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	17,078	100.0%		5,610	32.8%		11,468	67.2%
White alone	11,490	67.3%		2,578	15.1%		8,912	52.2%
Black/African American alone	2,370	13.9%		24	0.1%		2,346	13.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	76	0.4%		47	0.3%		29	0.2%
Asian alone	46	0.3%		4	0.0%		42	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	8	0.0%		4	0.0%		4	0.0%
Some other race alone	2,730	16.0%		2,715	15.9%		15	0.1%
Two or more races	358	2.1%		238	1.4%		120	0.7%