Table 13

RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION IN THE REGION: 1960, 1970, 1980, AND 1990
1960                       1970                        1980                       1990
Percent Percent of          Percent Percent of         Percent Percent of         Percent Percent of
Race          Number   of Total Nonwhite  Number  of Total Nonwhite  Number   of Total Nonwhite  Number  of Total Nonwhite
White . . . . . . . . . . 1,499,662  95.30  - -  1,626,056  92.60    - -    1,558,076  88.27    - -    1,527,404  84.37     - -
Nonwhite
Black . . . . . . . . .  69,591  4.42  94.10    119,321   6.80    91.91    167,876    9.51   81.16     219,931  12.15    77.72
American Indian . . .  2,225   0.14     3.01      4,617   0.26     3.56       7,353   0.42    3.55       9,098   0.50     3.22
Japanese . . . . . . .  748    0.05     1.01      1,237   0.07     0.95        988    0.06    0.48       1.145   0.06     0.41
Chinese ........ .....  603    0.04    0.82       1,234   0.07     0.95      2,061    0.12    1.00       3.206   0.18     1.13
Filipino... .........  247    0.02    0.33        693    0.04     0.53      1,543    0.09    0.75       1.999   0.11     0.71
Other..........        538    0.03    0.73       2,729   0.16     2.10     27,022    1.53   13.06      47,581   2.63    16.81
Subtotal            73,952   4.70   100.00    129,831    7.40  100.00     206,843  11.73   100.00    282,960  15.63   100.00
Total            1,573,614  100.00    - -    1.755,887  100.00    - -   1,764,919  100.00    - -    1,810.364 100.00    - -
Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census and SEWRPC.
Table 14
RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION IN THE REGION BY COUNTY: 1990
Population
Nonwhite
White               Black        American Indian        Other            Subtotal             Total
Percent            Percent           Percent           Percent           Percent             Percent
County        Number   of County  Number  of County  Number of County  Number of County  Number  of County  Number  of County
Kenosha . . . . . .  119,187  93.0      5,295    4.1       469     0.4     3,230     2.5      8,994     7.0     128,181    100.0
Milwaukee  . . . .  718,918   74.9    195,470   20.4     6,921     0.7    37,966     4.0    240,357    25.1     959,275    100.0
Ozaukee . . . . . .  71,676   98.4       492     0.7       127     0.2       536     0.7      1,155     1.6      72,831    100.0
Racine . . . . . . .  152,098  86.9    16,999    9.7       512     0.3     5,425     3.1     22,936    13.1     175,034    100.0
Walworth . . . . .  72,747    97.0       454     0.6       199     0.3     1,600     2.1       2,253    3.0      75,000    100.0
Washington . . . .  94,465    99.1       125     0.1       207     0.2       531     0.6        863     0.9      95,328    100.0
Waukesha . . . . .  298,313   97.9      1,096    0.4       663     0.2      4,643    1.5       6,402    2.1     304,715    100.0
Region          1,527,404   84.4    219,931    12.1    9,098     0.5     53,931    3.0     282,960   15.6    1,810,364   100.0
Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census and SEWRPC.

other race. In both 1960 and 1970, the overwhelm-
ing majority, about 94 and 92 percent respec-
tively, of the nonwhite population in the Region
was comprised of Blacks. However, by 1990, the
reported Black population had declined to
78 percent of the nonwhite population.
As indicated in Table 14, the nonwhite popula-
tion comprised about 7 percent of the total
population in Kenosha County; about 25 percent
in Milwaukee County; about 13 percent in
Racine County; and 3 percent or less in the other
four counties of the Region in 1990. Furthermore,
the nonwhite populations of the Region were
concentrated in the central cities of Kenosha,

Milwaukee, and Racine. About 91 percent of the
nonwhite population in the Region, and
96 percent of all Blacks in the Region, resided in
these three cities in 1990.
It should be noted that at least a portion of the
decline in the percentage of the population
classified as "white" and a portion of the
increase in the percentage of the population
classified as "other nonwhite" between 1970 and
1990 may be attributed to changes in the clas-
sification of certain racial groups and to changes
in the Bureau of the Census questionnaire
review and edit procedures. For instance, Asian
Indians were classified as white in 1970 but were

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