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New Census data released yesterday shows that almost half of the nation's American Indians and Alaska Natives identify with multiple races...a population category that grew by 39% between 2000 and 2010.
5.2 million people were counted as Natives in 2010, and nearly 2.3 million listed Native in combination with one or more of six other race categories. Those who added black, white or both as a personal identifier made up 84% of the multi-racial group.
The jump in the multi-racial group from 1.6-million to nearly 2.3-million was bigger than the increase in those who reported being solely of Native descent., and the number of Natives identifying with at least one other race increased in all but three states.
The total population of multi-racial Natives jumped by more than 50% in 18 states and by more than 70% in 3: South Dakota, North Carolina, and Delaware.
The Blackfeet Nation in Montana had the highest proportion of people who reported being part of more than one racial group or tribe...74%...while the highest proportion of mixed-race among Alaska Native groups was the Tlingit-Haida at 42%.
The largest single-race Native groups were the Navajo Nation at 86% of its 332,000 members and the Yup'ik, an Alaska Native tribe, at 85% of its 34,000 population. The largest tribes were the Cherokee at 819,000...65% of whom identified with another race...and the Navajo.
The majority of Natives live in 10 states - Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington - 78% live off reservations, but with many in nearby counties.
Census Director Robert Groves says both Natives and multiracial Natives had a higher population growth rate for the decade than the U-S population as a whole, with the Census Bureau projecting the overall Native population will grow to 6.8 million by 2030 and about 8.6 million by 2050.
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