12,577,498 100.0%
Family households 7,920,049 68.9%   8,642,473 68.7%
Families with children under 18 4,117,036 35.8%   4,150,523 33.0%
Average household size 2.87 X   2.90 X
Average family size 3.43 X   3.45 X
     
HOUSING OCCUPANCY    
Total housing units 12,214,549 100.0%   13,680,081 100.0%
Occupied housing units 11,502,870 94.2%   12,577,498 91.9%
Owner-occupied housing units 6,546,334 56.9%   7,035,371 55.9%
Renter-occupied housing units 4,956,536 43.1%   5,542,127 44.1%
Vacant housing units 711,679 5.8%   1,102,583 8.1%
1 unit, detached housing 6,883,493 56.4%   See  American Community Survey  for more data
Median value owner occupied unit (dollars) 211,500 X      
Median gross rent (dollars) 747 X      
     
PLACE OF BIRTH BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS    
Native 25,007,393 73.8%      
Foreign born 8,864,255 26.2%      
Naturalized citizen 3,473,266 10.3%      
Not a citizen 5,390,989 15.9%      
     
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1999      
Median household income (dollars) 47,493 X      
Median family income (dollars) 53,025 X      
Per capita income (dollars) 22,711 X      
Individuals in poverty 4,706,130 14.2%      
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
Population 25 and over 21,298,900 100.0%      
High school graduate 4,288,452 20.1%      
Bachelor's degree 3,640,157 17.1%      
Graduate or professional degree 2,029,809 9.5%      
     
COMMUTING TO WORK    
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 27.7 X      
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK FOR WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER    
Total 14,525,322 100.0%      
Car, truck, or van: 12,545,775 86.4%      
Drove alone 10,432,462 71.8%      
Carpooled 2,113,313 14.5%      
Public transportation (Census 2000 includes taxicabs, ACS excludes them) 736,037 5.1%      
Bus or trolley bus 549,425 3.8%      
Streetcar or trolley car 21,158 0.1%      
Subway or elevated 107,711 0.7%      
Railroad 41,022 0.3%      
Ferryboat 6,831 0.0%      
Taxicab 9,890 0.1%      
Motorcycle 36,262 0.2%      
Bicycle 120,567 0.8%      
Walked 414,581 2.9%      
Other means 115,064 0.8%      
Worked at home 557,036 3.8%      
     
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION    
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 14,718,928 100.0%      
Management, professional and related 5,295,069 36.0%      
Service 2,173,874 14.8%      
Sales and office 3,939,383 26.8%      
Farming, fishing & forestry 196,695 1.3%      
Construction, extraction, and maintenance 1,239,160 8.4%      
Production, transportation, and material moving 1,874,747 12.7%      
     
CLASS OF WORKER        
Self-employed workers 1,249,530 8.5%      
 
 
                Source: Census 2000 SF1, SF3, DP1-DP4, Census 2010 DP-1
 
 
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