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Index - A

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. See AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

ACT Assessment (formerly American College Test), 137-138

Adarand Constructors, 69-70

Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, 69-70

Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater, 70

Adequate yearly progress (AYP), 143

Affirmative action, 139-141

African-Americans. See Black/African Americans

Age
     American Indians and Alaska Natives, 19
     Asians and Pacific Islanders, 17-18
     Black/African American population, 14
     Hispanic population, 5
     inmates in prisons/jails, 149, 150
     prisons/jails, number of inmates in state or federal prisons and local jails, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, June 30, 2002, 149 (t 8.5)
     prisons/jails, number of inmates in state or federal prisons and local jails per 100,000 residents, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, June 30, 2002, 149 (t 8.6)
     voter turnout and, 158

AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
     estimated number of persons living with AIDS by year and selected characteristics, 1999-2002, 110t
     female adult/adolescent cases by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 113t
     male adult/adolescent cases by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 112t
     minorities and, 91, 98-100
     pediatric cases by exposure category, race/ethnicity reported through December 2001, 111t

Alaska Natives. See American Indians and Alaska Natives

Alcohol
     alcohol consumption by persons 18 years of age and over, according to selected characteristics: selected years 1997-2001, 105t-107t
     American Indians and Alaska Natives and, 110
     binge drinking, 97-98
     use of selected substances in past month by persons 12 years of age and over, according to age, sex, race, Hispanic origin: selected years 1999-2001, 108t-109t

Alzheimer's disease, 103-104

American Dream Downpayment Assistance Act, 41

American Indian Higher Education Consortium, 142

American Indians and Alaska Natives affirmative action and, 141-142
     AIDS and, 99-100
     AIDS cases, female adult/adolescent, by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 113t
     AIDS cases, male adult/adolescent, by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 112t
     AIDS cases, pediatric, by exposure category, race/ethnicity reported through December 2001, 111t
     Alaska Native tribal groupings, largest, 2000, 25f
     American Indian tribal groupings, ten largest, 2000, 24f
     business owners, 65-66, 67
     businesses, average receipts per firm by industry division, compared to all firms, 1997, 70 (f4.10)
     businesses, five cities with largest number of firms, compared to firms in states, 1997, 71t
     businesses, percent distribution, by industry division, 1997, 70 (f4.9)
     businesses, top industry receipt leaders, 1997, 69 (t 4.12)
     casinos, 70-72
     cigarette smoking, 95-96
     college attendance of, 138-139
     death rates, age-adjusted, for selected causes of death, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin: selected years 1950-2001, 115t
     death rates for homicide, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, age: selected years 1950-2001, 124t
     on death row, 151
     deaths, death rates by ages, sex, race, Hispanic origin, final 2000/preliminary 2001, 121t
     drug abuse, 97-98
     education and, 130-131
     in gangs, 152
     health of, 95, 109-112
     homicide rates, 105
     income of, 76-77
     infant mortality rates, 107
     labor force participation, 47, 49
     marital status of, 31
     occupations of, 60, 62
     origins/demographic characteristics, 18-19
     population, percent distribution of, by region, 2000, 19 (f1.7)
     pregnancy/birth, 93-94
     projections of resident population by race, Hispanic origin, nativity, 2006-10, 3t
     projections of resident population by race, Hispanic origin, nativity, middle series, 2050-2070, 4t
     SAT/ACT scores of, 137-138
      slaveholders, 14
     teenage pregnancy statistics, 34
     Tribal colleges of, 141-142
     tuberculosis cases, case rates per 100,000 population by race/ethnicity, 1992-2002, 128t
     unemployment rate, 49

"The APOE4 Allele and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease among African- Americans, Whites, and Hispanics" (Columbia University), 103-104

Apolipoprotein-E gene (APOE4), 103-104

Arab Americans
     classification of, 1
     discrimination against, 165
     public opinion on criminal justice system's respect for civil rights, June 2002, 166t

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
     AIDS and, 99-100
     AIDS cases, female adult/adolescent, by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 113t
     AIDS cases, male adult/adolescent, by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 112t
     AIDS cases, pediatric, by exposure category, race/ethnicity reported through December 2001, 111t
     Asian population by detailed group, 2000, 17t
     Asian population, percent distribution of, by region, 2000, 19 (f1.5)
     business owners, 65, 67
     businesses, average receipts per firm by industry division, compared to all firms, 1997, 69f
     businesses by industry division, 1997, 68f
     businesses, ten cities with largest number of, compared to firms in state, 1997, 69 (t 4.11)
     businesses, top industry receipt leaders, 1997, 68 (t 4.10)
     cigarette smoking, 96
     college attendance of, 138-139
     death rates, age-adjusted, for selected causes of death, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin: selected years 1950-2001, 116t
     death rates for homicide, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, age: selected years 1950-2001, 124t
     on death row, 151
     demographic characteristics, 14-18
     drug abuse, 97-98
     education and, 129, 130, 134
     employment status of civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin, 2002-03, 46t
     employment status of population 16 years and older in civilian labor force by sex, race, Hispanic origin, March 2002, 51 (t 3.6)
     family structure of, 35-36
     in gangs, 152
     health care for, 95
     health of, 112-115
     home ownership, 39
     homicide rates, 105
     income of, 73, 75-77
     labor force participation, 43, 46-47, 49
     labor force status of civilian population 16
     years and over by sex, race, Hispanic origin, March 2002, 51 (t 3.5)
     living arrangements of children, 37
     marital status of, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33
     marital status of people 15
     years and over, by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, March 2000, 31t
     Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander population by detailed group, 2000, 18t
     Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander population by region, 2000, 19 (f1.6)
     Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander population, ten largest places in total population and in, 2000, 20 (t 1.15)
     occupations of, 60, 62
     population, ten largest places in total population, 2000, 20 (t 1.14)
     pregnancy/birth, 93-94
     projections of resident population by race, Hispanic origin, nativity, 2006-10, 3t
     projections of resident population by race, Hispanic origin, nativity, middle series, 2050-2070, 4t
     public opinion on criminal justice system's respect for civil rights, June 2002, 166t
     SAT/ACT scores of, 137-138
     student dropout rates, 135-136
     teenage pregnancy statistics, 34
     tuberculosis cases, case rates per 100,000 population by race/ethnicity, 1992-2002, 128t
     unemployment rate, 48-49
     voter registration, 155, 156
     voter turnout, 156, 158

AYP (adequate yearly progress), 143

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