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February 09, 2005
Table 1:
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Public Assistance Recipiency Rates By Race
and Country of Origin, 2000
(Percent of Households
Receiving Public Assistance) |
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Race/Country of Origin |
Total Households |
Households with
Public Assistance
Income |
Percent With
Public Assistance
Income |
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(Households in Millions) |
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U.S. Total |
105.539 |
3.630 |
3.4% |
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White Only |
83.698 |
1.980 |
2.4% |
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Black Alone |
12.024 |
0.988 |
8.2% |
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Asian alone |
3.129 |
0.126 |
4.0% |
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India |
0.532 |
0.008 |
1.5% |
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China |
0.806 |
0.026 |
3.2% |
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Filipino |
0.514 |
0.018 |
3.5% |
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Hmong |
0.027 |
0.008 |
30.4% |
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Japanese |
0.337 |
0.004 |
1.3% |
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Vietnamese |
0.294 |
0.030 |
10.3% |
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Hispanic |
9.273 |
0.670 |
7.2% |
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Mexican |
5.051 |
0.328 |
6.5% |
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Puerto Rican |
1.091 |
0.135 |
12.3% |
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Cuban |
0.481 |
0.030 |
6.3% |
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Source:
Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 4
(SF4)- Sample Data. Table PCT100. |
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Table 2:
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Linguistic Isolation Rates by Ethnic Group,
2000
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Ethnic Group |
Households |
Linguistically Isolated
Households |
% Linguistically
Isolated |
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U.S. Total |
105,539,122 |
4,361,638 |
4.1% |
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White |
83,697,584 |
2,064,466 |
2.5% |
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Black |
12,023,966 |
153,677 |
1.3% |
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Asian |
3,129,127 |
828,001 |
26.5% |
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Asian Indian |
532,364 |
57,533 |
10.8% |
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Chinese |
806,379 |
284,652 |
35.3% |
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Filipino |
513,743 |
57,136 |
11.1% |
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Hmong |
27,298 |
9,506 |
34.8% |
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Japanese |
337,015 |
72,996 |
21.7% |
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Vietnamese |
293,621 |
135,290 |
46.1% |
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Hispanic |
9,272,610 |
2,445,711 |
26.4% |
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Mexican |
5,051,374 |
1,389,823 |
27.5% |
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Cuban |
480,518 |
167,457 |
34.8% |
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Source: Census Bureau,
Census 2000 Summary File 4 (SF4)- Sample
Data. Table PCT42.
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Table 3:
Adult Population Without High School Degrees
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% of population 18 and
over with: |
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Race/ethnicity |
Less than 9th grade education |
9th to 12th grade, no HS degree |
No HS Degree |
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Total population |
7.3% |
13.8% |
21.1% |
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White alone |
5.7% |
11.9% |
17.5% |
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Black alone |
7.4% |
23.0% |
30.4% |
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Hispanic |
26.0% |
23.4% |
49.4% |
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Asian alone |
7.2% |
9.3% |
16.5% |
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Asian Indian alone |
3.2% |
7.1% |
10.3% |
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Hmong |
27.9% |
14.9% |
42.8% |
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Source: Census Bureau, Census
2000 Summary File 4 (SF4)- Sample Data.
Table PCT65. |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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