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44. Social and Economic Characteristics of the American Indian Population: 1990
[As of April.Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability]
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American
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CHARACTERISTIC
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Indian,
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Cherokee
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Navajo
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Sioux 2
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Chippewa
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Choctaw
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Pueblo
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Apache
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Iroquois 3
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Lumbee
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total 1
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Total persons
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1,937,391
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369,035
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225,298
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107,321
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105,988
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86,231
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55,330
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53,330
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52,557
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50,888
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Percent under 5 years old
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9.7
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6.3
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13.6
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12.3
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10.3
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8.2
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10.3
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10.2
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8.1
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8.3
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Percent 18 years old and over
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65.8
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73.3
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57.7
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60.0
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64.0
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68.8
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64.2
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64.7
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71.1
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66.2
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Percent 65 years old and over
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5.9
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7.2
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4.6
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4.4
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4.7
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8.0
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5.8
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3.4
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6.7
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5.6
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
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Persons 25 years old and over
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1,040,955
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229,231
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100,594
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51,014
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54,804
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49,128
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28,597
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27,717
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30,882
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27,343
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Percent high school graduates or higher
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65.6
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68.2
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51.0
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69.7
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69.7
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70.3
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71.5
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63.8
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71.9
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51.6
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Percent bachelor's degree or higher
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9.4
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11.1
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4.5
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8.9
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8.2
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13.3
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7.3
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6.9
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11.3
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9.4
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FAMILY TYPE
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Total families
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449,281
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98,610
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44,845
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22,669
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25,077
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21,856
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11,825
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12,314
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12,988
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12,650
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Percent distribution:
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Married couple
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65.8
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73.1
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61.1
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54.2
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58.4
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75.2
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61.2
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66.9
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67.5
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68.5
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Female householder, no spouse present
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26.2
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20.8
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28.6
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36.0
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33.1
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20.0
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29.2
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24.7
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25.5
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23.9
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Male householder, no spouse present
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8.0
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6.1
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10.3
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9.8
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8.5
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4.8
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9.6
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8.4
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7.0
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7.6
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INCOME IN 1989
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Median family (dol.) 4
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21,619
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24,907
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13,940
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16,525
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20,249
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24,467
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19,845
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19,690
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27,025
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23,934
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Median household (dol.) 4
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19,900
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21,922
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12,817
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15,611
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18,801
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21,640
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19,097
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18,484
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23,460
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21,708
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Per capita (dol.)
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8,284
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10,469
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4,788
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6,508
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7,777
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9,463
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6,679
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7,271
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10,568
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8,625
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Families below poverty level 5
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122,237
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19,100
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21,204
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8,939
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7,814
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4,347
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3,691
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3,913
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2,249
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2,554
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Percent below poverty level
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27.2
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19.4
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47.3
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39.4
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31.2
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19.9
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31.2
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31.8
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17.3
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20.2
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Persons below poverty level 5
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585,273
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79,271
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107,526
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45,658
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35,231
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19,453
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17,981
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19,246
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10,253
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10,966
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Percent below poverty level
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31.2
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22.0
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48.8
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44.4
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34.3
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23.0
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33.2
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37.5
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20.1
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22.1
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1 Includes other American Indian tribes not shown separately.
2 Any entry with the spelling "Siouan" was miscoded to Sioux inNorth Carolina.
3 Reporting and/or processing problems have affected the data for this tribe.
4 For definition of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation.
5 For explanation of poverty level, see text, Section 14, Income.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census of Population,Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language, 1990 CP-3-7.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/44_social_and_economic_characteristics_of_the.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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