DescriptionComplete history of the Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population.svg
English: Complete history of the Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population
NOTE:
Population estimates include a small number of Native Americans/Indians as part of the Black/Negro population throughout this time period (1610–1780)
While all Native Americans in the United States were only counted as part of the (total) U.S. population since 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau previously either enumerated or made estimates of the non-taxed Native American population (which was not counted as a part of the U.S. population before 1890) for the 1860–1880 time period. The combined taxed and non-taxed Native American population in the United States was 339,421 in 1860, 313,712 in 1870, and 306,543 in 1880.
Data on race from the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Censuses are not directly comparable with those from the 1990 census and previous censuses due, in large part, to giving respondents the option to report more than one race. This is also true of data from the 2020 census, which saw a large number of respondents who had previously only identified as one race identify as multiracial.
The White, Black, Asian etc. percentages are taken from there respective 'Alone' number, not counting people who picked one or more races and identified as White, Black, Asian etc. This would apply from 2000 onwards.
Gratton, Brian; Gutmann, Myron (January 2006) [2006], Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition, vol. 1 (First ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–177 to 1–179
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