TEXARKANA RACE DISTRIBUTION BY RACE AND
HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
(in percent) 
                                                                Bowie County                     Texas

                                                                  1990  2000                    1990  2000

White                                                         75.4    73.3                     60.8   71.0
Black                                                         21.8    23.4                      11.7  11.5
Asian                                                           0.4      0.4                        0.3     2.7
American Indian                                         0.6      0.6                        1.8     0.6
Other                                                            0.1      1.1                        0.1   11.7
Two or more races *                                   1.1        -                          2. 5     -
Hispanic (of any race)                                1.7      4.5                      25.3   32.0

* For the 2000 Census, the Census Bureau changed the "race" options,
allowing people to report their race as "other" or as two or more races.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau