which ethnicities contribute to the state's population?
As of 2014, it has 83.2% White, 8.8% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American and Alaska Native, 6.3% Asian American, and Other Pacific Islander, 2.1% from some other race, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race make up 11.2% of the population.
Massachusetts
As of 2014, in terms of race and ethnicity, Massachusetts was 83.2% White (73.7% Non-Hispanic White), 8.8% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American and Alaska Native, 6.3% Asian American, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2.1% from some other race, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 11.2% of the population.
how did the colony of massachusetts get its name It was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name likely derived from a Wôpanâak word "muswachasut". where is it located? In the New England region of the north-eastern United States. what climatic changes observed in the place mentioned? The Northeast is projected to warm faster than global average temperatures.
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Massachusetts [SEP] Race and ancestry
As of 2014, in terms of race and ethnicity, Massachusetts was 83.2% White (73.7% Non-Hispanic White), 8.8% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American and Alaska Native, 6.3% Asian American, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2.1% from some other race, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 11.2% of the population. The state's most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic white, has declined from 95.4% in 1970 to 73.7% in 2014. As of 2011, non-Hispanic whites were involved in 63.6% of all the births, while 36.4% of the population of Massachusetts younger than age1 was minorities (at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white).