Hawaii is older, more racially mixed, census shows |
Hawaii is older, more racially mixed, census shows
Honolulu Star Advertiser
2011-05-19
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest demographic profile of the state, Hawaii is looking a little older, a tad whiter, perhaps a bit lonelier.
The bureau is scheduled to release today detailed demographic information collected last year in Hawaii and 12 other states.
The findings are consistent with continuing trends for aging, immigration and racial composition, household composition and population distribution…
…Statewide, the number of people who identified themselves as being of mixed race increased to 23.6 percent from 21.4 percent.
Of those who identified themselves by one race, African-American, Japanese and Chinese residents all recorded lower population totals from 2000 to 2010. Native Hawaiians remained level at 80,337 total, 5.9 percent of the population.
Meanwhile, white residents increased to 24.7 percent from 24.3 percent of the total population, a gain of 42,497 people…
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