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===Race and ethnicity=== {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Racial composition !2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Austin city, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/austincitytexas/LND110210 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.census.gov |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328215609/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/austincitytexas/LND110210 |url-status=live }}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="census1">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4805000&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref> !! 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austin (city), Texas |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4805000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215163855/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4805000.html |archive-date=February 15, 2012 |access-date=May 25, 2014 |website=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning/Demographics/travis_profile.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning/Demographics/travis_profile.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000|access-date=August 10, 2022}}</ref>!! 1990<ref name="census1" /> !! 1970<ref name="census1" /> !! 1950<ref name="census1" /> |- | [[White American|White (Non-Hispanic)]] |47.7%|| 47.1% || 48.7% || 56.4% || 61.7% || 73.4% || 86.6% |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] |32.5%|| 32.5% || 35.1% || 28.2% || 23.0% || 14.5% || n/a |- | [[Asian American|Asian]] |8.4%|| 8.9% || 6.2% || 4.5% || 3.0% || 0.2% || 0.1% |- | [[Black American|Black or African American]] |7.9%|| 6.9% || 7.7% || 9.3% || 12.4% || 11.8% || 13.3% |- | [[Multiracial American|Mixed]] |4.5%|| 3.9% || 1.7% || 2.9% |} According to the [[2010 United States census]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austin city, Texas β Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/ |access-date=February 19, 2011 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the racial composition of Austin was 68.3% [[White American|White]] (48.7% [[non-Hispanic whites]]), 35.1% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (29.1% [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]], 0.5% [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]], 0.4% [[Cuban Americans|Cuban]], 5.1% Other), 8.1% [[African American]], 6.3% [[Asian American|Asian]] (1.9% [[Indian Americans|Indian]], 1.5% [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], 1.0% [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], 0.7% [[Korean Americans|Korean]], 0.3% [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]], 0.2% [[Japanese Americans|Japanese]], 0.8% Other), 0.9% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander American|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]], and 3.4% [[Multiracial American|two or more races]]. According to the [[2020 United States census]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austin city, Texas β Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2020 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/austincitytexas/LND110210 |access-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328215609/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/austincitytexas/LND110210 |url-status=live }}</ref> the racial composition of Austin was 72.6% [[White American|White]] (48.3% [[non-Hispanic whites]]), 33.9% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]], 7.8% [[African American]], 7.6% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.7% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander American|Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander]], and 3.4% [[Multiracial American|two or more races]]. [[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Austin (5560474714).png|thumb|Map of racial distribution in Austin, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬀|textcolor=#ff0000|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬀|textcolor=#0000ff|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬀|textcolor=#00ffaa|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬀|textcolor=#ffa600|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬀|textcolor=#ffff07|Other}}]] A 2014 [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] study stated that Austin was the only U.S. city with a fast growth rate between 2000 and 2010 with a net loss in African Americans. {{As of|2014}}, Austin's African American and non-Hispanic white percentage shares of the total population was declining despite the actual numbers of both ethnic groups increasing, as the rapid growth of the Latino or Hispanic and Asian populations has outpaced all other ethnic groups in the city. Austin's non-Hispanic white population first dropped below 50% in 2005.<ref>Donahue, Emily and David Brown. "[http://kut.org/post/austins-only-fast-growing-city-country-losing-african-americans Austin's the Only Fast-Growing City in the Country Losing African-Americans]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140520050651/http://kut.org/post/austins-only-fast-growing-city-country-losing-african-americans Archive]). ''[[KUT]]''. Moody College of Communication at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], Friday May 16, 2014. Retrieved on May 20, 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Ten Demographic Trends in Austin, Texas {{pipe}} Planning and Zoning {{pipe}} AustinTexas.gov - The Official Website of the City of Austin |url=https://www.austintexas.gov/page/top-ten-demographic-trends-austin-texas |access-date=January 27, 2017 |website=AustinTexas.gov |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830144728/https://www.austintexas.gov/page/top-ten-demographic-trends-austin-texas }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2019 |title=People Keep Moving To Austin, But Where Are They Coming From? |url=https://www.kut.org/austin/2019-05-16/people-keep-moving-to-austin-but-where-are-they-coming-from |website=KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station}}</ref>
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