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TABLE 31

Racial and Ethnic Composition: Percentage of U.S. Children Under Age 18 by Race and Hispanic Origin, Selected Years

1980 – 1999 and Projected 2000– 2020

Race and

Hispanic origin 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2010 2020

White, non-Hispanic 74 72 69 68 68 67 67 67 66 66 65 65 64 59 55

Black, non-Hispanic 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14

Hispanica 9101213131314141415151616 2123

Asian/Pacific Islanderb 2333334444444

American Indian/

Alaska Nativeb 1111111111111

aPersons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

bExcludes persons in this race group who are of Hispanic origin.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports. Estimates of the population of the United States by single years of age, color, and sex;

1900 to 1959 (Series P-25, No. 311); Estimates of the population of the United States, by age, sex, and race: April 1, 1960 to July 1, 1973

(Series P-25, No. 519); Preliminary estimates of the population of the United States by age, sex, and race: 1970 to 1981 (Series P-25, No. 917):

Methodology and assumptions for the population projections of the United States: 1999 to 2100 (Population Division Working Paper No. 38);

and unpublished vintage 1997 tables for 1980-98 that are available on the Census Bureau website.

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