Chart 5. Trend in the number of racial/ethnic White, non-Hispanic and non-White, or Hispanic registered nurses, 1980-2004*


Line graph with 2 lines and 7 points per line.
Line 1, Non-white or Hispanic.
Point 1, 1980 is 119512
Point 2, 1984 is 155390
Point 3, 1988 is 154859
Point 4, 1992 is 206834
Point 5, 1996 is 246365
Point 6, 2000 is 333368
Point 7, 2004 is 311177
Line 2, White, non-Hispanic.
Point 1, 1980 is 1521752
Point 2, 1984 is 1705393
Point 3, 1988 is 1864157
Point 4, 1992 is 2018456
Point 5, 1996 is 2294092
Point 6, 2000 is 2333896
Point 7, 2004 is 2380529

*The total numbers of RNs across all race/ethnicity combinations may not equal the total numbers of RNs estimated from each survey due to incomplete information provided by respondents and the effect of rounding. Only those who provided both race and ethnicity information are included in the calculations used for this chart. 

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