2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 206

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Table 206
U.S. registered nurses compared to the U.S. population, United States, 2004

Population group		U.S. population^a		Registered nurse^b
Population group		Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total		285,691,501	100.0	2,909,357	100.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	40,459,196	14.2	48,009	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, White only	192,362,875	67.3	2,380,529	81.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black only	34,142,554	12.0	122,495	4.2
	Non-Hispanic, Asian only	11,955,401	4.2	84,383	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, NHOPI only	364,656	0.1	5,594	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, AI/AN only	1,852,775	0.6	9,453	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Multiple races	3,952,857	1.4	41,244	1.4

^a The U.S. population data are from Census Bereau 2004 American Community Survey.

^b The 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses collected data on the actively licensed registered nurse population as of March 2004.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

Source: National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and the American Community Survey from the U.S. Census for the U.S. population.

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