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January 23, 2008
Table 1:
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Births by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2005 and
2006 |
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Mother's Race/ethnicity |
2005 |
2006 |
Increase |
% Increase |
% of Increase |
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All
races |
4,138,349 |
4,265,996 |
127,647 |
3.1% |
100.0% |
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Non-Hispanic white |
2,279,768 |
2,309,833 |
30,065 |
1.3% |
23.6% |
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Non-Hispanic black |
583,759 |
617,220 |
33,461 |
5.7% |
26.2% |
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Hispanic |
985,505 |
1,039,051 |
53,546 |
5.4% |
41.9% |
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Asian
and other |
289,317 |
299,892 |
10,575 |
3.7% |
8.3% |
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Source:
National Center for Health Statistics, Vital
Statistics Reports, December 5, |
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2007.
Table 1.[
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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