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Census 2000 data, demographic research. was also conducted within Orange County <br />at the census tract level. This detailed level of analysis is necessary in order to <br />determine the existence of racial or ethnic segregation patterns and the degree to <br />which these minority populations are concentrated throughout the County, As <br />depicted in the accompanying table [Table 3~, the concentrations of minority <br />populations within Orange County ranges widely. <br />For each of the County's 22 Census tracts has defined for the 2000 Census}, the <br />following table displays the tract's total population along with the actual number of <br />persons belonging to the various racial and ethnic groups. Each tract's minority <br />population is also shown as a percentage of the tract's total. population. Minority <br />populations range as high as 47. ~.°/o in Tract 107.03 to 12;~.°!o in Tract 108.02. <br />Similarly wide ranges exist within specific racial and ethnic groups. whereas 2,235 <br />Black or African Americans were counted in Tract 111.01,_only 133 were counted in <br />Tract 114. A perhaps even more striking tendency to c~n`cen~rate is found among <br />Asians, whose population ranged from a fatal of ~pst' ~ in Tract 108,01 to 703 in <br />Tract 112,03, <br />By converting raw numbers into percentages, a more useful set of statistics emerges <br />wherein the various, Census tracts can be more directly compared with one another. <br />The following table Table 4~ depicts the same data contained in Table 3 as <br />percentages. Among ail tracts, the average minority tract population is 24.3°/0. <br />FY 2011~201Z Action Plan 20 <br />Racial Composition ny grange County Census Tract <br />[Source: FFIEC 24n9 Papulafion Repart] <br />