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Rochester Population by Race and Ethnicity

Rochester Population by Race Graph

2010 Population by Race and Ethnicity Rochester, NY New York United States
Population by Race
White 89,009 45.00% 12,481,134 63.73% 221,809,059 71.91%
Black or African American 78,609 39.74% 3,041,715 15.53% 37,036,996 12.01%
American Indian and Alaska Native 719 0.36% 84,213 0.43% 3,026,418 0.98%
Asian 5,083 2.57% 1,351,720 6.90% 13,906,406 4.51%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 155 0.08% 22,760 0.12% 662,031 0.21%
Other 24,237 12.25% 2,603,785 13.29% 32,014,224 10.38%
Population by Ethnicity
Population Hispanic 29,641 14.98% 3,502,957 17.89% 49,511,501 16.05%
Population Non Hispanic 168,171 85.02% 16,082,370 82.11% 258,943,633 83.95%

The data for Rochester, NY may also contain data for the following areas: Rochester

Race versus Ethnicity: According to the Census, race and ethnicity are considered two separate and distinct identities. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked as a separate question and categorized under ethnicity. In addition to their race and/or races, all respondents are categorized by one of two ethnicities, which are "Hispanic" and "Non Hispanic."

Hispanic Ethnicity: According to the Census, people of Hispanic origin, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that people of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

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