census info.

I picked this out of a CMC post. Shows some interesting facts.
Two Bears

Contact: Census Bureau, 301-763-3030
>
> WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The
> following are Facts for
> Features on American Indian and Alaska Native
> Heritage Month from the
> U.S. Census Bureau:
>
> The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May
> 1916 in New York. In
> 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint
> congressional resolution
> designating November 1990 as "National American
> Indian Heritage Month."
> Similar proclamations have been issued every year
> since 1994.
>
> Population
>
> 4.5 million -- As of July 1, 2005, the estimated
> population of American
> Indians and Alaska Natives, including those of more
> than one race. They
> made up 1.5 percent of the total population.
>
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
population/ 006808.html
>
>
> 43,000 -- Increase in the nation's American Indian
> and Alaska Native
> population from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005.
>
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
population/ 006808.html
>
>
> 30.7 -- Median age of the American Indian and Alaska
> Native population
> in 2005, younger than the median of 36.2 years for
> the population as a
> whole. About 1.3 million American Indians and Alaska
> Natives were under
> 18, and 336,000 were 65 or older.
>
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
population/ 006808.html
>
>
> 696,600 -- The American Indian and Alaska Native
> population in
> California as of July 1, 2005, the highest total of
> any state in the
> nation. California was followed by Oklahoma
> (401,100) and Arizona
> (334,700). About 36,500 American Indians and Alaska
> Natives were added
> to Arizona's population between April 1, 2000, and
> July 1, 2005. That is
> the largest numeric increase of any state in the
> nation.
>
> About 1-in-5 -- The proportion of Alaska's
> population identified as
> American Indian and Alaska Native as of July 1,
> 2005, the highest rate
> for this race group of any state in the nation.
> Alaska was followed by
> Oklahoma and New Mexico (11 percent each).
>
> 26 percent -- Percentage of Alaska's preschooler
> population that was
> American Indian and Alaska Native, as of July 1,
> 2005 the highest
> proportion of any state.
>
> 154,000 -- The number of American Indians and Alaska
> Natives in Los
> Angeles County, Calif., as of July 1, 2005. Los
> Angeles led all of the
> nation's counties in the number of people of this
> racial category.
> Maricopa County, Ariz., added about 18,000 people to
> this group between
> April 1, 2000, and July 1, 2005, leading the
> nation's counties in this
> category.
>
> Source for the preceding three statements:
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
population/ 007263.html
>
>
> 40 percent -- Percentage of the population in the
> Farmington, N.M.,
> metropolitan area that was American Indian and
> Alaska Native, as of
> 2003. Farmington led all metro areas, with only
> Flagstaff, Ariz. at 31
> percent anywhere close.
>
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
miscellaneous/ 007137.html
>
>
> Families and Children
>
> 525,800 -- The number of American Indian and Alaska
> Native families. Of
> these:
>
> 312,400 are married-couple families, including those
> with children.
>
> 154,900 are married couples with their own children,
> under the age of
> 18. (Source: American FactFinder, from 2004 American
> Community Survey)
>
> 3.41 -- Average number of people in an American
> Indian and Alaska Native
> family. This is larger than the average size of all
> families (3.18
> people). (Source: American FactFinder, from 2004
> American Community
> Survey)
>
> Housing
>
> 56 percent -- The percentage of American Indian and
> Alaska Native
> households who own their own home. (Source: American
> FactFinder, from
> 2004 American Community Survey)
>
> $95,454 -- Median value of homes owned by American
> Indians and Alaska
> Natives. (Source: American FactFinder, from 2004
> American Community
> Survey)
>
> Languages
>
> 25 percent -- Percentage of American Indians and
> Alaska Natives 5 years
> and older who speak a language other than English at
> home. (Source:
> American FactFinder, from 2004 American Community
> Survey)
>
> Education
>
> 76 percent -- The percentage of American Indians and
> Alaska Natives age
> 25 and older who have at least a high school
> diploma. Also, 14 percent
> have at least a bachelor's degree. (Source: American
> FactFinder, from
> 2005 American Community Survey)
>
> Businesses
>
> $26.9 billion -- Receipts for American Indian- and
> Alaska Native-owned
> businesses in 2002. These businesses numbered
> 201,387.
>
> 20,380 -- Number of American Indian- and Alaska
> Native-owned firms in
> the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.,
> combined statistical area,
> making that area number one in the metro category.
>
> Among counties, Los Angeles had the highest number
> of firms (13,061).
>
> 38,125 -- Number of American Indian- and Alaska
> Native-owned firms in
> California, which led the nation's states. Oklahoma,
> Texas, New York and
> Florida followed.
>
> Nearly 3-in-10 -- Ratio of American Indian- and
> Alaska Native- owned
> firms which operated in construction and other
> services (such as
> personal services, and repair and maintenance) .
>
> 24,498 -- Number of American Indian- and Alaska
> Native-owned firms which
> had paid employees. These businesses employed
> 191,270 people.
>
> 3,631 -- Number of American Indian- and Alaska
> Native-owned firms with
> receipts of $1 million or more. These firms
> accounted for nearly 2
> percent of the total number of American Indian and
> Alaska Native-owned
> firms and more than 64 percent of their total
> receipts.
>
> 178 -- Number of American Indian- and Alaska
> Native-owned firms with 100
> or more employees. These firms generated nearly $5.3
> billion in gross
> receipts 24 percent of the total revenue for
> American Indian- and Alaska
> Native-owned employer firms.
>
> New York; Los Angeles; and Gallup, N.M. -- The three
> cities with the
> largest number of American Indian- and Alaska
> Native- owned firms, with
> 7,134; 5,767; and 2,642, respectively.
>
> For more information on the data in this section:
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
business_ ownership/ 007013.html
>
>
> Jobs -- Management and Professional
>
> 26 percent -- The percentage of civilian employed
> single-race American
> Indian and Alaska Native persons age 16 and older
> who work in
> management, professional and related occupations.
> (Source: American
> FactFinder, from 2005 American Community Survey)
>
> Veterans
>
> 170,000 -- The number of American Indian and Alaska
> Native veterans of
> the U.S. armed forces. (Source: American FactFinder,
> from 2005 American
> Community Survey)
>
> Income and Poverty
>
> $33,627 -- The median income of households where the
> householder
> reported they were American Indian and Alaska Native
> and no other race.
> The median income is based on a three-year average
> (2003-2005).
>
> 25 percent -- The poverty rate of people who
> reported they were American
> Indian and Alaska Native and no other race, based on
> a three-year
> average.
>
> For information on the data in this section:
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
income_wealth/ 007419.html
>
>
> Health Insurance
>
> 30 percent -- The percentage of people who reported
> they were American
> Indian and Alaska Native and no other race who
> lacked health insurance
> coverage, based on a three-year average.
>
>
http://www.census. gov/Press- Release/www/ releases/ archives/
income_wealth/ 007419.html
>
> -----
> Editor's note: The preceding data were collected
> from a variety of
> sources and may be subject to sampling variability
> and other sources of
> error. Questions or comments should be directed to
> the Census Bureau's
> Public Information Office: telephone: 301- 763-3030;
> fax: 301-457-3670;
> or e-mail: pio@census.gov.
>
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