Analysis of U.S. Decennial Census Data through 2010 from William H. Frey, Brookings Institution and University of Michigan's Social Science Data Analysis Network.
California
| State | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,485,053 | 2,377,549 | 3,426,861 | 5,677,251 | 6,907,387 | 10,586,223 | 15,717,204 | 19,953,134 | 23,667,902 | 29,760,021 | 33,871,648 | 37,253,956 |
| Ethnicity | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 15,763,992 | 17,029,126 | 15,816,790 | 14,956,253 |
| Black | 1,783,777 | 2,092,446 | 2,181,926 | 2,163,804 |
| Hispanic | 4,544,331 | 7,687,938 | 10,966,556 | 14,013,719 |
| American Indian | 160,598 | 184,065 | 178,984 | 162,250 |
| Asian | 55,851 | 2,710,353 | 3,648,860 | 4,775,070 |
| Hawaiian | 103,736 | 128,577 | ||
| Two or more | 903,115 | 968,696 | ||
| Other | 1,359,222 | 56,093 | 71,681 | 85,587 |
| Ethnicity | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 3,559,209 | 3,222,858 | 2,546,395 |
| Black | 622,187 | 653,820 | 523,525 |
| Hispanic | 2,733,063 | 4,050,825 | 4,756,220 |
| American Indian | 51,494 | 49,112 | 37,230 |
| Asian | 762,117 | 855,747 | 965,988 |
| Hawaiian | 31,806 | 32,178 | |
| Two or more | 361,082 | 406,941 | |
| Other | 22,655 | 24,579 | 26,563 |
*Unlike earlier charts, the following chart from US Census Bureau includes Hispanic population data within all race categories
*Funding for CensusScope is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Science Foundation (grant #0816517).
