Rhode Island : Demographics

Black population in Rhode Island numbered 46,908 in 2000, up from 39,000 in 1990 (and 4.5% of the state total). In 2000 there were 90,820 Hispanics and Latinos (8.7% of the total population), nearly twice the 1990 census count of 46,000. In 2000, there were 5,121 American Indians, up from 4,000 in 1990. The Asian population was 23,665; the 2000 census reported 4,974 Chinese, 4,522 Cambodians, 2,942 Asian Indians, and 2,062 Filipinos. Pacific Islanders numbered 567. The foreign born made up 11.4% of the population, or 119,277 persons, up from 9.5% of the population in 1990.