POPULATION BY DETAILED RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
Nebraska - 1990 and 2000 Census Years and 2004
Race/Hispanic Origin	Number	Percent of Total Population
Census Bureau Estimates - 2004
Total population	1,747,214	100.0%
One race	1,728,355	98.9%
White	1,609,056	92.1%
Black or African American	74,815	4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	16,562	0.9%
Asian	26,746	1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,176	0.1%
Two or more races	18,859	1.1%
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,627,239	93.1%
One race	1,610,155	92.2%
White	1,496,640	85.7%
Black or African American	72,127	4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,383	0.8%
Asian	26,215	1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	811	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	119,975	6.9%
One race	118,200	6.8%
White	112,416	6.4%
Black or African American	2,688	0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,179	0.1%
Asian	531	0.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	386	0.0%
2000 Census Count
Total population	1,711,263	100.0%
One race	1,687,310	98.6%
White	1,533,261	89.6%
Black or African American	68,541	4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,896	0.9%
Asian	21,931	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	836	0.0%
Some other race	47,845	2.8%
Two or more races	23,953	1.4%
Two races	22,591	1.3%
White; Black or African American	4,651	0.3%
White; American Indian and Alaska Native	5,285	0.3%
White; Asian	3,344	0.2%
White; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	310	0.0%
White; Some other race	6,057	0.4%
Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native	704	0.0%
Black or African American; Asian	302	0.0%
Black or African American; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	50	0.0%
Black or African American; Some other race	669	0.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native; Asia	113	0.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	15	0.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native; Some other race	356	0.0%
Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	181	0.0%
Asian; Some other race	461	0.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race	93	0.0%
Three or more races	1,362	0.1%
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,616,838	94.5%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	94,425	5.5%
1990 Census Count
Total population	1,578,385	100.0%
White	1,480,996	93.8%
Black	57,128	3.6%
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	12,564	0.8%
American Indian	12,453	0.8%
Eskimo	74	0.0%
Aleut	37	0.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander	12,566	0.8%
Asian	12,011	0.8%
Chinese	1,981	0.1%
Filipino	1,442	0.1%
Japanese	1,696	0.1%
Asian Indian	1,235	0.1%
Korean	2,194	0.1%
Vietnamese	1,245	0.1%
Cambodian	132	0.0%
Hmong	135	0.0%
Laotian	582	0.0%
Thai	337	0.0%
Other Asian	1,032	0.1%
Pacific Islander	555	0.0%
Polynesian	371	0.0%
Hawaiian	296	0.0%
Samoan	75	0.0%
Micronesian	184	0.0%
Guamanian	148	0.0%
Other Micronesian	36	0.0%
Other Race	15,131	1.0%
Not of Hispanic Origin	1,543,292	97.8%
Hispanic Origin	35,093	2.2%
Mexican	28,790	1.8%
Puerto Rican	1,066	0.1%
Cuban	468	0.0%
Other Hispanic	1,444	0.1%
Dominican	79	0.0%
Central American	582	0.0%
Guatemalan	24	0.0%
Honduran	92	0.0%
Nicarguan	55	0.0%
Panamanian	146	0.0%
Salvadoran	198	0.0%
Other Central American	67	0.0%
South American	783	0.0%
Colombian	150	0.0%
Ecuadorian	28	0.0%
Peruvian	227	0.0%
Other South American	378	0.0%
Other Hispanic	3,325	0.2%
Sources:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census Web site (www.census.gov), March 15, 2001, and Census Web site
August 2005.
Last Updated:	August 11, 2005
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov