[DOC] [TLE] Ethnicity and Race: American Diversity Patterms [PAR] Jul 14, 2008 ... Specifically, they make an ethnic distinction between Hispanic and non-Hispanic. 
.... There are 57 possible combinations of 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 races that were ... A 
comparison of the 1980-2000 censuses shows that the ... While they make up 
only 12.5% of the U.S. population, Hispanics now are 32.4% of... [DOC] [TLE] European Americans - Wikipedia [PAR] European Americans are Americans with ancestry from Europe. The Spanish 
were the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the 
United States. Martn de Argelles born 1566, St. Augustine, Spanish Florida, 
was the first known person of European descent born in what is now the United 
States. ... 15 (Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative
... [DOC] [TLE] African Americans - Wikipedia [PAR] African Americans are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry 
from any of the .... By 1775, Africans made up 20% of the population in the 
American colonies, .... 1980, 26.5 million, 11.7%, 17%, ,  .... ethnic minorities, 
with 19 percent earning bachelor's degrees and 6 percent earning advanced 
degrees. [DOC] [TLE] Demographics of California - Wikipedia [PAR] California is the most populous U.S. state. It has many people from a wide variety 
of ethnic, ... No single racial or ethnic group forms a majority of California's 
population, .... having the largest Mexican population in the United States, 
making up about 31 ... As of the 1980s, Filipinos have been the largest 
population of Asians in... [DOC] [TLE] Who Lives in New Orleans and Metro Parishes Now? | The Data ... [PAR] Jun 29, 2016 ... Included are data on race and ethnicity, age, educational attainment ... New 
Orleans as of July 2015, a 6 percent increase from April 2010. ... This is up from 
2000 when there were 58,545, representing 4.4 ... which has grown from 12.5 
percent to 17.6 percent of the total U.S. population over these 15 years. [DOC] [TLE] The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the US Population ... [PAR] The racial and ethnic makeup of the American people is in flux. .... As shown in 
Figure 1, the Census 2000 long form, which was sent to 1 in 6 households, .... A 
similar political effort was made in the late 1980s to include additional Asian and 
.... In the follow-up survey 9798 percent of whites, blacks, and Asians reported 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Explaining Why Minority Births Now Outnumber White Births | Pew ... [PAR] May 17, 2012 ... The nation's racial and ethnic minority groupsespecially ... that non-Hispanic 
whites now account for a minority of births in the U.S. for ... The bureau reported 
that minoritiesdefined as anyone who is not a single-race non-Hispanic white
made up 50.4% of the ... That was nearly triple the rate in 1980. [DOC] [TLE] Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups [PAR] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. ... the 
Hispanic population increased from 6 percent of the total to ... made up about 1 
percent of the population. (Indicator .... points from 1980) and 26 percent of. 
Hispanic... [DOC] [TLE] Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008 - Bureau of ... [PAR] Nov 3, 2011 ... homicide estimates from Crime in the United States, 2010. Source: FBI ... per 
100,000) was 6 times higher than the rate for whites (4.5 per. 100,000). ..... sex-
related homicides (30.4%), workplace killings (12.5%), or homicides of .... 
population from 1980 to 2008, they have made up an increasing proportion... [DOC] [TLE] The Rise of Asian Americans - Pew Research Center: Social ... [PAR] Jun 19, 2012 ... they make up nearly 6% of the U.S. population. ..... very well with other racial and 
ethnic groups in the U.S. In contrast, ... Source: Pew Research Center analysis of 
the 1980, 1990 ..... standard of living than they themselves

Question: Up from about 6% in 1980, this ethnicity now makes up about 12.5% of the U.S.
Answer: Hispanic