Table 2-6: Selected Characteristics of the White Population in the Uni

Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qu

Table 2-6. Selected Characteristics of the White Population in the United States

White Groups Based on Language Ability	Number (in millions)	Percent of U.S. non-Hispanic White Population^d	Percent of U.S. Population	Native Born (%)	Speak a Language Other Than English at Home and Speak English Less Than "Very Well" (%)	Less Than High School Graduation^b (%)	Poverty Rate (%)
Whites speaking only English at home	175.0^a	93.7	66.7	97.9
Whites speaking Spanish at home	2.7^a	1.4	1.0	91.5	46.7^c	13.6	11.0
Whites speaking other Indo-European languages at home	8.6^a	4.6	3.3	46.5	32.9^c	23.8	11.6
Whites speaking Asian and Pacific Islander languages at home	0.4^a	0.2	0.1	59.0	26.7^c	12.6	10.0
Whites speaking all other languages at home	0.1^a	0.03	0.02	61.5	29.4^c	19.0	16.8
Total White	186.8^a	NA	71.2	95.4	41.4 (31.3)^c	14.2	8.1
Total U.S. Population	281.4	NA	93.2	88.9	8.1	19.6	12.4

^a White non-Hispanic alone and in combination, 5 years of age and older.
^b Population 25 and older (186.8 million).
^c U.S. Census Bureau, 2003b, 2006b. Calculations using Census data. 41.4 is the White alone population aged 5 and older, and 31.3 is the White alone, not Hispanic or Latino figure.
^d 262.4 was used as a denominator for this column (U.S. Census Bureau, 2003b). Source: Grieco, 2001b, and Subcommittee tabulations from the 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS).

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Internet Citation: Table 2-6: Selected Characteristics of the White Population in the Uni: Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qu. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldatatab2-6.html