Hispanic Group	1990	2000	% Change

Costa Rican	17	108	535%
Cuban	1,062	1,128	6%
Dominican Republic	9,374	17,894	91%
Guatemalan	4,083	8,949	119%
Honduran	208	491	136%
Mexican	2,267	5,881	159%
Nicaraguan	141	110	22%
Panamanian	244	218	11%
Puerto Rican	12,494	25,422	103%
Salvadoran	902	1,206	34%
Other Central American	0	238
Argentinian	204	247	21%
Bolivian	420	961	129%
Chilean	86	117	36%
Colombian	5,161	5,706	11%
Ecuadorian	396	544	37%
Paraguayan	0	13
Peruvian	426	498	17%
Uruguayan	70	45	35%
Venezuelan	164	357	118%
Other South American	29	178	514%

Hispanic Total	43,932	90,820	107%

Asian Group	1990	2000	% Change
Asian Indian	1,975	2,942	49%
Bangladeshi	14	40	186%
Cambodiam	3,655	4,522	24%
Chinese	3,081	4,775	55%
Filipino	1,836	2,062	12%
Hmong	884	1,001	13%
Indonesian	37	62	68%
Japanese	750	784	5%
Korean	1,294	1,560	21%
Laotian	2,579	2,922	13%
Malysian	26	47	81%
Pakistani	111	189	70%
SriLankan	41	53	29%
Taiwanese	89	199	124%
Thai	141	256	82%
Vietnamese	772	952	23%
Other	734	801	9%

Asian Total	18,019.00	23,167.00	29%

Upcoming Events

NATIONAL MINORITY HEALTH MONTH
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 2008

April is National Minority Health Month, a nationally-recognized campaign to raise awareness of racial and ethnic health disparities and to launch year-round initiatives to eliminate these disparities. The Rhode Island Department of Health is joining this public education effort, reinforcing the state’s commitment to eliminate health disparities.

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