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	280,442	100.0%		45,073	16.1%		235,369	83.9%
White alone	185,196	66.0%		20,509	7.3%		164,687	58.7%
Black/African American alone	65,383	23.3%		435	0.2%		64,948	23.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,532	0.5%		399	0.1%		1,133	0.4%
Asian alone	1,465	0.5%		64	0.0%		1,401	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	216	0.1%		22	0.0%		194	0.1%
Some other race alone	21,429	7.6%		21,219	7.6%		210	0.1%
Two or more races	5,221	1.9%		2,425	0.9%		2,796	1.0%