2000  ETHNICS DATA  BY  RACE

Difference in Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin, DC, Maryland and West Virginia*:
1990 and 2000
District West
of Columbia Maryland Virginia
Total Population
1990                  606,900.00               4,781,468.00               1,793,477.00
2000                    572,059.00                 5,296,486.00                 1,808,344.00
 Numeric Change                   (34,841.00)                  515,018.00                    14,867.00  
Percent Change                           (0.06)                            0.11                            0.01  
Hispanic or Latino
1990                    32,710.00                  125,102.00                     8,489.00
2000                     44,953.00                    227,916.00                     12,279.00
 Numeric Change                    12,243.00                  102,814.00                     3,790.00  
 Percent Change                            0.37                            0.82                            0.45  
Not Hispanic or Latino
White
1990                  166,131.00               3,326,109.00               1,718,896.00
2000                    159,178.00                 3,286,547.00                 1,709,966.00
 Numeric Change                    (6,953.00)                   (39,562.00)                    (8,930.00)  
 Percent Change                           (0.04)                           (0.01)                           (0.01)  
Black or AA
1990                  395,213.00               1,177,823.00                    55,986.00
2000                    340,088.00                 1,464,735.00                     56,825.00
 Numeric Change                   (55,125.00)                  286,912.00                        839.00  
 Percent Change                           (0.14)                            0.24                            0.01  
Asian
1990                    10,517.00                  135,256.00                     7,098.00
2000                     15,039.00                    209,738.00                       9,356.00
 Numeric Change                     4,522.00                    74,482.00                     2,258.00  
 Percent Change                            0.43                            0.55                            0.32  
Other race
1990                     2,329.00                    17,178.00                     3,008.00
2000                       3,217.00                     24,604.00                       4,935.00
 Numeric Change                        888.00                     7,426.00                     1,927.00  
 Percent Change                            0.38                            0.43                            0.64  
*For comparative purposes, the 1990 classifications have been used. Hispanics may be of any race. The figures presented are for the geographic units as a whole, not just the portion contained within the Conference boundaries.  Source:  1990 and 2000 census data.
         

Dr. Edwin C. DeLong
Associate Council Director 
Office of Congregational Development
edelong@bwcumc.org

1-800-492-2525, ext. 432