2000 Census Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

The U.S. Census Bureau considers race to be separate from ethnicity. Because the two are distinct concepts, persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. The following table summarizes the race of the total population, Hispanic persons, and non-Hispanic persons.

	Total Population			Hispanic			Non-Hispanic
	Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent
Total	28,362	100.0%		7,672	27.1%		20,690	72.9%
White alone	21,126	74.5%		3,530	12.4%		17,596	62.0%
Black/African American alone	2,766	9.8%		33	0.1%		2,733	9.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	152	0.5%		73	0.3%		79	0.3%
Asian alone	61	0.2%		11	0.0%		50	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	8	0.0%		4	0.0%		4	0.0%
Some other race alone	3,701	13.0%		3,680	13.0%		21	0.1%
Two or more races	548	1.9%		341	1.2%		207	0.7%