U. S. Forest Service, Region 8

Total population, land area, and population density by state

State	Population	Land area (square miles)	Persons per square mile
Alabama	4,530,182	50,744.0	89.3
Arkansas	2,752,629	52,068.1	52.9
Florida	17,397,161	53,926.8	322.6
Georgia	8,829,383	57,906.2	152.5
Kentucky	4,145,922	39,728.2	104.4
Louisiana	4,515,770	43,561.8	103.7
Mississippi	2,902,966	46,907.0	61.9
North Carolina	8,541,221	48,710.9	175.3
Oklahoma	3,523,553	68,667.1	51.3
South Carolina	4,198,068	30,109.5	139.4
Tennessee	5,900,962	41,217.1	143.2
Texas	22,490,022	261,797.1	85.9
Virginia	7,459,827	39,590.9	188.4
Region 8	97,187,666	834,934.7	116.4

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate. Total population includes all ages, not just age 16 and older.

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U. S. Forest Service, Region 8

Population age 16 and older by stratum and age group

Population stratum	Age 16-34	%	Age 35-53	%	Age 55+	%	All Ages 16+	%
Hispanic males	2,508,468	50.2	1,767,596	35.4	723,445	14.5	4,999,509	6.7
Hispanic females	2,064,265	45.1	1,626,535	35.6	883,848	19.3	4,574,648	6.1
White males	7,572,341	31.2	9,143,067	37.7	7,547,076	31.1	24,262,484	32.4
White females	7,306,626	28.4	9,233,468	35.9	9,166,780	35.7	25,706,874	34.4
Black males	2,638,522	43.3	2,318,422	38.0	1,136,957	18.7	6,093,901	8.1
Black females	2,746,403	39.0	2,681,393	38.1	1,606,439	22.8	7,034,235	9.4
Native American males	100,165	40.8	92,129	37.5	53,122	21.6	245,416	0.3
Native American females	96,955	38.3	96,556	38.2	59,513	23.5	253,024	0.3
Asian & Pacific Islander males	347,808	43.6	316,952	39.7	133,330	16.7	798,090	1.1
Asian & Pacific Islander females	341,940	39.6	356,095	41.3	164,667	19.1	862,702	1.2
	25,723,493		27,632,213		21,475,177		74,830,883	100.0

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate.

Note: Does not include people who reported being 2 or more races. Hispanics may be of any race, but are included in the two Hispanic rows only. Percentages for the three age groups sum across to 100. May not equal 100.0 exactly due to rounding.