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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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