Thinking About Diversity

What is an American? According to the 2010 Census:

63.7 percent White non-Hispanic, 12.6 percent Black, 16.3 percent Hispanic, 4.8 percent Asian, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

97.1 percent mono-racial, 2.9 percent two or more races

50.8 percent female, 49.2 percent male

24 percent under age 18, 63 percent age 18 to 64, 13 percent age 65 or over

15 percent living in poverty

78.4 percent Christian, 1.7 percent Jewish, 0.7 percent Buddhist, 0.6 percent Muslim, 0.4 percent Hindu, 16.1 percent no religion¹

18 percent residing in Northeast, 21.7 percent residing in Midwest, 37.1 percent residing in South, 23.3 percent residing in West

18.7 percent physically disabled (including 3.3 percent visually impaired and 3.1 percent hearing impaired), 20 percent mentally ill²

80 percent English-speaking, 12.4 percent Spanish-speaking, 0.9 percent Chinese-speaking, 0.5 percent Tagalog-speaking, 0.4 percent Vietnamese-speaking