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Sunday, November 4, 2001 - 12:00 a.m. Pacific
Major U.S. Cities by Race, 2000
Non-Hispanic whites make up nearly 68% of Seattle's population, the second highest percentage among major U.S. cities. The Asian population is also relatively large at 13.6%, ranking Seattle fourth. The chart below includes cities with a population of more than 500,000 or more. (ranking in parenthesis)
| |
Total
population |
Non-Hispanic
White % |
Black % |
Asian/
Pacific
Islander% |
Hispanic % |
| Portland |
529,121 |
75.5%
(1) |
6.6%
(27) |
6.7%
(9) |
6.8%
(22) |
| Seattle |
563,374 |
67.9%
(2) |
8.4%
(23) |
13.6%
(4) |
5.3%
(23) |
| Indianapolis |
781,870 |
67.5%
(3) |
25.5%
(13) |
1.5%
(28) |
3.9%
(27) |
| Columbus |
711,470 |
66.9%
(4) |
24.5%
(16) |
3.5%
(15) |
2.5%
(29) |
| Oklahoma City |
506,132 |
64.7%
(5) |
15.4%
(18) |
3.5%
(14) |
10.1%
(17) |
| Nashville-Davidson |
545,524 |
64.0%
(6) |
26.8%
(10) |
2.5%
(23) |
4.7%
(25) |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul |
669,769 |
63.2%
(7) |
15.3%
(19) |
8.9%
(7) |
7.7%
(20) |
| Jacksonville |
735,617 |
62.2%
(8) |
29.0%
(9) |
2.8%
(19) |
4.2%
(26) |
| Phoenix |
1,321,045 |
55.8%
(9) |
5.1%
(28) |
2.1%
(24) |
34.1%
(6) |
| Charlotte |
540,828 |
55.1%
(10) |
32.7%
(8) |
3.5%
(16) |
7.4%
(21) |
| Austin |
656,562 |
52.9%
(11) |
10.0%
(22) |
4.8%
(11) |
30.5%
(8) |
| Denver |
554,636 |
51.9%
(12) |
11.1%
(21) |
2.9%
(18) |
31.7%
(7) |
| Boston |
589,141 |
49.5%
(13) |
25.3%
(14) |
7.6%
(8) |
14.4%
(14) |
| San Diego |
1,223,400 |
49.4%
(14) |
7.9%
(24) |
14.1%
(3) |
25.4%
(13) |
| Fort Worth |
534,694 |
45.8%
(15) |
20.3%
(17) |
2.7%
(22) |
29.8%
(10) |
| Milwaukee |
596,974 |
45.4%
(16) |
37.3%
(6) |
3.0%
(17) |
12.0%
(16) |
| San Francisco |
776,733 |
43.6%
(17) |
7.8%
(25) |
31.3%
(1) |
14.1%
(15) |
| Philadelphia |
1,517,550 |
42.5%
(18) |
43.2%
(5) |
4.5%
(12) |
8.5%
(18) |
| San Jose |
894,943 |
36.0%
(19) |
3.5%
(29) |
27.3%
(2) |
30.2%
(9) |
| New York |
8,008,278 |
35.0%
(20) |
26.6%
(11) |
9.9%
(6) |
27.0%
(11) |
| Dallas |
1,188,580 |
34.6%
(21) |
25.9%
(12) |
2.8%
(20) |
35.6%
(5) |
| Memphis |
650,100 |
33.3%
(22) |
61.4%
(3) |
1.5%
(27) |
3.0%
(28) |
| San Antonio |
1,144,646 |
31.8%
(23) |
6.8%
(26) |
1.7%
(25) |
58.7%
(2) |
| Chicago |
2,896,016 |
31.3%
(24) |
36.8%
(7) |
4.4%
(13) |
26.0%
(12) |
| Baltimore |
651,154 |
31.0%
(25) |
64.3%
(2) |
1.6%
(26) |
1.7%
(30) |
| Houston |
1,953,631 |
30.8%
(26) |
25.3%
(15) |
5.4%
(10) |
37.4%
(4) |
| Los Angeles |
3,694,820 |
29.7%
(27) |
11.2%
(20) |
10.2%
(5) |
46.5%
(3) |
| Washington, D.C. |
572,059 |
27.8%
(28) |
60.0%
(4) |
2.7%
(21) |
7.9%
(19) |
| El Paso |
563,662 |
18.3%
(29) |
3.1%
(30) |
1.2%
(29) |
76.6%
(1) |
| Detroit |
951,270 |
10.5%
(30) |
81.6%
(1) |
1.0%
(30) |
5.0%
(24) |
| • |
The data for non-Hispanic whites, blacks and Asians do not include people who checked more than one race. |
| • |
Hispanics can be of any race. |
| • |
The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul were combined for this chart. |
Source: Seattle Times analysis of census by Justin Mayo, database specialist.
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