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U.S. FEMALE POPULATION BY RACE
The female population in the U.S. is growing increasingly
diverse. This diversity is reflected in the racial and
ethnic distribution of women by age group.
In 2000, a larger portion of the non-Hispanic White women
were aged 65 or older (17.2 percent) as compared to other
racial and ethnic groups (9.6 percent of Black women,
5.9 percent of Hispanic, 6.4 percent of American Indian/Alaska
Native, and 8.6 percent of Asian/Pacific Islander females).
The proportion of females aged 25 years and younger is
much higher in non-White racial and ethnic groups, with
47.6 percent
of the female Hispanic population, 44.4 percent of the
female American Indian/Alaska Native population, and
40.1
percent
of the Black female population within this age cohort.
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