ETHNICITY:

Everybody's now a minority (Census Bureau) The Hispanic and Asian populations of the United States surged during the 1990s, the number of Hispanics growing by more than 35% and Asians more than 40%

A state-by-state breakdown of 1998 populations of blacks, Hispanics and Asian and Pacific Islanders provided by the Census Bureau. The percentage of change since 1990 follows each category:
State	Blacks	Percentage change	Hispanics	Percentage change	Asians, Pacific Islanders	Percentage change
Alabama	1,132,196	+10.8	42,562	+72.8	28,083	+28.1
Alaska	23,771	+4.1	23,719	+33.2	27,625	+36.7
Arizona	169,191	+47.2	1,033,822	+50.2	98,214	+68.3
Arkansas	407,618	+8.9	49,473	+148.9	18,529	+46.3
California	2,455,570	+6.6	10,112,986	+31.4	3,937,722	+33.6
Colorado	171,904	+26.4	577,516	+36.1	95,850	+55.5
Connecticut	303,721	+7.7	268,339	+25.9	80,490	+55.4
Delaware	144,380	+27.3	25,736	+62.6	15,247	+66.7
District of Columbia	325,840	-19.0	37,500	+14.6	15,939	37.9
Florida	2,267,753	+27.9	2,243,441	+42.5	271,305	+73.4
Georgia	2,181,455	+24.6	220,312	+102.2	149,451	+94.5
Hawaii	34,993	+25.2	96,156	+18.1	756,597	+8.8
Idaho	7,158	+103.4	88,284	+66.8	14,051	+46.2
Illinois	1,839,744	+7.8	1,224,309	+35.4	403,247	+37.9
Indiana	490,626	+13.0	145,181	+47.0	55,911	+46.8
Iowa	56,880	+17.5	56,937	+74.4	36,242	+40.9
Kansas	154,750	+6.9	139,724	+49.2	46,367	+43.0
Kentucky	284,860	+7.8	32,508	+47.7	27,106	+50.4
Louisiana	1,407,201	+8.0	116,522	+25.2	55,019	+32.5
Maine	6,321	+21.7	8,929	+30.8	8,963	+33.6
Maryland	1,428,207	+19.4	188,278	+50.5	203,683	+44.2
Massachusetts	394,645	+20.5	377,016	+31.1	222,965	+52.7
Michigan	1,404,748	+8.2	263,761	+30.8	150,046	+48.8
Minnesota	140,644	+46.2	86,937	+61.3	124,171	+58.0
Mississippi	1,003,175	+9.3	22,755	+42.2	19,308	+47.5
Missouri	612,788	+11.5	86,893	+40.8	60,319	+44.4
Montana	3,219	+32.8	15,695	+28.9	5,326	+23.8
Nebraska	67,173	+16.1	72,519	+96.2	21,838	+72.9
Nevada	133,396	+67.0	278,499	+123.9	81,216	+105.9
New Hampshire	8,504	+15.6	17,924	+58.2	14,038	+49.7
New Jersey	1,188,236	+10.3	1,004,010	+34.3	452,524	+63.4
New Mexico	45,124	+42.6	700,289	+20.9	25,651	+69.3
New York	3,219,676	+5.0	2,624,930	+18.6	994,601	+40.3
North Carolina	1,665,273	+13.9	161,220	+110.1	99,509	+87.4
North Dakota	4,001	+12.2	6,999	+50.0	5,344	+52.2
Ohio	1,289,760	+11.2	179,054	+28.2	128,639	+39.9
Oklahoma	261,945	+11.1	130,168	+51.1	44,579	+28.9
Oregon	60,949	+29.6	199,432	+76.9	105,843	+50.7
Pennsylvania	1,166,151	+5.5	314,519	+35.4	198,364	+41.7
Rhode Island	49,476	+14.2	65,347	+42.8	22,955	+21.4
South Carolina	1,147,239	+10.2	49,817	+63.3	34,355	+51.5
South Dakota	5,120	+55.6	8,665	+65.0	4,752	+50.1
Tennessee	899,546	+15.4	62,223	+90.0	52,564	63.7
Texas	2,430,061	+18.6	5,862,835	+35.1	556,355	+67.9
Utah	18,677	+54.6	142,479	+68.4	53,479	+57.2
Vermont	3,129	+58.6	5,070	+38.5	4,903	+51.7
Virginia	1,362,617	+16.6	250,799	+56.4	247,194	+53.4
Washington	198,396	+30.0	355,039	+65.5	329,980	+53.2
West Virginia	58,095	+3.0	10,296	+21.3	9,020	+20.3
Wisconsin	290,585	+17.7	133,970	+43.7	79,778	+47.1
Wyoming	4,082	+9.6	28,870	+12.1	4,023	+37.7
Source: Census Bureau