Racial distribution of the population in Los Angeles county, California: Using different strategies for defining racial groups
( Table 1.)

Choice	White	Black	American Indian	Asian	Native Hawaiian	Other	2+ races
No combinations [single race]	4,637,062	930,957	76,988	1,137,500	27,053	2,239,997	469,7881
2+ races	385,587 [.077]	68,790 [ .069]	61,708 [.445]	107,519 [.086]	22,461 [.454]	318,602 [.125]
Largest 2+ group [race-specific]	254,745 White/Other	23,884 Black/White	27,986 Amer-Ind/ White	27,986 Asian/White	4,780 Native-Hai/ White	254,745 Other/White
Minimum	4,637,062	930,957	76,988	1,137,500	27,053	2,239,997
Maximum	5,022,649	999,747	138,696	1,245,019	49,514	2,558,599
Proportional Minority Preference	4,637,062	976,690	121,277	1,217,716	40,344	2,526,250
Straight Proportional	4,826,325	963,161	105,690	1,189,197	37,356	2,397,608
Forced Choice (NCHS)	4,823,257	965,410	88,897	1,174,565	33,992	2,431,161

Source: Census of Population and Housing, 2000: P.L. 94-17