Diversity: Key Documents

U.S. Census Bureau. The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 1999. P20-529. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, September 2000.
U.S. Census Bureau. The Black Population: 2000. Census 2000 Brief. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, August 2001.
U.S. Census Bureau. A Century of Change: America, 1900-1999 Census Bureau Facts for Features. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 20 December 1999.
U.S. Census Bureau. The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: March 2000. P20-534. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, January 2001.
U.S. Census Bureau. The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2000. P20-535. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 2001.
U.S. Census Bureau. How We Are Changing -- Demographic State of the Nation, 1997. P23-193. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1997.
U.S. Census Bureau. Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850-1990. Population Working Paper, No. 29. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, February 1999.
U.S. Census Bureau. Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975.
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Profile of the United States: America at the Close of the 20th Century, 1999. P23-205. Washington: Bureau of the Census, March 2001.
A wide range of data on demographic, social, economic and housing trends for the country as a whole are available in this report, which also serves as "a portal leading the reader to the voluminous and more detailed reports that the Census Bureau is constantly producing." Each chapter is available separately in PDF format, such as Our Diverse Population: Race and Hispanic Origin, 1999 and Adding Diversity from Abroad: The Foreign-Born Population, 1999.
U.S. Census Bureau. The Two or More Races Population: 2000. Census 2000 Brief. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, November 2001. Analysis of the demographic characteristics of people who reported two or more races in Census 2000.
U.S. Census Bureau. The White Population: 2000. Census 2000 Brief. Washington: U.S. Bureau of the Census, August 2001.