In the fiscal year of 2019, 21.39 percent of active-duty enlisted women were of Hispanic origin. The total number of active duty military personnel in 2019 amounted to 1.3 million people.
Ethnicities in the United States The United States is known around the world for the diversity of its population. The Census recognizes six different racial and ethnic categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are classified as a racially diverse ethnicity.
The largest part of the population, about 61.3 percent, is composed of White Americans. The largest minority in the country are Hispanics with a share of 17.8 percent of the population, followed by Black or African Americans with 13.3 percent. Life in the U.S. and ethnicity However, life in the United States seems to be rather different depending on the race or ethnicity that you belong to. For instance: In 2019, native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders had the highest birth rate of 58 per 1,000 women, while the birth rae of white alone, non Hispanic women was 49 children per 1,000 women.
The Black population living in the United States has the highest poverty rate with of all Census races and ethnicities in the United States. About 19.5 percent of the Black population was living with an income lower than the 2020 poverty threshold. The Asian population has the smallest poverty rate in the United States, with about 8.1 percent living in poverty.
The median annual family income in the United States in 2020 earned by Black families was about 57,476 U.S. dollars, while the average family income earned by the Asian population was about 109,448 U.S. dollars. This is more than 25,000 U.S. dollars higher than the U.S. average family income, which was 84,008 U.S. dollars.
In 2022, approximately 226,293 active duty personnel in the United States Department of Defense were Black or African American. Furthermore, another 897,340 active duty DoD personnel were white in that year, making up around 68.8 percent of the total number.
In 2023, there were almost two million Black or African American veterans in the United States, representing around 12 percent of the total veteran population.
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Veterans by largest Race and Ethnicity categories, by Health and Human Services Service Area.
This indicator provides the provides the percentage of civilian veterans by race/ethnicity group.
Veterans are persons 18 years and over who ever served on active duty. A civilian veteran refers to persons 18 years or older who served on active duty in any military branch or served in the National Guard or military reserves (only those ever called or ordered to active duty were classified as veterans). It does not include persons currently in active duty.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S2101.
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Release Date: 2018-08-10.[NOTE: Includes firms with payroll at any time during 2016. Employment reflects the number of paid employees during the March 12 pay period. Data are based on Census administrative records, and the estimates of business ownership by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status are from the 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs. Detail may not add to total due to rounding or because a Hispanic firm may be of any race. Moreover, each owner had the option of selecting more than one race and therefore is included in each race selected. Respondent firms include all firms that responded to the characteristic(s) tabulated in this dataset and reported gender, ethnicity, race, or veteran status for at least one owner and were not publicly held or not classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. The 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs asked for information for up to four persons owning the largest percentage(s) of the business. Percentages are for owners of respondent firms only and are not recalculated when the dataset is resorted. Percentages are always based on total reporting (defined above) within a gender, ethnicity, race, veteran status, and/or industry group for the characteristics tabulated in this dataset. Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. and state totals for all sectors. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.]..Table Name. . Statistics for Veteran Owners of Respondent Employer Firms by Owner's Specific Veteran Characteristics by Sector, Veteran Status, and Years in Business for the U.S., States, and Top 50 MSAs: 2016. ..Release Schedule. . This file was released in August 2018.. ..Key Table Information. . These data are related to all other 2016 ASE files.. Refer to the Methodology section of the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs website for additional information.. ..Universe. . The universe for the 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) includes all U.S. firms with paid employees operating during 2016 with receipts of $1,000 or more which are classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors 11 through 99, except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered. Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. total.. For Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO) data, all estimates are of owners of firms responding to the ASE. That is, estimates are based only on firms providing gender, ethnicity, race, or veteran status; or firms not classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status that returned an ASE online questionnaire with at least one question answered. The ASE online questionnaire provided space for up to four owners to report their characteristics.. CBO data are not representative of all owners of all firms operating in the United States. The data do not represent all business owners in the United States.. ..Geographic Coverage. . The data are shown for:. . United States. States and the District of Columbia. The fifty most populous metropolitan areas. . ..Industry Coverage. . The data are shown for the total of all sectors (00) and the 2-digit NAICS code level.. ..Data Items and Other Identifying Records. . Statistics for Veteran Owners of Respondent Employer Firms by Owner's Specific Veteran Characteristics by Sector, Veteran Status, and Years in Business for the U.S., States, and Top 50 MSAs: 2016 contains data on:. . Number of owners of respondent firms with paid employees. Percent of number of owners of respondent firms with paid employees. . The data are shown for:. . Gender, ethnicity, race and veteran status of owners of respondent firms. . Veteran. . . Years in business. . All firms. Firms less than 2 years in business. Firms with 2 to 3 years in business. Firms with 4 to 5 years in business. Firms with 6 to 10 years in business. Firms with 11 to 15 years in business. Firms with 16 or more years in business. . . Owner's specific veteran characteristics. . Served on active duty military service. Service-disabled. Served on post-9/11 active duty military service. Served on active duty military service in reference year. Served in the National Guard or as a military reservist in reference year. None of the above. Total reporting. Item not reported by veterans. . . . ..Sort Order. . Data are presented in as...
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Release Date: 2016-09-23..Table Name. . Statistics for Veteran Owners of Respondent Employer Firms by Owner's Specific Veteran Characteristics by Sector, Veteran Status, and Years in Business for the U.S., States, and Top 50 MSAs: 2014. ..Release Schedule. . This file was released in September 2016.. ..Key Table Information. . These data are related to all other 2014 ASE files.. Refer to the Methodology section of the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs website for additional information.. ..Universe. . The universe for the 2014 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) includes all U.S. firms with paid employees operating during 2014 with receipts of $1,000 or more which are classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors 11 through 99, except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered. Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. total.. For Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO) data, all estimates are of owners of firms responding to the ASE. That is, estimates are based only on firms providing gender, ethnicity, race, or veteran status; or firms not classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status that returned an ASE online questionnaire with at least one question answered. The ASE online questionnaire provided space for up to four owners to report their characteristics.. CBO data are not representative of all owners of all firms operating in the United States. The data do not represent all business owners in the United States.. ..Geographic Coverage. . The data are shown for:. . United States. States and the District of Columbia. The top fifty most populous metropolitan areas. . ..Industry Coverage. . The data are shown for the total of all sectors (00) and the 2-digit NAICS code level.. ..Data Items and Other Identifying Records. . Statistics for Veteran Owners of Respondent Employer Firms by Owner's Specific Veteran Characteristics by Sector, Veteran Status, and Years in Business for the U.S., States, and Top 50 MSAs: 2014 contains data on:. . Number of veteran owners of respondent firms with paid employees. Percent of number of veteran owners of respondent firms with paid employees. . The data are shown for:. . Gender, ethnicity, race and veteran status of owners of respondent firms. . Veteran. . . Years in business. . All firms. Firms less than 2 years in business. Firms with 2 to 3 years in business. Firms with 4 to 5 years in business. Firms with 6 to 10 years in business. Firms with 11 to 15 years in business. Firms with 16 or more years in business. . . Owner's specific veteran characteristics. . Served on active duty military service. Service-disabled. Served on post-9/11 active duty military service. Served on active duty military service in 2014. Served in the National Guard or as a military reservist in 2014. None of the above. Total reporting. Item not reported by veterans. . . . ..Sort Order. . Data are presented in ascending levels by:. . Geography (GEO_ID). NAICS code (NAICS2012). Gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status (ASECBO). Years in business (YIBSZFI). Owner's specific veteran characteristics (VETSPECIFIC). . The data are sorted on underlying control field values, so control fields may not appear in alphabetical order.. ..FTP Download. . Download the entire SE1400CSCBO10 table at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ase/data/2014/SE1400CSCBO10.zip. ..Contact Information. . To contact the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs staff:. . Visit the website at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ase.html.. Email general, nonsecure, and unencrypted messages to ewd.annual.survey.of.entrepreneurs@census.gov.. Call 301.763.1546 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday.. Write to:. U.S. Census Bureau. Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs. 4600 Silver Hill Road. Washington, DC 20233. . . ...Data User Notice posted on June 9, 2017: Census Bureau staff identified a processing error that affects selected data from the 2014 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE). As a result, 2014 estimates for the following data item was corrected: Standard error of percent of number of owners of respondent firms with paid employees. This processing error did not affect other categories in this table..[NOTE: Includes firms with payroll at any time during 2014. Employment reflects the number of paid employee...
The Agency Report Table aggregates pay and employment characteristics in accordance with the requirements of Local Law 18 of 2019. The Table is a point-in-time snapshot of employees who were either active or on temporary leave (parental leave, military leave, illness, etc.) as of December 31st of each year the data is available (see Column "Data Year"). In addition, the Table contains snapshot data of active employees in seasonal titles as of June 30th. To protect the privacy of employees, the sign “<5” is used instead of the actual number for groups of less than five (5) employees, in accordance with the Citywide Privacy Protection Policies and Protocols. The Pay and Demographics Report, and the list of agencies included is available on the MODA Open Source Analytics Library: https://modaprojects.cityofnewyork.us/local-law-18/
Each row represents a group of employees with a common agency, EEO-4 Job Category, pay band, employee status and demographic attributes, which include race, ethnicity and gender.
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Suicide rates per 100,000 person years (October 1, 2007- December 31, 2018).
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Estimated Annual Percent Change (APC) and change timepoint (if applicable) by trend segment.
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*P-values based on χ square test of homogeneity for Sex, Service Branch, Housing Allowance, Occupation, and Race/Ethnicity and are based on unequal variance t-test for Age, Time in Service, and BMI. Statistical tests were not weighted for observation time.
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In the fiscal year of 2019, 21.39 percent of active-duty enlisted women were of Hispanic origin. The total number of active duty military personnel in 2019 amounted to 1.3 million people.
Ethnicities in the United States The United States is known around the world for the diversity of its population. The Census recognizes six different racial and ethnic categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are classified as a racially diverse ethnicity.
The largest part of the population, about 61.3 percent, is composed of White Americans. The largest minority in the country are Hispanics with a share of 17.8 percent of the population, followed by Black or African Americans with 13.3 percent. Life in the U.S. and ethnicity However, life in the United States seems to be rather different depending on the race or ethnicity that you belong to. For instance: In 2019, native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders had the highest birth rate of 58 per 1,000 women, while the birth rae of white alone, non Hispanic women was 49 children per 1,000 women.
The Black population living in the United States has the highest poverty rate with of all Census races and ethnicities in the United States. About 19.5 percent of the Black population was living with an income lower than the 2020 poverty threshold. The Asian population has the smallest poverty rate in the United States, with about 8.1 percent living in poverty.
The median annual family income in the United States in 2020 earned by Black families was about 57,476 U.S. dollars, while the average family income earned by the Asian population was about 109,448 U.S. dollars. This is more than 25,000 U.S. dollars higher than the U.S. average family income, which was 84,008 U.S. dollars.