The distribution of races and number of races per person among the total population. The second table lists the distribution of Hispanics or Latinos by nationality and number of races combined.
Race
Persons
Percent
Total poplulation
8,008,278
100.0%
One race
7,614,319
95.1%
White
3,576,385
44.7%
Black or African American
2,129,762
26.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native
41,289
0.5%
American Indian
17,141
0.2%
Alaska Native
93
0.0%
Both
3
0.0%
Not specified
24,052
0.3%
Asian
787,047
9.8%
Asian Indian
170,899
2.1%
Chinese
361,531
4.5%
Filipino
54,993
0.7%
Japanese
22,636
0.3%
Korean
86,473
1.1%
Vietnamese
11,334
0.1%
Other Asian category
66,297
0.8%
Two or more Asian categories
12,884
0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
5,430
0.1%
Native Hawaiian
882
0.0%
Samoan
879
0.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro
1,066
0.0%
Other category
2,592
0.0%
Two or more categories
11
0.0%
Some other race
1,074,406
13.4%
Two or more races
393,959
4.9%
Two races including "some other race"
279,189
3.5%
Two races excluding "some other race", or three or more races
