TABLE
N22. LIVE BIRTHS BY DETAILED RACE/ETHNICITY GROUPS
AND HISPANIC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
NEW JERSEY, 1999 |
| RACE/ETHNICITY |
NUMBER
OF BIRTHS |
PERCENT
OF BIRTHS |
| NON-HISPANIC |
92,801 |
81.5 |
| WHITE |
62,395 |
54.8 |
| BLACK |
18,634 |
16.4 |
| AMERICAN
INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE |
136 |
0.1 |
| ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER |
7,808 |
6.9 |
| ASIAN
INDIAN |
3,166 |
2.8 |
| FILIPINO |
1,366 |
1.2 |
| CHINESE |
1,304 |
1.1 |
| KOREAN |
684 |
0.6 |
| VIETNAMESE |
344 |
0.3 |
| JAPANESE |
239 |
0.2 |
| HAWAIIAN |
8 |
0.0 |
| GUAMIAN |
3 |
0.0 |
| SAMOAN |
2 |
0.0 |
| OTHER
ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER |
692 |
0.6 |
| OTHER
RACE |
628 |
0.6 |
| RACE
NOT STATED |
3,200 |
2.8 |
| HISPANIC |
21,009 |
18.5 |
| TOTAL |
113,810 |
100.0 |
| The
non-Hispanic groups above include those with ethnicity not stated. |
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| HISPANIC
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
NUMBER
OF BIRTHS |
PERCENT
OF HISPANIC BIRTHS |
| CENTRAL/SOUTH
AMERICA |
9,831 |
46.8 |
| PUERTO
RICO |
6,918 |
32.9 |
| MEXICO |
3,122 |
14.9 |
| CUBA |
851 |
4.1 |
| OTHER
HISPANIC COUNTRY |
287 |
1.4 |
| TOTAL
HISPANIC |
21,009 |
100.0 |
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