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Racial structure of the population in the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. 2009

Characteristic	White alone	Black or African American alone	American Indian, Alaska Native alone	Asian alone	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	Two or more races
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA	13,139,259	3,676,314	95,997	1,829,097	23,606	305,523
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	9,652,130	979,444	123,265	1,820,552	45,139	254,267
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI	7,176,654	1,715,530	37,639	519,852	8,480	122,412
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	5,031,690	937,999	50,072	317,311	9,871	100,672
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	4,379,450	1,009,716	37,949	352,808	7,691	79,875
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	4,336,844	1,256,380	17,216	271,746	4,038	82,028
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	4,149,312	1,162,729	27,023	130,269	7,284	70,434
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	3,859,639	362,075	12,936	282,035	3,552	68,443
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3,394,264	1,456,689	23,331	482,463	6,542	112,952
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	3,390,705	1,741,850	22,464	235,823	4,836	79,535

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July 2010

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2009

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Numbers include people of Hispanic origin as Hispanic origin is considered an ethnicity and not a race.

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This graph shows the racial structure of the population in the 10 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. in 2009. 1.83 million people with Asian ethnicity were living in New York in 2009.