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NOTICES
Qualities of Leadership
1. “It is true I am only one. But I
am one, and the fact that I cannot
do everything will not prevent
me from doing all that 1 can do.”
Edmund Hale
2. “Honor begins*with accepting
that what we do, large or small,
matters.”
James Webb
3. “Courage is rightly esteemed the
first of human qualities because
it is the quality that guarantees
all others.”
Winston Churchill
A member of the Falls City Volunteer Fire Department accepts a check
from Rosemary Landis as the Siletz Tribal Charitable Ad Hoc
Committee presents its final round of checks.
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population grew by 371,000 to 2.4
million between April 1, 1990, and
Aug. 1, 2000.
The American Indian and
Alaska Native resident population
has grown more rapidly than the
nation’s population as a whole
during the last decade - 17.9
percent versus 10.7 percent
between April 1, 1990, and
Aug. 1, 2000.
Despite its steady growth over
the last 10 years, the nation’s
American Indian and Alaska Native
population remained at 0.9 percent
of the total population on
Aug. 1, 2000.
The nation’s American Indian
and Alaska Native resident
population is young, with an
estimated median age on Aug. 1,
2000, of 27.8 years, eight years
younger than the median for the
population as a whole.
According to middle-series
population projections, the nation’s
American Indian and Alaska Native
resident population will grow to 4.4
million by 2050. This means that
this racial group should see its
population increase faster over the
next half-century than either whites
or African Americans, but more
slowly than Hispanics (who may
be of any race) or Asians/
Pacific Islanders.
An estimated 167,000
American Indians and Alaska
Natives age 65 and over and 22,000
age 85 and over were residing in
the United States as of July 1,2000.
Projections indicate these numbers
will increase by July 1, 2050, to
662,000 and 148,000, respectively.
As of July I, 1999, according
to population estimates:
The five states with the largest
American Indian and Alaska Native
populations were: California
(314,000), Oklahoma (263,000),
Arizona (261,000), New Mexico
(166,000), and Washington
(105,000). Overall, roughly one-
half of the nation’s American
Indians and Alaska Natives lived in
Western states.
Each of the five states with the
largest percentage of American
Indians and Alaska Natives were
located west of the Mississippi
River. They were Alaska (where
people in this group constituted 16
percent of the total population),
New Mexico (10 percent), South
Dakota (8 percent), Oklahoma (8
percent), and Montana (7 percent).
Of the five counties with the
largest American Indian and Alaska
Native population, four were
located in either Arizona or New
Mexico. However, it was Los
Angeles, Calif., that topped the
nation, with 56,700 American
Indians and Alaska Natives.
Rounding out the top five were
Maricopa, Ariz. (56,400); Apache,
Ariz. (53,300); Navajo, Ariz.
(51,300); and McKinley, N.M.
(48,900).
Of the six counties (or county
equivalents) with the largest
percentage of American Indians and
Alaska Natives, five were located
in either South Dakota or Alaska.
Shannon, S.D., where 95 percent
of residents were American Indians
and Alaska Natives, led the nation,
followed by Wade Hampton Census
Area, Alaska (94 percent);
Menominee, Wis. (89 percent);
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
(86 percent); Bethel Census Area,
Alaska (85 percent); and Todd, S.D.
(84 percent).
Between April 1, 1990, and
July 1, 1999, according to
population estimates:
Arizona added 46,700
American Indians and Alaska
Natives to its population, more than
any other state. Next were New
Mexico (28,300), California
(27,000), Texas (25,100), and
Florida (23,200).
Florida’s American Indian
and Alaska Native population
increased 63 percent, tops among
all the slates. Nevada, at 56 percent;
New Jersey, at 42 percent; Georgia,
4. “Real education consists in
drawing the best out of
yourself.”
Mohandas K. Gandhi
5. “The great man is sparing in
words but prodigal in deeds.”
Confucius
6. “We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not a single
act, but a habit.”
Aristotle
at 37 percent; and Texas, at 35
percent, were the runners-up.
Both of the counties that
added the most American Indians
and Alaska Natives to their
populations were located in
Arizona. Maricopa led the way,
adding 14,100 over the period,
followed by Navajo (10,700).
Rounding out the top five were San
Juan, N.M. (8,700); Robeson, N.C.
(7,200); and Sandoval, N.M.
(6,600).
The preceding facts come
from the Current Population
Survey, the Statistical Abstract of
the United States, population
estimates and projections and
the Property Owners and
Managers Survey.
The data are subject to
sampling variability and other
sources of error. Previous Census
Bureau Facts for Features this year:
African American History Month
(February), Valentine’s Day (Feb.
14), Women’s History Month
(March), Census Day, 2000 (April
1), Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month (May), Mother’s
Day (May 14), Father’s Day (June
18), the Fourth of July, Back to
School (August), Grandparents
Day (Sept. 10), Hispanic Heritage
Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) and
Election Day (Nov. 7).
Questions or comments
should be directed to the Census
Bureau 's Public Information Office,
301-457-3030; fax 301-457-3670;
e-mail pio@ccnsus.gov.
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