Mixed-race numbers double since 2000Posted in Census/Demographics, Media Archive, United States on 2011-10-10 01:29Z by Steven |
Mixed-race numbers double since 2000
The Tuscaloosa News
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2011-10-04
Dana Beyerle, Montgomery Bureau Chief
More than twice as many people in Alabama say they are of two races than 10 years earlier
MONTGOMERY | Alabama’s black population increased slightly between 2000 and 2010, but the number of people claiming mixed-race status more than doubled, according to researchers at the University of Alabama.
More than twice as many people in Alabama indicated they were of mixed race in 2010 as they did on the 2000 Census, the first time the option was available.
In 2000, 13,068 Alabamians reported they were of two races, one of which was black. For the 2010 Census, 29,807 Alabamians indicated that they were of mixed-race status.
Carolyn Trent, socio-economic analyst at the Center for Business and Economic Research’s state data center, said Monday the mixed-race increase probably reflects a growing willingness to identify a person’s dual heritage…
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