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State breakdown

The 2006 racial and Hispanic compositions for each state:

State White Black Hisp. Asian
Ala. 69.8 26.7 2.5 1.1
Alaska 70.4 4.9 6.0 6.1
Ariz. 60.8 4.4 29.6 2.9
Ark. 77.5 16.1 5.1 1.3
Calif. 44.8 7.4 36.4 13.6
Colo. 73.1 4.8 20.0 3.3
Conn. 75.8 11.0 11.4 3.7
Del. 70.0 21.7 6.4 3.1
D.C. 32.5 57.5 8.4 3.7
Fla. 62.2 16.4 20.4 2.6
Ga. 59.8 30.5 7.6 3.1
Hawaii 36.9 3.5 11.0 55.6
Idaho 87.6 0.9 9.6 1.6
Ill. 66.1 15.6 14.8 4.6
Ind. 84.9 9.5 4.8 1.6
Iowa 91.9 3.0 3.9 1.8
Kan. 82.5 6.7 8.7 2.6
Ky. 89.3 8.0 2.1 1.2
La. 63.5 32.1 3.0 1.7
Maine 96.7 1.1 1.1 1.1
Md. 59.6 30.4 6.2 5.5
Mass. 80.9 7.6 8.2 5.3
Mich. 79.0 15.0 4.0 2.7
Minn. 87.2 5.2 3.9 3.9
Miss. 59.9 37.5 1.9 1.0
Mo. 83.8 12.1 2.9 1.7
Mont. 90.2 0.7 2.6 1.0
Neb. 85.8 4.9 7.5 2.0
Nev. 60.8 8.7 24.9 7.2
N.H. 94.7 1.4 2.3 2.2
N.J. 63.4 15.2 15.9 7.9
N.M. 43.8 3.0 44.5 1.8
N.Y. 61.3 18.2 16.7 7.4
N.C. 68.8 22.3 6.8 2.2
N.D. 91.4 1.2 1.7 1.0
Ohio 84.0 12.7 2.4 1.8
Okla. 75.7 8.7 7.1 2.1
Ore. 83.0 2.5 10.5 4.4
Pa. 82.9 11.3 4.4 2.6
R.I. 80.6 7.2 11.3 3.1
S.C. 66.2 29.5 3.6 1.4
S.D. 87.8 1.4 2.2 1.0
Tenn. 78.4 17.3 3.3 1.6
Texas 49.1 12.4 35.9 3.8
Utah 84.1 1.4 11.4 2.6
Vt. 96.7 1.0 1.2 1.3
Va. 69.0 20.7 6.4 5.4
Wash. 79.0 4.5 9.4 7.9
W.Va. 94.9 3.7 0.9 0.8
Wis. 86.6 6.5 4.7 2.3
Wyo. 89.2 1.3 7.1 1.0
Nation 67.6 13.4 15.0 5.0

Note: Percentages listed under white are for white non-Hispanics. Percentages might not add up to 100 because some people identify with more than one race, and Hispanics can be of any race.

SOURCE: Census Bureau

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