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West Chester Population by Race and Ethnicity

West Chester Population by Race Graph

2010 Population by Race and Ethnicity West Chester, PA Pennsylvania United States
Population by Race
White 12,143 71.64% 10,457,345 82.83% 221,809,059 71.91%
Black or African American 2,994 17.66% 1,276,566 10.11% 37,036,996 12.01%
American Indian and Alaska Native 41 0.24% 18,433 0.15% 3,026,418 0.98%
Asian 427 2.52% 319,880 2.53% 13,906,406 4.51%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 9 0.05% 7,680 0.06% 662,031 0.21%
Other 1,337 7.89% 545,296 4.32% 32,014,224 10.38%
Population by Ethnicity
Population Hispanic 1,920 11.33% 647,855 5.13% 49,511,501 16.05%
Population Non Hispanic 15,031 88.67% 11,977,345 94.87% 258,943,633 83.95%

The data for West Chester, PA may also contain data for the following areas: West Chester

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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