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38.3 million

The estimated number of U.S. residents who were black or black in combination with one or more other races as of July 1, 2002. This race group then made up 13.3 percent of the total population.

17 percent

Among blacks age 25 and over, the proportion that had a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2002, up a full percentage point from the previous year.

2.6 million

Number of black military veterans in the United States in 2000.

Source:
U.S. Census Bureau. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 19) and African-American History Month: February 2004

 


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