Table 16 DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS IN CALIFORNIA, 1970-2009 By Ethnicity - Population in Thousands white hisp black other "70" 15481 2424 1380 755 15475 2633 1420 819 "72" 15425 2829 1452 878 15412 3030 1487 940 "74" 15413 3236 1524 1001 15451 3453 1569 1066 "76" 15519 3674 1612 1131 15611 3893 1653 1196 "78" 15740 4129 1703 1265 15826 4353 1747 1331 "80" 15950 4616 1794 1422 15989 4906 1815 1568 "82" 16039 5207 1843 1716 16092 5509 1870 1864 "84" 16119 5796 1893 2008 16217 6104 1923 2159 "86" 16352 6429 1959 2313 16505 6754 1992 2465 "88" 16674 7078 2025 2617 16887 7420 2062 2774 "90" 17132 7775 2105 2931 17249 8098 2148 3069 "92" 17364 8421 2193 3210 17320 8658 2215 3323 "94" 17245 8883 2233 3429 17180 9101 2250 3531 "96" 17131 9331 2275 3646 17216 9640 2315 3786 "98" 17276 9939 2357 3922 17318 10266 2391 4061 "00" 17422 10689 2338 4205 17503 11021 2356 4354 "02" 17574 11353 2374 4502 17635 11686 2390 4652 "04" 15968 12816 2425 5168 15853 13220 2457 5324 "06" 15767 13604 2491 5473 16424 13540 2264 5583 "08" 16428 13858 2271 5688 "09" 16433 14182 2279 5793