CHAPTER 14 - The Southwest Border Area

The Southwest Border Area is a culture region defined by Spanish American, American Indian, and whites. It makes sense that there would be many people of Spanish descent in this region due to the border with Mexico and the early settlement history. American Indians, who were living across the states before settlers moved West, were forced to move in parts of the land where whites deemed undesirable. In Nevada, with a total population of 2.63 million (data from 2010), whites make up 57% of the population, African Americans make up 8% of the population, American Indians make up 2% of the population, Asian Americans make up 8%, and people of Latino/Hispanic descent make up 25%

 

 Nevada: Population Distribution by Race/Ethnicity, states (2009-2010), U.S. (2010) 

Compare Nevada to:

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Population Distribution by Race/Ethnicity, states (2009-2010), U.S. (2010)View 50-State Comparison
	NV #	NV %	NV % of US Total	US #	US %	US % of US Total
White	1,487,000	57%	<1%	196,784,000	64%	100%
Black	203,100	8%	<1%	37,024,600	12%	100%
Hispanic	649,600	25%	1%	49,881,300	16%	100%
Other	289,300	11%	1%	21,501,300	7%	100%
Total	2,628,900	100%	<1%	305,191,100	100%	100%

 

Source: http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileind.jsp?ind=6&cat=1&rgn=30