Editing Alaska (section)

===Race and ethnicity===
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|+ Alaska racial breakdown of population
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! Racial composition !! 1970<ref name="census" /> !! 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |first=Laura K. |last=Yax }}</ref> !! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/state/AK|title=Population of Alaska—Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts—CensusViewer|website=censusviewer.com|access-date=January 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010352/http://censusviewer.com/state/AK|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=2010 Census Data|website=census.gov|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522200920/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name=CensusACS2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-the-united-states-2010-and-2020-census.html|title=Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census|date=August 12, 2021|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812181603/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-the-united-states-2010-and-2020-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[White American|White]] || 78.8% || 75.5% || 69.3% || 66.7% || 59.4%
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| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 16.9% || 15.6% || 15.6% || 14.8% || 15.2%
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| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 0.9% || 3.6% || 4.0% || 5.4% || 6.0%
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| [[African American|Black]] || 3.0% || 4.1% || 3.5% || 3.3% || 3.0%
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| [[Native Hawaiian]] and <br />[[Pacific Islander American|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || 0.5% || 1.0% || 1.7%
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| [[Other race]] || 0.4% || 1.2% || 1.6% || 1.6% || 2.5%
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| [[Multiracial American|Multiracial]] || – || – || 5.5% || 7.3% || 12.2%
|}
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Alaska.png|thumb|270x270px|Ethnic origins in Alaska]]
[[File:Alaska racial and ethnic map.svg|thumb|Map of the largest racial/ethnic group by borough. Red indicates Native American, blue indicates non-Hispanic white, and green indicates Asian. Darker shades indicate a higher proportion of the population.]]The 2019 [[American Community Survey]] estimated 60.2% of the population was [[whites| white]], 3.7% [[African Americans|black or African American]], 15.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian or Alaska Native]], 6.5% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 1.4% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander]], 7.5% two or more races, and 7.3% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latin American]]. At the survey estimates, 7.8% of the total population was foreign-born from 2015 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AK/PST040219|website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> In 2015, 61.3% was white, 3.4% black or African American, 13.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.2% Asian, 0.9% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 7.7% multiracial. Hispanics and Latin Americans were 7% of the state population in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 Demographic and Housing Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2015.DP05|access-date=2021-05-21|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521040742/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2015.DP05|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2015 to 2019, the largest Hispanic and Latin American groups were [[Mexican Americans]], [[Puerto Ricans]], and [[Cuban Americans]]. The largest Asian groups living in the state were [[Filipino Americans|Filipinos]], [[Korean Americans]], and [[Japanese Americans|Japanese]] and Chinese Americans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Demographic and Housing Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05|access-date=2021-05-21|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328092609/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05|url-status=live}}</ref>

The state was 64.1% white, 14.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 5.4% Asian, 3.3% black or African American, 1.0% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 1.6% from some other race, and 7.3% from two or more races in 2010. Hispanics or Latin Americans made up 5.5% of the population in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=May 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{as of|2011}}, 50.7% of Alaska's population younger than one year of age belonged to minority groups (i.e., did not have two parents of white ancestry).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date=August 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1960, the United States Census Bureau reported Alaska's population as 77.2% white, 3% black, and 18.8% American Indian and Alaska Native.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alaska—Race and Hispanic Origin: 1880 to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |access-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224151538/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=December 24, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2018, the top countries of origin for Alaska's immigrants were the [[Philippines]], [[Mexico]], Canada, [[Thailand]] and [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_alaska.pdf|title=Immigrants in Alaska|access-date=September 24, 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213222032/https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_alaska.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>