Profile
of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
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| Geographic Area: New York | ||||
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| Subject |
Number
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Percent
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| Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
5,217,030
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100.0%
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| Nursery school, preschool |
331,376
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6.4%
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| Kindergarten |
272,504
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5.2%
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| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
2,208,497
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42.3%
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| High school (grades 9-12) |
1,103,278
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21.1%
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| College or graduate school |
1,301,375
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24.9%
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| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||||
| Population 25 years and over |
12,542,536
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100.0%
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| Less than 9th grade |
1,005,805
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8.0%
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| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
1,620,519
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12.9%
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| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
3,480,768
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27.8%
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| Some college, no degree |
2,103,404
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16.8%
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| Associate degree |
898,828
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7.2%
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| Bachelor's degree |
1,954,242
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15.6%
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| Graduate or professional degree |
1,478,970
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11.8%
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| Percent high school graduate or higher |
|
79.1%
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| Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
|
27.4%
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| MARITAL STATUS | ||||
| Population 15 years and over |
15,055,876
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100.0%
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| Never married |
4,777,896
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31.7%
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| Now married, except separated |
7,535,841
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50.1%
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| Separated |
484,640
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3.2%
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| Widowed |
1,084,409
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7.2%
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| Female |
887,299
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5.9%
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| Divorced |
1,173,090
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7.8%
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| Female |
7,09,220
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4.7%
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| GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||||
| Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
412,000
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100.0%
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| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
143,014
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34.7%
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| VETERAN STATUS | ||||
| Civilian population 18 years and over |
14,278,716
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100.0%
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| Civilian veterans |
1,361,164
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9.5%
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| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||||
| Population 5 to 20 years |
4,197,977
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100.0%
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| With a disability |
370,856
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8.8%
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| Population 21 to 64 years |
10,932,732
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100.0%
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| With a disability |
2,294,611
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21.0%
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| Percent employed |
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54.1%
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| No disability |
8,638,121
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79.0%
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| Percent employed |
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74.1%
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| Population 65 years and over |
2,333,555
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100.0%
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| With a disability |
940,680
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40.3%
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| RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||||
| Population 5 years and over |
17,749,110
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100.0%
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| Same house in 1995 |
10,961,493
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61.8%
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| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
6,066,869
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34.2%
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| Same county |
3,876,450
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21.8%
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| Different county |
2,190,419
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12.3%
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| Same state |
1,463,942
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8.2%
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| Different state |
726,477
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4.1%
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| Elsewhere in 1995 |
720,748
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4.1%
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| NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Total population |
18,976,457
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100.0%
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| Native |
15,108,324
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79.6%
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| Born in United States |
14,589,263
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76.9%
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| State of residence |
12,384,940
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65.3%
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| Different state |
2,204,323
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11.6%
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| Born outside United States |
519,061
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2.7%
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| Foreign born |
3,868
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133%
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| Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,561,609
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8.2%
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| Naturalized citizen |
1,783,744
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9.4%
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| Not a citizen |
2,084,389
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11.0%
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| REGION
OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| Total (excluding born at sea) |
3,868,094
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100.0%
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| Europe |
879,307
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22.7%
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| Asia |
916,597
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23.7%
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| Africa |
116,936
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3.0%
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| Oceania |
7,680
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0.2%
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| Latin America |
1,891,612
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48.9%
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| Northern America |
55,962
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1.4%
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| LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| Population 5 years and over |
17,749,110
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100.0%
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| English only |
12,786,189
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72.0%
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| Language other than English |
4,962,921
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28.0%
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| Speak English less than very well |
2,310,256
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| Spanish |
2,416,126
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13.6%
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| Speak English less than very well |
1,182,068
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| Other Indo-European languages |
1,654,540
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9.3%
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| Speak English less than very well |
663,874
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| Asian and Pacific Island languages |
671,019
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3.8%
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| Speak English less than very well |
395,159
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| ANCESTRY
(single or multiple) |
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| Total population |
18,976,457
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100.0%
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| Total ancestries reported |
20,381,381
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107.4%
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| Arab |
121,925
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0.6%
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| Czech1 |
76,820
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0.4%
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| Danish |
38,587
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0.2%
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| Dutch |
272,904
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1.4%
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| English |
1,140,036
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6.0%
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| French (except Basque)1 |
479,199
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2.5%
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| French Canadian1 |
151,839
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0.8%
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| German |
2,122,620
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11.2%
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| Greek |
159,763
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0.8%
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| Hungarian |
137,029
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0.7%
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| Irish1 |
2,454,469
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12.9%
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| Italian |
2,737,146
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14.4%
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| Lithuanian |
49,083
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0.3%
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| Norwegian |
90,524
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0.5%
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| Polish |
986,141
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5.2%
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| Portuguese |
43,839
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0.2%
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| Russian |
460,261
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2.4%
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| Scotch-Irish |
138,844
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0.7%
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| Scottish |
212,275
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1.1%
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| Slovak |
37,863
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0.2%
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| Subsaharan African |
166,508
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0.9%
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| Swedish |
133,788
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0.7%
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| Swiss |
38,721
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0.2%
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| Ukrainian |
148,700
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0.8%
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| United States or American |
717,234
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3.8%
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| Welsh |
85,356
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0.4%
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| West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
685,874
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3.6%
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| Other ancestries |
6,494,033
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34.2%
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