Department of Health and
Human Services
Administration on Aging
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Statistics
A Profile of
Older Americans: 2007
Racial
and Ethnic Composition
In 2006, 19.0% of persons 65+ were minorities--8.3% were
African-Americans.** Persons of Hispanic origin (who may be of any race)
represented 6.4% of the older population. About 3.1% were Asian or Pacific
Islander,** and less than 1% were American Indian or Native Alaskan.** In
addition, 0.6% of persons 65+ identified themselves as being of two or more
races.
Only 7.0% of all the people who were minority race or of
Hispanic ethnicity were 65+ in 2006 (8.4% of African-Americans,** 9.0% of Asians
and Pacific Islanders,** 7.8% of American Indians and Native Alaskans,** 5.4% of
Hispanics), compared with 15.2% of non-Hispanic whites.**
(Data for this section were compiled from Internet
releases of the Census 2006 Population Estimates).
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