Editing Cedar Rapids, Iowa (section)

===2000 census===
In the 2000 census, Cedar Rapids was 91.9% non-Hispanic white, with well over half of the population claiming a specific ethnic European ancestry, such as [[German people|Germans]] (35.5%), Irish (17.1%), English (9.4%), [[Czechs]] (7.8%), [[Norwegians]] (5.1%) and French from either France or Canada (3.2%).<ref name="http">{{cite web |title=Cedar Rapids city, Iowa – DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1912000&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP2&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |access-date=June 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212043141/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1912000&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP2&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city also had a growing minority population. For example, in the three-year period from 2006 to 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 4.9% of the Cedar Rapids population identified as African Americans, up from 3.7% in the 2000 census.<ref name="http"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Cedar Rapids city, Iowa – 2006–2008 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US1912000&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US19%7C16000US1912000&_street=&_county=Cedar+Rapids&_cityTown=Cedar+Rapids&_state=04000US19&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry= |access-date=June 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200216045536/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US1912000&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US19%7C16000US1912000&_street=&_county=Cedar+Rapids&_cityTown=Cedar+Rapids&_state=04000US19&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry= |archive-date=February 16, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>