Table 1. USA, ARC States, ARC Region and Non ARC Population by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2000
Geographic area	Total population	One Race Total Population	White	Black or African American	American Indian and Alaska Native	Asian		Some other race	Two or more races	Hispanic or Latino(of any race)
							Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
USA	281,421,906	274,595,678	211,460,626	34,658,190	2,475,956	10,242,998	398,835	15,359,073	6,826,228	35,305,818
Percent of USA Population	100	97.6	75.1	12.3	0.9	3.6	0.1	5.5	2.4	12.5
ARC Counties	22,892,336	22,674,741	20,328,701	1,881,785	65,107	202,489	6,350	190,309	219,276	465,149
ARC Percent of USA Population	8.1	8.1	7.2	0.7	0.02	0.07	<0.01	0.07	0.08	0.2
Percent of ARC Counties	100	99	88.8	8.2	0.3	0.9	0.03	0.8	1	2
ARC States Counties	89,003,116	87,530,688	67,020,381	15,693,055	343,304	2,128,629	35,009	2,306,079	1,478,340	5,031,327
Percent of ARC States Counties	100	98.3	75.3	17.6	0.4	2.4	<0.01	2.6	1.7	5.7
Non ARC Counties in States	66,110,780	64,851,716	46,691,680	13,811,270	278,197	1,926,140	28,659	2,115,770	1,259,064	4,566,178
Percent of Non ARC Counties in States	100	98.1	70.6	20.1	0.4	2.9	0.04	3.2	1.9	6.9
ARC Percent of State Counties	25.7	25.5	22.8	2.1	0.04	0.2	0.01	0.2	1.7	0.5
Non ARC Percent of States Counties	74.3	74.5	77.2	97.9	99.96	99.8	99.99	98.8	98.3	99.5
ARC Percent of State Racial Groups			30.3	12	19	9.5	18.1	8.2	14.8	9.2
Non ARC Percent within State Racial Groups			69.7	88	81	90.5	81.9	91.8	85.2	90.8