What are some ethnic backgrounds in North Carolina?

Answer 1

* African Americans represent about 21.6 percent of the population. * Hispanics are about 6 percent. * American Indians about 1.2 percent and there are 8 recognized tribes. * Asians number about 1.7 percent but estimates indicate this is rising. * The European ethnic groups include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, Italian and Scottish in that order. * Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders make up only about 0.11 percent of the total population.