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Percent Distribution of Adult Women Ages 18-64, by State and Race/Ethnicity, 2003-2005

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 White All Minority Black Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska NativeTwo or More Races
United States67.5%32.5%12.7%13.1%4.8%0.8%1.1%
Alabama68.6%31.4%27.3%1.8%1.0%0.5%0.8%
Alaska68.8%31.2%3.4%4.7%5.6%14.2%3.3%
Arizona62.9%37.1%3.1%25.9%2.8%4.3%1.0%
Arkansas77.3%22.7%16.0%3.7%1.2%0.7%1.0%
California45.2%54.8%6.4%32.4%13.7%0.6%1.7%
Colorado74.9%25.1%3.5%16.7%3.0%0.8%1.2%
Connecticut75.3%24.7%9.6%10.5%3.5%0.2%0.9%
Delaware70.0%30.0%20.9%5.0%2.9%0.3%0.8%
District of Columbia33.8%66.2%53.3%7.6%3.9%0.2%1.2%
Florida61.1%38.9%15.5%19.7%2.6%0.3%0.9%
Georgia60.1%39.9%30.6%5.3%2.9%0.3%0.8%
Hawaii25.0%75.0%2.0%7.1%50.5%0.4%15.0%
Idaho88.2%11.8%0.4%7.6%1.4%1.3%1.1%
Illinois66.6%33.4%15.3%12.7%4.6%0.2%0.7%
Indiana85.1%14.9%8.8%3.8%1.4%0.3%0.7%
Iowa92.2%7.8%2.1%3.0%1.7%0.3%0.6%
Kansas82.7%17.3%5.6%7.1%2.5%0.9%1.2%
Kentucky89.2%10.8%7.4%1.5%1.1%0.2%0.6%
Louisiana61.9%38.1%32.6%2.7%1.5%0.6%0.7%
Maine96.2%3.8%0.5%1.0%1.0%0.6%0.7%
Maryland58.0%42.0%30.3%5.1%5.3%0.3%1.0%
Massachusetts80.6%19.4%5.8%7.5%5.1%0.2%0.9%
Michigan78.1%21.9%14.5%3.3%2.4%0.6%1.0%
Minnesota87.8%12.2%3.8%3.0%3.4%1.1%0.9%
Mississippi59.2%40.8%37.6%1.4%0.9%0.4%0.5%
Missouri82.8%17.2%11.7%2.4%1.6%0.5%1.0%
Montana89.4%10.6%0.3%2.4%0.8%5.8%1.3%
Nebraska86.7%13.3%4.1%5.8%1.9%0.8%0.7%
Nevada62.2%37.8%7.1%20.5%7.4%1.1%1.8%
New Hampshire94.4%5.6%0.7%2.0%1.9%0.2%0.7%
New Jersey62.4%37.6%13.9%15.0%7.7%0.2%0.8%
New Mexico44.7%55.3%1.7%42.2%1.5%8.9%1.0%
New York59.8%40.2%15.8%15.9%7.2%0.3%1.0%
North Carolina69.0%31.0%22.3%4.8%2.0%1.2%0.7%
North Dakota91.2%8.8%0.6%1.6%0.8%5.0%0.7%
Ohio83.4%16.6%11.8%2.0%1.7%0.2%0.9%
Oklahoma73.8%26.2%7.6%5.6%2.0%7.7%3.4%
Oregon83.4%16.6%1.5%7.9%4.2%1.2%1.8%
Pennsylvania82.7%17.3%10.3%3.7%2.5%0.1%0.6%
Rhode Island81.1%18.9%4.6%9.9%3.0%0.4%1.0%
South Carolina65.4%34.6%29.8%2.5%1.3%0.4%0.6%
South Dakota88.4%11.6%0.6%1.7%0.9%7.5%0.9%
Tennessee78.2%21.8%17.1%2.3%1.4%0.3%0.7%
Texas50.9%49.1%12.0%32.3%3.6%0.4%0.8%
Utah85.0%15.0%0.6%9.4%2.9%1.2%0.9%
Vermont95.8%4.2%0.5%1.2%1.2%0.4%0.9%
Virginia68.2%31.8%19.8%5.4%5.1%0.3%1.1%
Washington78.4%21.6%3.0%7.3%7.7%1.5%2.1%
West Virginia94.5%5.5%3.0%0.9%0.7%0.2%0.6%
Wisconsin87.1%12.9%5.7%3.8%1.9%0.9%0.7%
Wyoming89.1%10.9%0.7%6.3%0.9%2.1%1.0%
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Notes: 

All Minority women includes Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native women, and women of two or more races.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources: 

Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Single-Year of Age and Sex for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007. Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/datasets.html.



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