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1990 Census

San Francisco Population


All persons 723,959
White 387,783
Black 79,039
American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut 3,456
Asian or Pacific Islander 210,876
Other race 42,805

Asian or Pacific Islander 210,876
Asian:
Chinese 127,140
Filipino 42,652
Japanese 12,047
Asian Indian 3,063
Korean 6,240
Vietnamese 9, 712
Cambodian 1,490
Hmong 4
Laotian 844
Thai 749
Bangladeshi 15
Burmese 467
Indonesian 562
Malayan 119
Okinawan 12
Pakistani 365
Sri Lankan 62
All other Asian 1,612
Pacific Islander:
Hawaiian 957
Samoan 1,963
Guamanian 420
Tongan 141
Tahitian 14
Northern Mariana Islander 12
Palauan 14
Fijian 93
All other Pacific Islander 107

Hispanic origin (of any race) 100,717
Mexican 40,744
Puerto Rican 4,701
Cuban 1,536
Other Hispanic 53,736

Source: 1990 Census of Population. General Population characteristics. California. (1990 CP-1-6). Table 5, p. 30.


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